Posts Tagged ‘2010 May’

The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) Go to http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/EF-scale/index.html for more information regarding EF-Scale training by the WDTB. To view the Enhanced Fujita Scale Document, go to http://www.wind.ttu.edu/EFScale.pdf Introduction Dr. T. Theodore Fujita first introduced The Fujita Scale in the SMRP Research Paper, Number 91, published in February 1971 and titled, “Proposed Characterization of Tornadoes [...]

SOUTH BEND — Tornado sirens are one line of defense against tornadoes but they are not the best. There are several different ways you can get the severe weather information you need when you need it. How you get this information and how your kids at school get this information is important when a warning [...]

SOUTH BEND — Seconds count every time severe weather threatens. Whether it’s dangerous hail, strong winds or deadly tornadoes you need to know what kind of weather is headed your way. The National Weather Service, the media and local governments are responsible for getting you the information you need to know and the way you [...]

ST. LOUIS – Heavy rains have caused several Midwestern rivers to rise, with more storms in the forecast. Many rivers are at or near their crest after the latest round of spring storms over the weekend. But flood-watchers aren’t ready to relax just yet. Heavy rain caused the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Meramec, Grand, Fabius and [...]

WARSAW (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by days of heavy rain have killed at least four people, forced mass evacuations and cut off power to thousands in central Europe and weather forecasts offered no hope of respite in coming days. In southern Poland, one woman in her 60s and a 45-year-old man perished on Monday [...]

During a tornado outbreak last week in Oklahoma, the same farm where scenes from the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Twister’ were filmed suffered actual tornado damage. Storms ripped through Fairfax in northern Oklahoma on May 10, causing the owner of the property, former state senator J. Berry Harrison Sr., to lose five barns, two houses, two silos, [...]

A slow-moving rainstorm has begun to affect the Northeast and will continue to do so through midweek. A storm moving across the Ohio Valley into West Virginia is transferring its energy to a newly formed low pressure system along the East Coast. This scenario often plays out in winter, and it still happens this time [...]

As severe storms keep targeting the southern Plains on Wednesday, a swarm of tornadoes could hit western Oklahoma and northern Texas. Tornado Potential on Wednesday It appears like all of the ingredients will come together for an outbreak of tornadoes in western Oklahoma and northern Texas on Wednesday. The jet stream will plunge into the [...]

The southern Plains will remain in the heart of severe weather through the upcoming week as storm systems continue taking similar tracks across the eastern half of the nation. More lives and property will be at risk as a result. And since rounds of severe thunderstorms have been battering the region since the beginning of [...]

Heavy thunderstorms continue to rumble across the central Gulf Coast and oil spill region today, producing dangerous lightning, strong wind gusts, and locally rough surf. Even waterspouts are not out of the question. These conditions will make it hazardous at times for small craft to be out in the area of the oil spill through [...]