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Background:
Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, towers to 5426 m 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America’s 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 250-450 m deep crater. The generally symmetrical volcano is modified by the sharp-peaked Ventorrillo on the NW, a remnant of an earlier volcano.
At least three previous major cones were destroyed by gravitational failure during the Pleistocene, producing massive debris-avalanche deposits covering broad areas south of the volcano. The modern volcano was constructed to the south of the late-Pleistocene to Holocene El Fraile cone. Three major plinian eruptions, the most recent of which took place about 800 AD, have occurred from Popocatépetl since the mid Holocene, accompanied by pyroclastic flows and voluminous lahars that swept basins below the volcano. Frequent historical eruptions, first recorded in Aztec codices, have occurred since precolumbian
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At 530 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Popple River to near Homestead to Kingsford. Movement was southeast at 10 mph. HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near… Goodman around 540 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these storms include Aurora, Niagara, Cavour, Armstrong Creek, Newald, Fence, Dunbar, and Laura Lake Campground.
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SVRLIX The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Northwestern Pike County in southern Mississippi… Northeastern Amite County in southern Mississippi… * Until 615 PM CDT. * At 530 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Summit, or over Mccomb, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include… Mccomb, Magnolia, Summit, Smithdale, and Mccomb Airport. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 10 and 24.
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