Storm Model Foresaw Tornado Precursor Hours Before Twister Hit
By Kimberly M. S. Cartier 26 July 2017
A rain-wrapped tornado struck the small town of Elk City, Okla., on 16 May and damaged more than 20 homes and businesses. Thanks to an experimental storm prediction model from the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Okla., residents received more than twice the usual warning time to seek shelter.
Pamela Heinselman, project manager of the prediction model called Warn-on-Forecast, told Eos that the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters in Norman saw the test as “significant in terms of being able to put out that advisory and then have confidence to issue a warning…earlier than they would have been able to do otherwise.”
https://eos.org/articles/storm-model-foresaw-tornado-precursor-hours-before-twister-hit
