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From: "J. Ferrell - Interpath" <ferrell{at}Interpath.net>
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Subject: Grandfather Mtn. Readings
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Thanks to Larry Wright of CASI for forwarding the official release about
the occurrence that we discussed at the get-together Saturday...:
-J
Grandfather Mountain, Linville, NC 28646
Catherine Morton, News Director (704)733-2013
For Immediate Release April 18, 1997
195 MPH WINDS BREAK RECORD AT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN,
NC --
Winds gusted to 195 miles per hour Friday afternoon at the US Weather
Service reporting station located next to the Mile High Swinging Bridge on
Grandfather Mountain, breaking the mountain's previous wind speed record
of 175 mph set on February 24, 1995.
Thomas Huskins, Mark Parlier, Billy Storey and Freida Moore of the
Grandfather Mountain staff were watching the wind gauge in the Visitor
Center atop the mountain as it topped the 195 mph mark at 5:15 Friday
afternoon.
"A little before 5:00 we started hearing weird noises," said Huskins.
"Many times before when there have been high winds, an upstairs door would
slam. I sent Billy up to see if he could stop the slamming, and he called
down that it wasn't the door slamming, it was the steps!"
What Storey meant when he said "the steps were slamming" was that the
walls of the building were moving with the force of the wind. The motion
of the walls shifted the interior stairwell of the building up and down in
such a way that it made a sound like a door slamming.
Things got even more interesting to Huskins immediately after the wind
speed peaked at 195 mph. Winds that had been blowing from the
west-northwest all day shifted to the northeast and dropped in intensity
to 25 mph.
"It amazed me that it would be that strong and then in about ten minutes
completely change directions and be that calm," continued Huskins.
"I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself."
The wind speed indicator on Grandfather Mountain is part of the official
US Weather Service reporting station located on top of the Visitor Center
at the one mile elevation on the mountain.
Steve Rankin
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