The Tornado Emergency That Had NO Tornado: How it Happened

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Tornado Emergencies; the absolute highest warning the National Weather Service can issue for a tornado. Only with the utmost confidence, a Tornado Emergency is used to warn the public when there is no doubt (supposedly) that a violent, damaging tornado is ongoing, and often are issued for towns with a higher population. Since the warning type was first issued for the 1999 Moore, Oklahoma Tornado, The process of issuing a Tornado Emergency often requires coordination from the National Weather Service, alongside damage reports from local government officials, and on the ground reporting from certified storm spotters. I mean, could you imagine what would happen if there ended up being a tornado emergency and there ended up being no tornado after the fact- you already saw the title of the video and if not, uh hi I guess?

On April 15, 2022, a series of Tornado Emergencies were issued in Northern Arkansas for what was thought to be a large, violent tornado on the ground, turns out there wasn't one. But how does this happen? Was the National Weather Service incompetent-no. The series of events that led up to the decision to issue a Tornado Emergency is very complex and deserves a deep dive into how the National Weather Service ended up issuing a Tornado Emergency. Join me, as we look into how this happened, and why the NWS issued a tornado emergency for a storm that ended up having no Tornado.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:14 The 2022 Tornado Season So Far
3:56 Synopsis
5:34 Problem 1: Radar Dead Zones
9:52 Problem 2: Large Hail Impacting Radar
12:28 Problem 3: Visibility
13:49 Problem 4: Storm Reports
16:06 The Event the Day Of
17:54 What ACTUALLY Happened
21:43 Conclusion and In Defense of the NWS

Special Thanks to Rishi, Diego Garcia, and various members of the Weathernerds discord server for proofreading the script and making sure I wasn't sounding like an idiot.

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