July 9, 2020
A large tornado (click here) in northwest Minnesota killed one person as it damaged multiple farmsteads late Wednesday.
The tornado hit near Dalton, Minnesota, in southeastern Otter Tail County between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. CDT. It moved through mostly open farmland, but three farmsteads suffered significant damage, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)....
2020 Deaths to date. (click here) Seventy-four deaths so far this season. A lot of big storms this year. Five of the deaths occurred outside of the "watch" area. This is an issue so that the prediction center can decide if adjustments are needed in the "Tornado Watch" areas. It points to the effectiveness of the program. The accuracy of the program is 96 percent. The three deaths outside the "Watch" area are from less than grade four. The rotations of Grade One and Four are spot on. The inaccuracy occurs from Grade 2 and 3.
Quite possibly the SuperCell is distributing straight-line winds as well. There was a new "front" type discovered by scientists. I think that came out early this year. Perhaps there is some of that accompanying the tornado rotation and spreads the danger to the periphery in lower rotation tornadoes.
In an attempt to save lives perhaps "the alerts" should include land areas, towns and cities within 100 miles of the tornado zone.
So far, the tornado damage in 2020 has been substantial.
My sincere sympathies to the people of Putnam County, Tennessee.
March 21, 2020
By Anita Wadhwani
Nearly three weeks after tornadoes (click here) tore through suburban neighborhoods in Putnam County, killing 19 people, residents are now contending with the widening national pandemic that county Mayor Randy Porter calls a "one-two gut punch."
"We had our guts punched with the tornado, and this came up," said Porter, who, like many in this small community, knew victims personally. Jessica Clark, 31, worked for the city government. Porter called her a close friend....
Three of the five deaths outside of the "Watch" area were in the Tennessee Valley as well. At time mark 0.10 it is obvious the turbulence went well outside the "Watch" zone.
2020 Deaths to date. (click here) Seventy-four deaths so far this season. A lot of big storms this year. Five of the deaths occurred outside of the "watch" area. This is an issue so that the prediction center can decide if adjustments are needed in the "Tornado Watch" areas. It points to the effectiveness of the program. The accuracy of the program is 96 percent. The three deaths outside the "Watch" area are from less than grade four. The rotations of Grade One and Four are spot on. The inaccuracy occurs from Grade 2 and 3.
Quite possibly the SuperCell is distributing straight-line winds as well. There was a new "front" type discovered by scientists. I think that came out early this year. Perhaps there is some of that accompanying the tornado rotation and spreads the danger to the periphery in lower rotation tornadoes.
In an attempt to save lives perhaps "the alerts" should include land areas, towns and cities within 100 miles of the tornado zone.
So far, the tornado damage in 2020 has been substantial.
My sincere sympathies to the people of Putnam County, Tennessee.
March 21, 2020
By Anita Wadhwani
Nearly three weeks after tornadoes (click here) tore through suburban neighborhoods in Putnam County, killing 19 people, residents are now contending with the widening national pandemic that county Mayor Randy Porter calls a "one-two gut punch."
"We had our guts punched with the tornado, and this came up," said Porter, who, like many in this small community, knew victims personally. Jessica Clark, 31, worked for the city government. Porter called her a close friend....
Three of the five deaths outside of the "Watch" area were in the Tennessee Valley as well. At time mark 0.10 it is obvious the turbulence went well outside the "Watch" zone.
