KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. - An aircrew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron found that a storm that had been upgraded from tropical storm to hurricane status hours before they took off had reached Category 2 status by the time they returned home. They had been in the storm more than seven hours. Alex came ashore late in the evening of June 29 on an unpopulated stretch of coast in northern Mexico. (Source: AFNS, 07/01/10)
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Hurricane Hunters saw Alex grow
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. - An aircrew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron found that a storm that had been upgraded from tropical storm to hurricane status hours before they took off had reached Category 2 status by the time they returned home. They had been in the storm more than seven hours. Alex came ashore late in the evening of June 29 on an unpopulated stretch of coast in northern Mexico. (Source: AFNS, 07/01/10)
