Hardly any. The storm had a ground speed of 25 MPH and the outflow
boundary was moving at 40 MPH or better. Here's a story from one of the local
TV stations:
http://www.kpho.com/story/29765685/photos-tuesday-nights-violent-monsoon-storm
I was deeply saddened to see that the venerable J-3 Cub was substantially
damaged. That plane was a regular feature down here. It will undoubtedly be
restored.
Chris
>
>Bad luck! I wonder how much warning the pilots or owners had.
>
>Chris
>
>> On 12 Aug 2015, at 15:05, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Yesterday we were hit by two monsoon storms, one in the morning and the
>> second in the late evening. The second of these was very strong and put on
>> quite a light show. It generated at least one microburst, and it was
>> directly above Chandler Municipal Airport with winds in excess of 50 MPH.
>> They are still assessing the damage, but it is known so far that 15-30
>> aircraft were damaged or destroyed. Some of them were not simply flipped
>> over but instead were lifted up to a good altitude and then dropped. A few
>> look like they were cartwheeled across the tarmac and rolled up into a ball.
>>
>> One of the heavily damaged aircraft appears to be a Piper Tri-Pacer (red
>> with white trim), and it's presently lying on it's back.
>>
>> The huge door on the Chandler Air Service hangar was taken of its tracks
>> and pushed in. No telling what was damaged inside.
>
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