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Nighttime tornadoes are worst nightmare

Nighttime tornadoes are worst nightmare

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Northern Illinois University scientists underscores the danger of nighttime tornadoes and suggests that warning systems that have led to overall declines in tornado death rates ...





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Relative frequency of killer tornado events

Deadly storms underscore new research finding: Mid-South is most vulnerable region to tornadoes

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created Feb 08, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2

The tornadoes that swept across the mid-South on Tuesday and Wednesday illustrate in tragic fashion the findings of a recently published study by Northern Illinois University meteorologist Walker Ashley.


Study: New radar system cut tornado deaths

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created Jun 29, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study finds that the number of tornado casualties in the United States has fallen by half since a network of Doppler weather radar was installed 10 years ago.


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Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring

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created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an ...


Cell phone studies: While walking or driving, cell phones increase traffic, pedestrian fatalities

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell phones are a danger on the road in more ways than one. Two new studies show that talking on the phone while traveling, whether you're driving or on foot, is increasing both pedestrian deaths and those of drivers and ...


Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...


Balloons 'bombard' North Alabama landfill to collect data, improve tornado warnings

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created May 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto the Morgan County Landfill near here on Sunday so scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville could gather data needed ...


World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains

World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains (w/Videos)

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The largest and most ambitious tornado study in history will begin next week, as dozens of scientists deploy radars and other ground-based instruments across the Great Plains to gain a better understanding ...


A new twist on tornado study

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created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Funny thing about tornadoes. When they ought to drop out of the sky, they usually don't. Despite all the radar looking for them, no one quite knows when or where they'll appear.


Gravity Waves Make Tornados

Gravity Waves Make Tornados

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created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Did you know that there's a new breakfast food that helps meteorologists predict severe storms? Down South they call it "GrITs."


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Largest Attempt in History to Understand Tornadoes Slated to Begin

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

An ambitious project to explore the origin, structure and evolution of tornadoes will take place from May 10-June 13, 2009, across the central United States.



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