Welcome to Part 4 of this series!
Disclaimers:
-This is not a comprehensive list
-Only U.S. Tornadoes
-Some opinion (but I promise I try to back it up with fact)
Find the other parts here:
https://youtu.be/y91ffygw8JE –P1
https://youtu.be/eTt_tKzJEHM –P2
https://youtu.be/OmKLMFkqpYg –P3
https://youtu.be/AJonsqy7boI –P5
Sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230906192918/https://www.weather.gov/fsd/19920616-tornado-chandlerlakewilson –Chandler dmg photos
https://www.tornadofacts.net/tri-state-tornado-facts.html#pictures –N1
https://www.weather.gov/lub/events-1970-19700511 –N2
https://southwestcollection.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-lubbock-tornado-may-11-1970/ –N2
https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/lifestyle/2016/05/08/caprock-chronicles-f5-tornado-takes-lubbock-surprise/14916590007/ –N2
https://www.weather.gov/lmk/april31974_in_the_path –N3
https://web.archive.org/web/20130522061627/http://www.april31974.com/don_macy_photos_of_april_3_1974.htm –N3
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We don't need DOWs everywhere to upgrade the fujita scale to factor in wind, but we do need all the w88ds augmented with phased array radar in tornado country, as well as a few we'll known holes in the network patched. Phased array radar will be game changing as you can get a lower beam angle, you can sample a storm many more times getting close to nearly real time depending on how many storms are out there that need data collection. You also get much better data at range with the beam forming capability. I can see a future when the 88ds continue to give an area wide over view with the phased array radar being used to sample individual cells of concern. Combining the two datasets with software is going to give us incredible data.
I really wish the government would fund NOAAs work on this at a much higher level because at the current R&D rate they are at, mass deployment is still over a decade away. This tech would save lives as well as provide much more data for the study of tornadoes.
meters to yards is easy to remember, theyre the same thing lol