Tornado outbreak across South amazes meteorologists

Wednesday's historic tornado outbreak in the South will go down in the record books and will be studied and analyzed for years to come by meteorologists and other researchers, an expert said Thursday.

 
FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: April 29, 2011    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Wednesday's historic tornado outbreak in the South will go down in the record books and will be studied and analyzed for years to come by meteorologists and other researchers, said Rick Smith, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Norman Forecast Office.

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“We don't even realize the full scope of what happened yet,” Smith said. “To have one tornado as strong as the one that hit Tuscaloosa (Ala.) is rare, but to have several of them going on at the same time and traveling such large distances is exceptionally rare.

“As a meteorologist watching the event unfold through streaming TV broadcasts from the area, Twitter feeds and news blogs, you're amazed at what's happening from a scientific perspective, but at the same time overwhelmingly shocked by the power of the storms and the devastation and loss of life they brought.”

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