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A tornado was witnessed south of Limon in Colorado on the afternoon of May 22, following extreme weather warnings.This video, recorded by Matt Woods, shows the tornado spinning in the distance.On ...
Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY. Updated December 28, 2024 at 4:38 PM. Holiday travelers heading home this weekend could face severe weather in parts of the country, ... Severe weather warnings and ...
A combination of low humidity, dry conditions and high winds led authorities to issue red flag warnings across western Texas, eastern New Mexico as well as parts of Colorado and Kansas. The many ...
PDS tornado warnings are currently issued on an experimental basis by the 38 National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices within the Central Region. [17] The criteria for a PDS warning are when a tornado on the ground has been spotted or confirmed, or a significant tornado is expected based on radar signatures.
Although most of the tornadoes that touched down were relatively weak and short-lived, seven of them were more than 1 ⁄ 2 mi (0.80 km) wide, including one that reached a peak width of just over 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi (2.0 km) wide, and multiple tornado emergencies were issued. 30 tornadoes were confirmed during the outlook period; six of them were ...
A few weeks after the tornado, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released details about an experimental warning system which was tested before and during the tornado. This new warning system, named Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS), was created by the Hazardous Weather Testbed housed in the National Weather Center in Norman ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed Saturday that an EF1 tornado with 100-mph winds touched down 5 miles north-northeast of Cripple Creek, Colorado, on Friday, Aug. 9. Cripple Creek is ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...