Summary:
Even in the Midwest, tornados still occur, which is unusual since their normal path is around the plains of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. The bad thing about these tornados is that they form late at night and during the colder seasons. Scientist Robert Trapp, of Purdue University, said that his team has studied more than 3,800 United States tornadoes. The study that Trapp and his colleagues did, at the University of Oklahoma, is trying to better the ability to predict tornado strikes and warn civilians a little bit longer than just a few minutes. They started the study by finding which types of storms produced the destructive funnels. 79 percent of about the 3,800 tornados Trapp team followed, came from cells, but 18 percent came from line storms in the Tornado Alley. In the Midwest, about half of the tornadoes came from line storms. Cell storms frequently form in the spring season, in the afternoon, which is why most tornado/storm warnings occur in the late afternoon. Though line storms are almost the opposite, where they form most during the night and during the late fall and very early spring. Trapp concludes by saying something like he's not trying to be alarmist, but wants people to be prepared who reside outside tornado alley. Trapp also mentions that his study's are a step to better prediction, but there is still much needed to be done.
Impact:
The impact of earlier tornado warnings is obvious....less deaths. If tornado warnings were broadcasted out sooner, many lives would be saved. It could also make more people aware of how many tornadoes actually occur during the night as line storms. This would also impact in a good way. In a way, that the News Stations would be able to see tornadoes on the radars since they wouldn't come up as blotches but as actual funnel looking storms instead.
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