I was 10 years old when this tornado struck. I remember doing a report on it for science class. Even at age 10 I could never fully understand how powerful this particular tornado was. It completely wiped this town OFF THE MAP.
I was 10 years old when this tornado struck. I remember doing a report on it for science class. Even at age 10 I could never fully understand how powerful this particular tornado was. It completely wiped this town OFF THE MAP.
There were radars around the US even in the 50's, such as the WSR-57D radar.
Many cities had them, however the technology for most of these havent improved until the 90's when they started to have velocity data and colored reflectivity. ill send a message about it if you want
@supercell1995 sure..I'm always glad to learn new things about meteorology (sp?)....Right now I'm still a little dumbstruck, because as irony would have it, my hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama was about wiped out 2 days ago by a long-track tornado that hopscotched it's way clean across the state.
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I was 10 years old when this tornado struck. I remember doing a report on it for science class. Even at age 10 I could never fully understand how powerful this particular tornado was. It completely wiped this town OFF THE MAP.
ssivertsen1008 1 month ago
I was 10 years old when this tornado struck. I remember doing a report on it for science class. Even at age 10 I could never fully understand how powerful this particular tornado was. It completely wiped this town OFF THE MAP.
ssivertsen1008 1 month ago
It's really sad that in hindsight you can see the hook as clear as day on this thing, but that was before Doppler had been implemented nationwide
1982Moonbird 11 months ago
@1982Moonbird
There were radars around the US even in the 50's, such as the WSR-57D radar.
Many cities had them, however the technology for most of these havent improved until the 90's when they started to have velocity data and colored reflectivity. ill send a message about it if you want
supercell1995 10 months ago
@supercell1995 sure..I'm always glad to learn new things about meteorology (sp?)....Right now I'm still a little dumbstruck, because as irony would have it, my hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama was about wiped out 2 days ago by a long-track tornado that hopscotched it's way clean across the state.
1982Moonbird 10 months ago
@1982Moonbird
oh i heard all about that I was tracking that storm on radar, it looked scary. Hope you did alright!
supercell1995 10 months ago