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SPRING TORNADOES AND WHAT YOU ARE NOT HEARING
“Oh my God. This is
the worst ever. Climate Change is the
reason.” And the laundry list of crap
goes on from there. Now lets examine
some facts, which are rarely talked about.
The known effects of climate change are miniscule, at the
very worst.
There have been several major things that have happened to
lead to the “PRESUMED” increase in severity and number of tornadoes. They are as follows: Doppler Radar, Terminal Doppler Weather
Radar, the general population growth, and public awareness of weather.
Doppler Radar (DR) – Prior to the late 1980’s when the
National Weather Service (NWS) started erecting DR sites, conventional radar
system did not show the signature of a tornado. Doppler Radar changed all of that. In addition, it took years for the network of Doppler radar
stations to be placed around the county.
Then there was the software and meteorologist learning curve. This led to the “Now that we can see it, what are we
looking at?” syndrome. Software enhancements,
over the years, have helped identify the twister signature to a finer degree and
due to all of the above tornadoes that were previously unknown to exist started
getting noticed by radar AND REPORTED.
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) – This is like High
Definition TV only using radar. If we
thought basic Doppler was good, TDWR has helped develop the gold
standard. As a result, more tornado
reports hit the books.
General population growth – The
once open plains of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri aren’t quite as open
as they used to be. What was once
farmland has been sold, divided into lots, and houses now exist in one-time
desolate areas. Back in days when the
vacancy sign was out over the farm area, a tornado could touch down and NOBODY
would notice. Another factor is if a
farm owner saw a tornado on his back 40 acres and nothing was in danger it may
have never been reported. More
population in those areas equal more tornado reports.
Public awareness – It wasn’t so
long ago when I was doing weather forecasts that the difference between a watch
and a warning was often confused. To
some degree confusion still exists but not to the amount it did ten years
ago. Awareness is a great thing. It makes the public much more willing to report
what it sees and as a result, you guessed it, there are scores of more reports.
Are there more tornadoes than the
past? Maybe. But the above four facts cannot be ignored when it comes to the
increase in the number of reports.
Now, for a sentence or three, let
me touch on severity. An EF 4 (Enhanced
Fujita Scale) touching down on open farmland effects very few people and, as
mentioned earlier, could go unreported.
That same storm kicking butt through a city becomes a dynamic killing
machine. Highly noticed and always
reported.
And, if I may steal a line from
the late great Paul Harvey, “Now you know the rest of the story. Good day!”
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