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Old May 12, 2003 | 9:19 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CTPremEx:
Severe thunderstorm tops can reach 50,000-60,000 feet</font>
Right, I actually was reading a National Weather Service technical discussion report about the same time UA 934 got diverted, although the report was for Illinois. It did mention tops of 50,000 feet.

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