What we don't know about tornadoes can kill you.

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Etiology Unknown.

 

 

But as Bill Bunting, operations chief of the NOAA's Storm Prediction Center, told CBC News, what they've learned over the past years is that a slow start doesn't have much predictive capability in terms of how the remainder of the season unfolds.

 

“[Tornadoes] are a very localized phenomenon and it’s really difficult to say more than a few days out what might be possible," Bunting said. "It’s that time of the year. It’s getting into late April and May – it's the peak of the tornado season, and the atmosphere apparently knows that.

 

Over the past days, a rash of deadly tornadoes and heavy storms have rumbled across the centre and south of the U.S.

 

Anyone who has ever watched any of the storm chasers programs knows that these things don't show up on the radar systems until they have formed.  It is anyone's guess when and where they will strike out of a super-cell.

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Moved to more appropriate forum.  Enjoy.

 

Okay, so, I grew up at the tail end of Tornado Alley in and around Toledo, OH, and they are terrifying.  It's strange to think that we still don't fully understand them.  Strange and, yeah, terrifying.