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World's Largest Tornado Experiment Heads for Great Plains (w/Videos)
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May 05, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Balloons 'bombard' North Alabama landfill to collect data, improve tornado warnings
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May 06, 2008 |
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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 ...
Deadly storms underscore new research finding: Mid-South is most vulnerable region to tornadoes
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Feb 08, 2008 |
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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.
Dry autumns and winters may lead to fewer tornadoes in the spring
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
Study: New radar system cut tornado deaths
Jun 29, 2005 |
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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.
Scientists Unravel Midwest Tornado Formation
Nov 08, 2005 |
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Although tornadoes are usually thought of as springtime storms that develop in early evenings out of isolated weather cells, the twister that touched down in Indiana in the middle of the night this past weekend ...
A new twist on tornado study
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May 12, 2009 |
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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.
Scientists Unravel Midwest Tornado Formation
Apr 01, 2005 |
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Although tornadoes are usually thought of as springtime storms that develop in early evenings out of isolated weather cells, storm watchers now say that conception often fails to hold, especially in the larger ...
Largest Attempt in History to Understand Tornadoes Slated to Begin
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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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.
Vamco's gusty remnants cause high wind warnings in Alaska's Aleutian Islands
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Aug 26, 2009 |
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The remnants from Typhoon Vamco are sweeping over Alaska's Aleutian Island chain today and tomorrow, and high wind warnings have been posted by the National Weather Service.
Research suggests urban sprawl, wet falls and winter affect severe weather
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Previously rare big city storms - like a tornado Aug. 19 that downed trees and ripped off roofs in downtown Minneapolis and the powerful thunderstorms in New York City a day earlier - may ...
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