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Was the existence of tornadoes really ever in doubt? I mean the connection between tornadoes and hook echos on weather radar has been know since at least the 50
by cowboysauce 6y ago
Was the existence of tornadoes really ever in doubt? I mean the connection between tornadoes and hook echos on weather radar has been know since at least the 50s and Ted Fujita is well known for his work on tornadoes during the 70s. I was really into meteorology as a kid during the late 90s and early 2000s and I don't remember ever reading anything that implied that there was doubt that tornadoes existed.
- ncmncm 6y agoTornados are supposed to be pretty common in LA, where they are called, instead, "weather events". There are lots of places that have more or less frequent tornadoes where real estate people and homeowners would rather they not be mentioned.
- joubert 6y ago“Although Los Angeles County has never experienced the monsters that terrorize the midwest, tornadoes, albeit smaller ones, are not unknown here. Since 1950, at least 42 tornadoes were reported to have occurred in Los Angeles County. Most were quite small, covering short distances and doing little or no damage.” — http://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we701.php http://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we701.php
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoDoppler weather radar didn't exist in the 50's.
- cowboysauce 6y ago> The first known radar observations of a confirmed tornado were made at the Illinois State Water Survey on the 9th of April 1953. http://www.chill.colostate.edu/w/CHILL_history#The_First_Tornadic_Hook_Echo_Weather_Radar_Observations http://www.chill.colostate.edu/w/CHILL_history#The_First_Tor...