Debris Flow-2006/2007 Event Log
IOP-8
Lat: 34.660301 N Lon:
-118.764008 W Alt:
814 m Truck
HD: 91 deg
Date/Time SR1 ready for operation: 19 March 2007
719 UTC
Note taker: Kevin Manross (NSSL)
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Event |
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NOTE :: APPARENTLY I ENTERED A TYPO WHEN SETTING THE DATE
FOR *THIS IOP*. THE TIMES LISTED
BELOW ARE CONSISTANT WITH THE CURRENT (INCORRECT) TIME OF THE DATA. DATA TIME AND TIMES LISTED ARE 30
MINUTES AND 5 SECONDS *BEHIND* THE CORRECT TIME. |
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0700z |
Begin startup. Error noted: "Transmitter is off during an INGEST scan." Did not see to have any affect of scanning or display - assuming data are OK. |
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0719z |
Scanning started. |
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0751z |
Short ÔbrownoutÕ lasting <= 1 second |
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0813z |
Nearly 40 dBZ just N of burn area with upper 30 dBZ in
nurn area at 5.0 deg. elev. Echoes increasing in intensity |
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0916z |
Brownout |
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0949z |
Noticed time error.
See above. |
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1047z |
Brownout |
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1213z |
Brownout. Noticed that over the past 45 minutes or so, the
truck seems to be "settling".
I.e., one of the stands used to level the truck seems to have lowered
some. |
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1329z |
Shutting down |
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NOTE :: Data and note-entry times are correct. (See IOP_A_notes.txt) |
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1908z |
Started scanning. Snow at radar site. Drove through rain,
snow, sleet on way to site from hotel. 40 dBZ echoes in and N of burn area,
but mostly (if not all) frozen. 50+ dBZ echoes at 17 km and 50 km N of radar. |
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2021z |
Ice pellets, followed by graupel showers at radar site |
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2026z |
Graupel shower ended. |
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2106 |
Hvy shower |
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2114z |
Not certain, but possible (very small) funnel cloud visible
to SSE of radar, approx. 5 km |
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2325z |
Shutdown. Noted several "brownouts" during this
IOP, but failed to note times.
No apparent affects. |
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