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Radar: T-Storm Damages Cowboys Facility

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor

Published May 2, 2009 10:06 PM EDT | Updated May 4, 2009 12:21 PM EDT

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UPDATE MONDAY: NOTE near the end of the raw video below - there is a photo of the microburst/downburst in action... I have never seen anything like this before, and it's not clear to me what the dark "upside down tornado" is -- I know it signifies the winds coming down as illustrated here, but what is it filled with, rain or cloud? What do you think? Leave a Comment below.

http://vortex.accuweather.com/video/video_inline_launchv4.asp?video=3-VPID05032009184702453&hd=false

ORIGINAL POST SATURDAY NIGHT: If you were watching J's Breaking Weather News (at right) earlier tonight you would have seen information about a thunderstorm damaging the Dallas Cowboys practice facility, initially reported by this newspaper. Several people were injured. To quote from our Weather Headlines (PREMIUM | PRO):

http://vortex.accuweather.com/video/video_inline_launchv4.asp?video=WEATHEREXPERT&hd=false

Here are some radar images from around the time of the collapse (the field is located in Irving, Texas). Based on these, I don't agree with the assessment above that it was a bow echo, but certainly it was high straigh-line winds caused by the thunderstorm, possibly a microburst. The first shot is from MapSpace™ (formerly known as Enhanced Radar); the second two, showing the wind field (velocity data) are from AccuWeather.com RadarPlus. Tomorrow, I can show you a lightning strike image.

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