Tracking Down Tornado Emergency Products

[Patrick Marsh]

And the FAR for a TE should be scored differently. In order to verify a TE, it shouldn't require any old tornado any where, but a large and particularly damaging tornado needs to hit a dense population area (city or town). And the warning polygon better not be drawn huge either!

Completely agree. I'm trying to be as generous to the NWS as possible...and, even with the more relaxed criteria, the FAR is unacceptably high.

 

[Patrick Marsh]

Just an update, you can view a plot of all tornado emergencies here: http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2011/12/tornado-emergencies-the-map/

And, just to go along with it, here's a post that has all tornado warnings since 1986 (up through 2010) http://www.patricktmarsh.com/2011/12/tornado-warnings-the-map/