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- At AGU 2013: Are tornadoes getting stronger? No. Mon, 16 Dec 13, 3:55amThis AGU session asked that question directly and I covered this previously. Now that the video of the entire session is available, I thought it worth revisiting. Of course, the answer is “no”, even when they...
- Are Tornadoes Getting Stronger? Rebuttal to Elsner et al. Sun, 15 Sep 13, 4:00amBy Paul Homewood http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU-News/Researchers-develop-model-to-correct-tornado-records Quantification of long term tornado trends has been hampered by the fact that many more tornadoes are reported today...
- NOAA’s claim on El Reno tornado may not hold up Sat, 17 Aug 13, 3:48amTornado Widths– NOAA Makes Changes In Procedure By Paul Homewood NOAA have claimed that the El Reno tornado, in Oklahoma in May, was the widest tornado on record...
- Oklahoma tornado officially an EF5 – wind speeds still less than 1999 Moore tornado Wed, 22 May 13, 6:51amThe map below shows ‘Tornado Tracks Streak Across Oklahoma’ as measured by doppler radar. The rotation of tornadoes creates a distinctive signature in radar data, and can be used to estimate the track that the...
- Preliminary Tornado Report for 2012: a low year Mon, 14 Jan 13, 10:30pmGuest post by Paul Homewood Although tornado numbers still need to be confirmed for November/December, NOAA have issued their report for 2012. It has been abundantly clear for several months that the year would be one of...
- Tornado Report – September 2012 Mon, 22 Oct 12, 3:00pmThe tornado season remained a quiet one in September. According to data from NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, during September, there were 43 preliminary tornado reports. This is less than the 1991-2010 September average...
- Tornado Season Statistics Update – ‘remarkably quiet’ Tue, 17 Jul 12, 6:39amGuest post by Paul Homewood It does not seem long since the February outbreak of tornadoes had Joe Romm noting :- The unexpectedly fierce and fast tornado outbreak so early in the season has folks asking again about a possible...
- NWS Dallas on yesterday’s tornado outbreak – just another statistic, no mention of “global warming” Thu, 5 Apr 12, 4:42amPaul Homewood advises of this report just up on the National Weather Service Dallas website: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/2012/20120403-summary.pdf I’ve extracted and posted it below: Summary: A full assessment of the...
- 2011 US Tornado Year Analyzed – no trend indication, still below 1974 for strong to violent tornadoes Sun, 1 Apr 12, 8:00amGuest Post by Paul Homewood NOAA have just about finalised their numbers for the 2011 tornado season, although December figures still await confirmation...
- Even with a busy tornado year, still no upward trend in tornadoes Fri, 6 Jan 12, 5:00pmUS Tornado Trends–Updated to 2011 Guest post by Paul Homewood 2011 has obviously been a disastrous year for tornadoes in the USA, but does this reflect an increasing trend in either the number or severity of tornadoes?...