Adam Lucio
EF5
I dont think a derecho warning system could work. At least with a tornado warning usually the tornado is sighted and a specific region can be warned. The squall lines/derechos span hundreds of mile sometimes and unlike tornadoes you cant see derechos, all you have to go by is the damage the storm already did and radar trends.
Then all the criteria comes into play about derechos, do we start warning for bow echos and "derecho like" line segments etc etc...it would just add more confusion and false warnings which cry wolf enough as it is. We already severe warn for derechos and if people dont take them seriously thats their own fault.
Then all the criteria comes into play about derechos, do we start warning for bow echos and "derecho like" line segments etc etc...it would just add more confusion and false warnings which cry wolf enough as it is. We already severe warn for derechos and if people dont take them seriously thats their own fault.