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2024 Tallahassee Tornadoes
On the morning of May 10, 2024, two significant tornadoes moved through Leon County, Florida, United States, both of which converged over Tallahassee. While damage was primarily to trees, numerous homes suffered damage. Tornadoes also damaged the campuses of numerous educational institutions across Tallahassee. Severe damage occurred to Railroad Square and total damage caused by the storm was estimated at over $184 million (2024 USD). Meteorological synopsis The Storm Prediction Center issued an Enhanced risk (3/5) for severe weather on May 10 for parts of northeastern Florida and southern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. A strong upper-level trough over the Eastern United States produced a shortwave trough that would move from the lower Mississippi Valley towards the southeastern United States. Outflow from Tornado outbreak of May 6–10, 2024, convection that spawned severe weather the previous few days would form a cold front that would move south through parts of Texas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NEXRAD
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band pulse-Doppler radar, Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the United States Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation, and the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force within the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense. Its technical name is WSR-88D (''Weather Surveillance Radar, 1988, Doppler''). NEXRAD detects precipitation (meteorology), precipitation and Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric movement or wind. It returns data which when processed can be displayed in a mosaic map which shows patterns of precipitation and its movement. The radar system operates in two basic modes, selectable by the operator – a slow-scanning ''clear-air mode'' for analyzing air moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
