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A new weather study underway in Wisconsin is focusing on tornadoes that can be hard to provide advanced warning for like the EF-1 twister that touched down in the Town of Dunkirk three weeks ago.
University of Louisiana Monroe Atmospheric Science Assistant Professor Dr. Todd Murphy and four students left campus Monday, March 21, to collect data on an approaching storm system. Murphy was awarded a PERiLS grant of $276,000 to study how tornadoes form from squall lines. Atmospheric Science students participating in the field mission are Emily Allen, Haniston Holloway, Isaiah Montgomery, and Jacob Zeringue.
As heavy rain and winds blew through the Golden Triangle Tuesday, a group of storm chasers stationed at the Quality Inn in Starkville stood ready to observe any tornadoes a severe front might produce.
March has been a quiet month, weather-wise, until Monday, March 21. A line of severe weather stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico is marching east and expected to set up camp in Northeast Louisiana later today. The National Weather Service forecasts threats of heavy rain and flooding, hail, high winds, and tornadoes. It’s a scenario that University of Louisiana Monroe Atmospheric Science Assistant Professor Todd Murphy, Ph.D., knows well. And he and atmospheric science students Emily Allen, Haniston Holloway, Isaiah Montgomery, and Jacob Zeringue are ready.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree City take the information to improve tornado detection and ultimately save more lives and property.