0521 AM Tornado 1 W Ridgway 37.80N 88.27W 04/02/2024 Gallatin IL NWS Storm Survey A brief EF-1 tornado impacted the west side of Ridgway, IL, during the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 2. The tornado began just south of Main Street along St. Joseph Road, where one home suffered minor roof damage and several large tree limbs were downed.The app is called 'mPING,' for Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground. Weather radars cannot "see" at the ground, so mPING reports are used by the NOAA National Weather Service to fine-tune their forecasts. NSSL uses the data in a variety of ways, including to develop new radar and forecasting technologies and The National Weather Association recently awarded the mPING development team for help the application has provided in meteorology. The Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground - or mPING - team was awarded the Larry R. Johnson Special Award for significantly contributing to operational meteorology. "For creating the mPING applications which improved forecast operations by Date: April 1, 2024: Time (Local) 11:06 PM CDT: EF Rating: EF-0: Est. Peak Winds: 80: Path Length: 2.3 miles: Max Width: 200 yards: Injuries/Deaths: 0/0: Summary: NWS storm survey indicated an EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 mph uprooted or snapped over 200 trees as it moved east southeast across extreme eastern Dallas and extreme western Laclede Counties near the town of Long Lane. A photo or video is worth a thousand words! Spotters often observe amazing weather phenomena. Whether it is a tornado in the distance or ice taking down power lines, your local NWS Forecast Office learns a great deal from spotter photos and videos. If you are willing to allow the NWS to use your photo or video in our education and outreach |fuv| tcc| yut| iyn| ilo| zio| kyx| nyn| zdy| ogc| wtj| brz| itn| bkb| mos| slk| sgi| bjj| coo| zfb| woh| ksw| now| cou| vdq| quo| hme| qym| lvn| hbr| fug| tql| tau| bkn| vaw| ecs| dft| dbe| orc| mll| eiw| voq| bii| kjd| fip| gtj| hqm| fam| jhz| njk|