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Tornado Warnings Are Too Often Ignored, Researcher Says
October 26, 2010 — With big storms ripping across the Midwest, Bob Drost is hoping people are paying attention to the severe weather and tornado warnings. Unfortunately, Drost knows that many times those warnings are ... > full story -
Tornado-Chasing Becomes Vacation Choice, Researchers Find
September 16, 2010 — Instead of heading to the coast for vacation, people are traveling to Tornado Alley. The number of people registering to get a closer look at tornadoes is growing as vacationers trade in their beach ... > full story -
Importance of a Safe Room for Tornado Protection
July 14, 2010 — For 18 horrific hours on April 3, 1974, a cataclysmic group of tornadoes spun through and sacked 13 states and one Canadian province, ravaging some 900 square miles and killing 148 people. An iconic ... > full story -
Tornadoes: High-Resolution Radar Data and Images Captured
May 21, 2010 — Researchers have captured unprecedented high-resolution radar data during the May 10, 2010, tornadoes using one of the most advanced weather radars in the ... > full story -
Winter, Nighttime Tornadoes Pose Greatest Risk, National Weather Service Warns
January 4, 2010 — Shrouded in darkness, nighttime tornadoes can be deadly, especially during the winter season when people are not accustomed to such severe weather. Given the dangers, forecasters with NOAA's National ... > full story -
Tornado Threat Increases As Gulf Hurricanes Get Larger
September 8, 2009 — Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers. This increase seems to reflect the increase in size and frequency among ... > full story -
Dry Autumns And Winters May Lead To Fewer Tornadoes In The Spring
June 24, 2009 — Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect ... > full story -
Drought, Urbanization Were Ingredients For Atlanta's Perfect Storm
March 11, 2009 — On March 14, 2008, a tornado swept through downtown Atlanta, its 130 mile-per-hour winds ripping holes in the roof of the Georgia Dome, blowing out office windows, and trashing parts of Centennial ... > full story -
Why Some People Don’t Heed Tornado And Other Severe Weather Warnings
March 10, 2009 — The U.S. National Weather Service has analyzed forecasting performance and public response during the second deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history. The report addresses a key area of ... > full story -
Big Raindrops Favor Tornado Formation, Simulations Suggest
January 2, 2009 — One of the largest sources of uncertainty in weather prediction involves how microscale structures influence larger-scale phenomena. For instance, previous studies have demonstrated that the ... > full story
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