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Everything you thought you knew about the Tri-State Tornado is probably wrong! Dr. Charles Doswell III released his preliminary results today concerning the tornado. There was a whole list of myths associated with the storm that he debunked. Great presentation! I put a bunch of photos on my site
This is probably one of the more important studies, concerning tornadoes, in recent memory. There has only been one other published study on this event - and much of what it found to be true - was not!
Charles Doswell III (and all the others that were involved - Don Burgess, Charlie Crisp, Matt Gilmore, John Hart, Bob Johns, Bob Maddox, and Steve Piltz) released the preliminary results from the Tri-State Tornado. Dr. Doswell, along with a team of other meteorologists and enthusiasts, have put together an INCREDIBLE amount of information concerning this event. Mr. Doswell showed us a power-point today that included maps of the tornado path and damage points. They have interviewed people in each of the counties that were hit by the tornado. They have managed to GPS Plot the damage path through those counties and even rate the tornado from damage photos and information. They had hundreds of dots on their map showing where damage had occurred. They have interviewed a number of eyewitnesses.
They have totally debunked the WeatherWise Article concerning the Tri-State Tornado.
1. The tornado did not occur in the cold sector of the storm
2. The path of the low is incorrect on the old maps that were published in WeatherWise Magazine.
3. The tornado actually started one county earlier than previously thought.
4. The tornado was an F5.
5. There was a large outbreak of tornadoes on that day across the TN and Ohio Valleys. We may never know the full number of tornadoes that touched down. There were a significant number of F3 and F4 tornadoes in TN and KY.
6. They have discovered a strong outflow boundary that set up across KY and TN during the day of the event. This seems to be where a number of the large tornadoes eventually formed.
7. It appears that it was ONE tornado. There is nothing to suggest that it was not one tornado.
8. A strong dry line swept all the way into West TN and West KY.
9. They are going to write a book for the general public.
10. Charles Doswell and the other scientists will release ALL of the data to the public via the internet and other means. ALL of the information that they have discovered will be available to each and every one of us.
11. They will be writing "papers" to be published, in meteorology journals, concerning the event.
12. They are prob one year away from their COMPLETE study.
13. The tornado may have actually traveled a bit further in Indiana than previously thought. It could have been further...but then he also mentioned that it could have been less. Unsure on that. Hard to remember everything!
14. They discovered written data and instrument graphed data, from Weather Bureau Offices, that were previously lost. They are still trying to track down all of this data. Some of it was given to libraries, some of it was filed away in court houses, and some of it appears to simply have been thrown away.
15. They are making computer maps portraying what they believe will represent the upper and lower atmosphere on the day of the event.
16. It snowed on the day after the tornado in the State of Illinois.
17. Aerial photography maps from the 1930s do not show the path of the tornado because they discovered the entire region was clear cut during the 1920s.
18. They found out that portions of the path were followed by concerned citizens in Southeast Missouri on horseback. They did this in order to look for victims of the storm. This helped the team discover that the tornado actually started in Shannon County, Missouri. One county earlier than previously thought. Also eye-witness accounts and the American Red Cross have documents to show the same.
19. It was NOT a bean shaped storm (as the WeatherWise Report indicated) with a tornado in the front of the cell. It was a classic Supercell with the tornado where it should be.
20. Much more will be coming in the months to come!
Ton of photos at the link below
http://www.usawx.com/thejourney290.htm
This is probably one of the more important studies, concerning tornadoes, in recent memory. There has only been one other published study on this event - and much of what it found to be true - was not!
Charles Doswell III (and all the others that were involved - Don Burgess, Charlie Crisp, Matt Gilmore, John Hart, Bob Johns, Bob Maddox, and Steve Piltz) released the preliminary results from the Tri-State Tornado. Dr. Doswell, along with a team of other meteorologists and enthusiasts, have put together an INCREDIBLE amount of information concerning this event. Mr. Doswell showed us a power-point today that included maps of the tornado path and damage points. They have interviewed people in each of the counties that were hit by the tornado. They have managed to GPS Plot the damage path through those counties and even rate the tornado from damage photos and information. They had hundreds of dots on their map showing where damage had occurred. They have interviewed a number of eyewitnesses.
They have totally debunked the WeatherWise Article concerning the Tri-State Tornado.
1. The tornado did not occur in the cold sector of the storm
2. The path of the low is incorrect on the old maps that were published in WeatherWise Magazine.
3. The tornado actually started one county earlier than previously thought.
4. The tornado was an F5.
5. There was a large outbreak of tornadoes on that day across the TN and Ohio Valleys. We may never know the full number of tornadoes that touched down. There were a significant number of F3 and F4 tornadoes in TN and KY.
6. They have discovered a strong outflow boundary that set up across KY and TN during the day of the event. This seems to be where a number of the large tornadoes eventually formed.
7. It appears that it was ONE tornado. There is nothing to suggest that it was not one tornado.
8. A strong dry line swept all the way into West TN and West KY.
9. They are going to write a book for the general public.
10. Charles Doswell and the other scientists will release ALL of the data to the public via the internet and other means. ALL of the information that they have discovered will be available to each and every one of us.
11. They will be writing "papers" to be published, in meteorology journals, concerning the event.
12. They are prob one year away from their COMPLETE study.
13. The tornado may have actually traveled a bit further in Indiana than previously thought. It could have been further...but then he also mentioned that it could have been less. Unsure on that. Hard to remember everything!
14. They discovered written data and instrument graphed data, from Weather Bureau Offices, that were previously lost. They are still trying to track down all of this data. Some of it was given to libraries, some of it was filed away in court houses, and some of it appears to simply have been thrown away.
15. They are making computer maps portraying what they believe will represent the upper and lower atmosphere on the day of the event.
16. It snowed on the day after the tornado in the State of Illinois.
17. Aerial photography maps from the 1930s do not show the path of the tornado because they discovered the entire region was clear cut during the 1920s.
18. They found out that portions of the path were followed by concerned citizens in Southeast Missouri on horseback. They did this in order to look for victims of the storm. This helped the team discover that the tornado actually started in Shannon County, Missouri. One county earlier than previously thought. Also eye-witness accounts and the American Red Cross have documents to show the same.
19. It was NOT a bean shaped storm (as the WeatherWise Report indicated) with a tornado in the front of the cell. It was a classic Supercell with the tornado where it should be.
20. Much more will be coming in the months to come!
Ton of photos at the link below
http://www.usawx.com/thejourney290.htm
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