Let's get out the radar gun

[Robert Dewey]

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TOTRACK A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TOQUARTER SIZE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH ATHUNDERSTORM NEAR BURNS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINEEXTENDING FROM BURNS TO BENTON...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.

Thought that was kind of funny... Of course, since the NWS gets precise enough to forecast a high of 57F, they should be able to accurately assess storm speed too.

 

[beaudodson]

PAH Today on a severe thunderstorm warning

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH.

 

[GPhillips]

The "precision" is written into a new build of the software we use. If only we could really be that accurate...