News tagged with tornado warnings

Creating action-inspiring tornado warnings

One year ago this week, 158 people died when a tornado with winds greater than 200 mph struck Joplin, Mo. Even though the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued tornado warnings and activated ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Next-gen weather satellites to improve tornado warnings

When you read the following paragraph, consider the following: Tornado season hasn't even started yet.

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created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Science can't design away tornadoes' deadly threat

(AP) -- Storm science has greatly improved tornado warnings in recent years. But if that's led anyone into a sense of security, that feeling has taken a beating in recent weeks.

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created May 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Tornado warnings are too often ignored

With big storms ripping across the Midwest, Bob Drost is hoping people are paying attention to the severe weather and tornado warnings.

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created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains (w/Videos)

The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the Great Plains to gain a better understanding ...

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Seismic recordings of rockfall a step toward early-warning system in Yosemite

Hardly anyone noticed the ruckus when Yosemite Valley's largest rockfall in two decades thundered down near Half Dome before sunrise one March morning -- but scientists will hear all about it soon.

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0