Tracking Tornadoes

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Tracking Tornadoes

• Tracking tornadoes is very beneficial
• Technology is rapidly improving
• http//www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tornadoes/

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Tornadoes are difficult to forecast

• Tornadoes occur very randomly
• 10 of 10,000 thunderstorms produce tornadoes
• Very short life span
• Only certain conditions spawn tornadoes

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Tornado Alley

• Biggest tornadoes in the world
• Perfect Conditions
• Warm moist air tornadoes

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Tornado Technology

• Doppler Radar
• Satellites
• Weather Balloons

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Fujita Scale

• Classification system for tornadoes
• Developed by Theodore Fujita
• Referred to as the F-scale
• F0-F5 classifications
• Useful not always accurate

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Vortex Project

• Began in 1994
• Focuses on one storm at a time
• Specialists from US and Canada
• US center for severe storms laboratory

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Storm Chasers

• Provide helpful information
• Growing rapidly in popularity
• Advanced technology increases productivity

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Tornado Research

• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• University of Oklahoma
• Tornado Project
• TORRO in the UK

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Tornado Safety

• Know tornado signs
• Prevent and practice before storm
• What to do in a tornado
• After a tornado

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Historical Tornadoes

• Deadliest tornado 695 killed
• Most expensive tornado 1 billion
• 147 tornadoes April 4 1974

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