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Other weak tornadoes have approached or exceeded this speed, but this is the fastest forward movement observed in a major tornado. [16] The 1977 Birmingham tornado had an average forward speed of 60 mph (97 km/h), [85] as did the 2021 Western Kentucky tornado. [86] Weaker tornadoes and tornadovortices have been recorded exceeding these speeds.
At one point, the tornado was moving with a forward speed of 73 miles per hour (117 km/h), setting the record as the fastest forward moving violent tornado in history. The tornado also became the deadliest tornado in United States history as well as the longest traveled tornado in history.
A few weeks after the tornado, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released details about an experimental warning system which was tested before and during the tornado. This new warning system, named Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS), was created by the Hazardous Weather Testbed housed in the National Weather Center in Norman ...
A tornado warning is issued when a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. When a tornado warning is issued, the NWS recommends taking immediate action and moving to the lowest ...
The city of Omaha issued at least 42 tornado warnings. ... One resident of Elkhorn described the fast-moving tornado as a “freight train”. “We saw it coming from the southwest, and when it ...
An example of a tornado warning polygon issued by the National Weather Service. A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover.
WoF Tornado Threat Prediction (WoF-TTP) is a research project to develop a 0–1 hour, 1-km resolution suite of high detail computer models to forecast individual convective storms and their tornadic potential. Target future average lead-time for tornado warnings via WoF-TTP is 40–60 minutes.
Tornado made 11 homes uninhabitable, led to 447 calls for police, fire. The EF3 tornado touched down at Avenir at about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, City Manager Ron Ferris said during a City Council ...