Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TORNADO WARNING!
Tornadoes are considered to be one of the deadliest, natural forces on earth. In light of the recent Oklahoma tragedies that claimed 33 lives (with children acco
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is an alert issued by national weather forecasting agencies . it can be issued after a tornado has been spotted by the public, storm chasers, emergency management or law enforcement the first such forecast came after the events that occurred five days earlier on march 20, 1948 . at 9:30 p.m., forecasters from Will Rogers Airport sent a warning to Tinker that the storm encroaching base personnel receive alert minutes before twister strikes Tinker . staff sergeant on duty with Miller writes forecast message . base commander asks Miller and Fawbush to issue tornado forecast . the relative accuracy of tornado forecasts restarted a debate over their reliability . the USAF pioneered tornado forecasting and tornado warnings in 1885 . the weather bureau fears that it will incite panic among the public if tornadoes are predicted . the lack of warning resulted in a steady increase in tornado-related fatalities through the 1950s . in 1938, the weather bureau issued its first experimental public tornado forecast in march 1952 . a forecast issued the following evening managed to predict an outbreak of tornadoes . broadcast media followed this ban until 1954, when meteorologist broadcast the first tornado warning the national weather service’s use of this advisory began to decline after 1974 . the criteria which called for tornado alerts in the past now generally result in a tornado warning . Doppler weather radar can detect rotational funnel cloud radar helped reduce confusion over storm types, strengths and precise locations . the last tornado alert to be officially issued was discussed in earnest following the 1974 Super Outbreak . this category of weather statement is the highest and most urgent level relating not all confirmed tornadoes will be considered a “tornado emergency” tornado warnings can be intensified by wording mentioning that the storm is life-threatening . a warning is different from a tornado watch which tornado warnings can be upgraded suddenly to a tornado warning should conditions warrant . in the united states, warnings are issued on a per-county basis . entire counties/parishes are sometimes included in the warning local police or fire departments may dispatch crews not assigned to an existing emergency call . national weather service has option of requesting activation of emergency alert system . average warning times have increased substantially from -10 to -15 minutes in 1974 in the United states, the tornado death rate has declined from 1.8 deaths per million people per year in 1925 to only 0.11 per million in 2000 . much of this change is credited to improvements in the tornado warning system . eye tornado is located 7 miles east of Alta Vista, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD…Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail. SOURCE…Weather spotters confirmed tornado. IMPACT…F damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely . to repeat, a tornado is on the ground. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… tornado warning issued by Environment Canada for southeastern Saskatchewan . move to basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building . avoid windows and avoid flying debris . TORNADO WARNING ENDED FOR: R.M. OF WHEATLANDS INCLUDING MORTLACH, PARKBEG, CARONPORT AND CARON . —- TORNATO WARN RADAR INDICATES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO IS CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF MORTLACH AND IS SLOWLY TRAC