NWS report of storm in Central Iowa.
My hometown has stopped sounding the tornado siren unless there is a tornado on the ground as too many people were ignoring the siren. Now we know if the siren goes off better take shelter as **** is about to get real. Unless it's noon on saturday.It’s been going on 10-15 years it seems. Most people I know don’t even heed it unless there’s a funnel on the ground. It has completely diluted the distinction IMO.
I get wanting to inform people of the potential, but I feel like Tornado Watch and Severe Thunderstorm warnings cover that.
Just for arguments sake: you’d rather have a tornado warning after the twister forms and plows through your neighborhood vs being warned a tornado is about to form/dropThat’s what’s happening now I believe. Warnings should be limited to on-ground tornadoes. Or just make an up front distinction somehow
Beyond the explicit statement of radar indicated and observed?People are starting to see it as crying wolf. That’s a problem. A distinction alleviates that.
You might be right, but you aren’t taking real basic human nature into account.
No.Just for arguments sake: you’d rather have a tornado warning after the twister forms and plows through your neighborhood vs being warned a tornado is about to form/drop
Well, each tornado warning currently includes verbiage whether the tornado is radar indicated vs confirmed. If you are in a warned area, just open the weather notification to find out which one it is.No.
Just a term that differentiates between a confirmed funnel on the ground and one that’s extremely possible.
Have NWS issue a separate Tornado Confirmation. Warning means what it does now, Confirmation means what warning did 20 years ago.
Quad cities office is in the warning box so another office has to take over for them until the warning is over right?
No.
Just a term that differentiates between a confirmed funnel on the ground and one that’s extremely possible.
Have NWS issue a separate Tornado Confirmation. Warning means what it does now, Confirmation means what warning did 20 years ago.
Not a problem for me.People are starting to see it as crying wolf. That’s a problem. A distinction alleviates that.
You might be right, but you aren’t taking real basic human nature into account.
You do realize that if you if there is rotation in the atmosphere, it can drop down, destroy your house and kill you in a matter of seconds.They had a tornado warning for Hazleton this afternoon where we live when there clearly was not one. If there was an actual tornado our response would have absolutely been different.
Adding a distinction like that implies that a person's response should be different. IT SHOULD NOT!!!!!People are starting to see it as crying wolf. That’s a problem. A distinction alleviates that.
You might be right, but you aren’t taking real basic human nature into account.
No.
Just a term that differentiates between a confirmed funnel on the ground and one that’s extremely possible.
Have NWS issue a separate Tornado Confirmation. Warning means what it does now, Confirmation means what warning did 20 years ago.
Seems weak if thereI'm not seeing the rotation they say is there.