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The transition to polarimetric (dual-polarised) radars began in 2017 with the upgrade of 4 Meteor 1500 radars located in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Sydney. [7] The network has further been enhanced through the installation of 8 new polarimetric Meteor 735 radars across WA, [8] NSW [9] & Victoria, [10] and two polarimetric WRM200 radars [11] manufactured by Vaisala, one to replace the ...
It matured and continued northeast for 45.8-mile (73.7 km), where the first tornado warning was issued for the supercell in Page County, Iowa. Five minutes later, a large, long-track tornado touched down 10.5-mile (16.9 km) southwest of Villisca. The tornado continued northeast for 34.64-mile (55.75 km), before finally lifting northwest of Carl.
The site houses a AN/TPY-2 Surveillance Transportable Radar operated in 2021 by the United States Army's 1st Space Brigade. [3] Originally operated by approximately 100 soldiers, [ 4 ] that number has increased significantly since the site's initial construction, with a $35.8 million expansion in 2023 increasing the base's capacity to 1000.
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
319: Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Iowa City, and Cedar Falls (original area code created in 1947) 515: Des Moines, Ames, West Des Moines, Urbandale and Fort Dodge (original area code created in 1947) 563: Davenport, Dubuque, Bettendorf, Clinton, Muscatine (split from 319 in 2001) 641: Mason City, Marshalltown, Ottumwa, Tama (split from 515 in 2000)
Although Watkins is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52354, [4] which opened on 15 December 1873. [5] Watkins was platted in 1874. [6] The community was named for John Burton Watkins, Supt. of the Iowa Div. of the Chicago & North Western Railway Co. who was killed near there Oct 1873. [7]
Wever was a station on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. [7]Although Wever is unincorporated, it has a post office, which opened on May 1, 1837.This post office has a complicated name history: it opened as 'Sand Ridge', changed to 'Green Bay' on September 17, 1849, to 'Jollyville' on January 28, 1859, and finally to Wever on October 17, 1870. [8]
The population density was 514.5 inhabitants per square mile (198.6/km 2). There were 217 housing units at an average density of 215.5 per square mile (83.2/km 2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.53% White, 0.39% African American, 0.58% Native American, and 2.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the ...