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1 minute ago, Crazieman said:

Haven't been here in a while - but something strange passed over Wichita and was very pronounced on both BV 0.5 KICT and TICH.  Best described as a "ripple" starting at 23:20Z to present approached from the southwest and ran over the city producing some interesting wind effects.

Anyone have an idea of what it was?  I've never seen anything like it, strongly resembled a still shot of a bullet going through the air.

Sounds like you're talking about gravity waves.

How about some other 6,000-7,000+ cases (some may have already been posted, I'll go check):

7/31/99, GRB:

7/13/95, MPX:

7/17/06, MPX:

8/3/06, BNA:

I saw this mentioned earlier but I'm surprised it wasn't posted, unless I missed it. Closest proximity sounding to Jarrell on 5/27/97 was Temple:

And although it isn't quite as massively unstable as some of the others, 6/8/53 southeast of Flint:

Thank you JoMo, there were conflicting reports about some of those things so I wasn't sure what was accurate. I'll fix that stuff up today when I go back to proofread. And after staring at a map of Joplin for a few hours trying to place aerial shots you'd think I would've realized where 7th & Black Cat Road was.  

Hey guys. I just got done writing a blog post on the Joplin tornado, and I'd love to get some feedback on it. Between family issues and researching it ended up taking a long time, so by the end I really didn't even take the time to proofread it. I'm sure I made some mistakes. If anyone reads it and you notice anything I messed up, please don't hesitate to let me know.

http://stormstalker.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/joplin/

I tracked down some of the things people haven't really covered much -- photos of the concrete parking stops, scoured parking lots, grass scouring, etc. -- so hopefully there's some new stuff for you guys.

Thanks.  

Edit: I just noticed I made a mistake with the Commerce Bank. I said it was "swept away," but the photos I used were from several days after when the cleanup had already begun in earnest. I'll fix that next time I update the article. It was completely destroyed, but most of it wasn't swept away.