Browsing by Subject "tornado"
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Forecasting Significant Tornadoes: A case-study evaluation of the Storm Prediction Center
(2013-09-20)The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the effectiveness of the risk assessment put out by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) during significant tornado outbreaks. A significant tornado outbreak, for the purposes ... -
The Spatial Dependency of Tornado Warning Lead Times
(2013-09-20)During a 10-year period from 1997-2007 from May-September there were a total of 8,577 tornado events in the continental United States; for 77% of these having National Weather Service (NWS) warnings. This study examines ...