Links and Information from Day 2007 on Good Morning Cincinnati WKRC TV, Local 12 Cincinnati, Ohio Compiled by Steve Horstmeyer Updated by James Patterson (March 29, 2007)

Left:April 26, 1884, Garnet, Kansas, The first known tornado photograph. Photographer A.A. Adams. Right: August 28, 1884, near Forestburg, South Dakota, The second tornado photograph. Photographer F. N. Robinson.

SIX DANGEROUS TORNADO MYTHS

MYTH # 1 - TORNADOES CANNOT FORM IN OR CROSS MOUNTAINS. FALSE

TELL THAT TO SCOTT NEWTON WHO TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH AT THE LINK BELOW – THE HIGHEST TORNADO KNOWN AT NEARLY 12,000 FT. IN THE SIERRA NEVADA. http://tornado.sfsu.edu/RockwellPassTornado/

MYTH # 2 - CITIES ARE PROTECTED FROM TORNADOES BECAUSE THE BUILDINGS DISRUPT WIND FLOW? FALSE

A LOOK AT THESE WILL CONVINCE YOU.

CINCINNATI 1915 http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/1915/1915.html

NASHVILLE, 1998 http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9804/16/nashville.tornado.4/#2 http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/980416.html

OKLAHOMA CITY – 1999 http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/OKCDAMAGEPATH-lg.html http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/may99plainstornadoes-photos.html

MIAMI, FLORIDA – 1997 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/newpage/tornpix.html

FORT WORTH – 2000 http://www.dallassky.com/fwtornado.htm http://www.kenkuhl.com/tornado/

SALT LAKE CITY - 1999 http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/SLCtornado.html

MYTH # 3 - OPENING WINDOWS WILL PROTECT MY HOUSE FROM THE DAMAGING PRESSURE DROP THAT CAN CAUSE THE HOUSE TO EXPLODE FALSE

IT’S THE WIND (AND THE DEBRIS HURLED BY THE WIND) NOT THE PRESSURE DROP BECAUSE THE WINDS GET THERE FIRST – SO….DO NOT WASTE TIME OPENING YOUR WINDOWS.

MYTH # 4 - THE SAFEST SPOT IN MY HOUSE IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BASEMENT FALSE

IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. THE SOUTHWEST CORNER COULD BE THE SAFEST BUT IT COULD ALSO RECEIVE THE MOST DEBRIS. IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT SIDE OF YOU HOME THE TORBNADO GOES. IF IT IS A MULTIPLE FUNNEL TORNADO THE DEBRIS COULD BLOW IN ANY DIRECTION.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPENCER, SD TORNADO DAMAGE AND SEE WHY YOU SHOULD GET TO A SAFE SPOT ASAP.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/spencer/spendmg.htm

PLAN AHEAD – GET TO THE SAFE SPOT YOU DECIDE UPON – NOT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF YOUR BASEMENT.

GO TO THIS SITE FOR TIPS ON TORNADO SAFETY.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/safety.html

FOR STORM CHASERS, READ THIS ON SAFETY ISSUES:

http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/Chasing2.html

MYTH # 5 - I ONLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TORNADOES DURING TORNADO SEASON. FALSE

TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR IN OHIO, KENTUCKY AND INDIANA.

CHECK OUT THIS GREAT NOAA WEBSITE. http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/hazard/

MYTH # 6 - ALONG AN EXPRESSWAY SAFE SHELTER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AN OVERPASS. FALSE

IN A DIRECT HIT WIND SPEEDS CAN BE EVEN HIGHER THERE BECAUSE OF THE VENTURI EFFECT AND

MOST TORNADO DEATHS ARE CAUSED BY FLYING DEBRIS NEAR GROUND LEVEL UP UNDER THE OVERPASS YOU MAY BE MORE EXPOSED TO DEBRIS.

DON’T MISS THIS PRESENTATION:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/papers/overpass/slide01.html

TORNADOES AND SEVERE STORMS AROUND THE WORLD TORNADO FORMATION http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/bubble1.html

SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS http://www.extremewinds.com/learn.html http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/Conference_papers/SELS96/Supercell.h tml http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/type/spr/home.rxml

STRUCTURE OF SUPER CELLS http://www.theweatherprediction.com/severe/structure/

http://www.chaseday.com/identity-2.htm

STORM SPOTTER’S GUIDE http://spotterguides.us/

GENERAL INFO http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/brooks/public_html/worldfscale.html#world

EUROPE – GENERAL http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=126&article=16711&archive=tru e http://www.tordach.org/pdf/ecss02s.pdf http://www.essl.org/pdf/ESSL_PilotStudy.pdf

AUSTRALIA http://www.bom.gov.au/info/thunder/index.shtml http://australiasevereweather.com/ http://australiasevereweather.com/links/ozhome.htm http://www.nswstorms.com/ http://www.bsch.au.com/ http://www.downunderchase.com/ http://www.stormchasers.au.com/ http://www.stormfreak.net/ http://www.weatherchase.net/ http://www.electricskies.com.au/

ARGENTINA http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/argentina.htm

AUSTRIA http://www.tordach.org/at/Tornado_climatology_of_Austria.html http://www.tordach.org/at/index_e.html http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10- 1462_1679336,00.html http://bangladeshtornadoes.org/

BRAZIL http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Tornadoes+strike+ Brazil&id=66352

CANADA http://www.utoronto.ca/env/nh/pt2ch2-2-2.htm http://www.ontariostorms.com/

CHINA http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/china.htm http://www.china.org.cn/english/2005/Apr/126552.htm

CYPRUS http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/feature/ne280103.htm

CZECH REPUBLIC http://www.chmi.cz/torn/publications/AtmRes-ECSS2002_Setvak-Salek- Munzar.pdf http://www.chmi.cz/torn/

GERMANY http://wetterchronik.de/english/tornadogeruecht.htm http://www.tordach.org/pdf/etss_1p.pdf http://www.eurotornado.ou.edu/Abstracts/Dotzek1.PDF http://www.tordach.org/de/ http://www.chasebase.de/ http://www.grenzwetter.de/

ITALY http://www.tornadoit.org/

NETHERLANDS http://www.stormchasing.nl/ http://www.weatherpictures.nl/ http://www.dutchweather.nl/ http://www.dandantheweatherman.com/Bereklauw/dutchtns.htm

NEW ZEALAND http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10- 1462_1674136,00.html

SOUTH AFRICA http://www.nwas.org/ej/heidelberg/ http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7- 1442_1656962,00.html http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7- 1442_1651419,00.html

SWEDEN http://www.svemet.org/tornado.html

SWITZERLAND http://www.tordach.org/ch/

UNITED KINGDOM http://www.torro.org.uk/research/whirlextreme.htm http://geography.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://news.bbc.c o.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3059663.stm

USA

CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER INFO http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

US TORNADO AND SEVERE STORM HAZARDS http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/hazard/

TORNADO FAQS FROM STORM PREDICTION CENTER http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

HISTORICAL US TORNADO DATA http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/tornadoes/index.html

CLIMATOLOGY – TECHNICAL ARTICLE http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/brooks/public_html/concannon/

CINCINNATI AREA http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/index.html

INDIANA http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/intorn.htm

KENTUCKY http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/kytorn.htm

OHIO http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/ohtorn.htm

WISCONSIN http://www.wx-fx.com/

VIETNAM http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10- 1462_1679651,00.html

LIGHTNING http://www.lightningphotography.com/ http://www.electricskies.com.au/ http://www.atwillett.com/

STORM PHOTOGRAPHY – GENERAL http://www.weather-photography.com/index.php http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/torscans.htm

THE FUJITA SCALE & Tetsuya “Ted” Fujita http://www.msu.edu/~fujita/tornado/ttfujita/biography.html http://www.stormtrack.org/library/people/fujita.htm http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/fpp.html http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html

DOPPLER RADAR http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/doppler.htm http://www.pirateisle.com/gatech2/sciviz/history.html

NWS DOPPLER SITES http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/national.html

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