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This week on Weather Break, our guest has been Dr. John Snow. He’s the Dean of the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. One of his research projects involves tracking debris that was thrown great distances by tornadoes. In general, this [...]
Entries from October 2009
How Far Tornadoes Can Throw Debris: The Best-Observed Example
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments
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How Far Tornadoes Can Throw Debris: Light and Heavy Debris
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments
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Dr. John Snow of the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma is an expert in, among other things, how far tornadoes can send debris. Yesterday on Weather Break, he spoke with us about the incredible distances paper debris can travel if they are lofted [...]
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How Far Tornadoes Can Throw Debris: Paper Debris
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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For the next few days on Weather Break, our guest is going to be Dr. John Snow, a professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Snow is an expert on, among other things, how far tornadoes can throw debris.  On today’s episode of [...]
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How Far Tornadoes Can Throw Debris: Motivation for the Study
October 27th, 2009 · No Comments
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For the next few days on Weather Break, our guest is going to be Dr. John Snow, a professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Snow is an expert on, among other things, how far tornadoes can throw debris. This information is potentially important, [...]
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The October 1997 Snowstorm in Nebraska
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments
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Starting October 24, 1997, a strong snowstorm moved through southern and eastern Nebraska. The storm dumped as much as 23 inches of snow southeast of Grand Island.  Lincoln and the suburbs of Omaha saw about 14 inches of snow in the storm. Power was out across [...]
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