Mild season in Tornado Alley frustrates scientists
The News Review:
- Mild season in Tornado Alley frustrates scientists
- Tornado confirmed in northwest New Jersey
- Tornado Damages Homes in Cordova
- A Late Hurricane Season?
- The ‘real’ hurricane season begins
- NWS: Tornado utbreak
Mild season in Tornado Alley frustrates scientists
The Associated Press
WELTE(AP)–1 day agoDES MINES Iowa — This has been an unusually mild year in Tornado Alley which is good news of course for the people who live here but a little frustrating to scientists who planned to chase twisters as part of a $10 million research project. “You’re out there to do the experiment and you’re geared up every day and ready. And when there isn’t anything happening that is frustrating” said Don Burgess a scientist at the University of klahoma. But he was quick to add that he is pleased the relative quiet has meant fewer injuries and less damage. Nationwide there were 826 tornadoes this year through June 30 compared with an average of 934 for the same period during the previous three years according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman kla.
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Tornado confirmed in northwest New Jersey
Philadelphia Inquirer
31 2009 Tornado confirmed in northwest New Jersey WANTAGE TWNSHIP N. – The National Weather Service has determined that a tornado touched down in the northwest tip of New Jersey on Wednesday. No injuries were reported in the rural Sussex County community of Wantage but the winds ripped roofs off several barns took down a silo and uprooted trees. The tornado’s winds reached 120 m.
Tornado Damages Homes in Cordova
Eyewitness News Memphis
(Julie Tyler)CRDVA TN – Twisted smashed blown apart; that’s how many describe the destruction of last night’s tornado near Germantown Parkway. The national weather service is investigating possible tornado touchdowns across the metro area. The agency confirms two tornadoes but there could be at least four more. ne twister hit Cordova. If you had any question if a tornado hit this area all you have to do is look at the neighborhood on Rockcreek Parkway.
A Late Hurricane Season?
New York Times
But that’s no reason to relax the Miami Herald says in a frontpage story this morning. Some of the worst hurricane years the Herald says have started slowly. In 2004 hurricanes Charlie Frances Ivan and Jeanne walloped [.
The ‘real’ hurricane season begins
Delmarva Daily Times
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NWS: Tornado utbreak
MyFox Memphis
- The National Weather Service confirms 2 tornadoes touched down in the Mid-South Thursday night one in Cordova and one in live Branch Mississippi. As they continue to investigate other possible touchdowns officials are scratching their heads saying a tornado outbreak is unusual for this time of year. The home video will send chill up your spine. Ryan Fanshier can be heard saying “This is going to hit us. ” Fanshier and his wife Kristin who live in the College Park area of live Branch took video of the tornado that tore through the town late Thursday afternoon. Fanshier says “At the time I couldn’t believe it is this really happening to us right now?” The two saw the tornado hit neighboring houses when debris started flying near their home they took cover.