Tornadoes can be very small, sometimes too small to be detected by Doppler radar, especially at long distances. The farther away from the radar a storm is, the less detail you can make out and the less you are able to see close to the ground.
Sometimes tornadoes can evade radar detection. This most often happens if the tornado is short lived, and thus is missed as the radar beam rotates, or occurs far away from the radar. Fortunately this occurs less often with strong tornadoes.
Yes. In fact radar is the primary tool used in detecting tornadoes.
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Yes. Doppler radar is one of the most important tools in the modern study of tornadoes.
Prior to the creation of weather radar tornadoes claimed an averaged of about 190 lives every year in the United States.
Meteorologists use a radar instrument called Doppler radar to detect tornadoes. Doppler radar can detect the rotation within a thunderstorm, which is a key indicator of possible tornado formation.
Tornadoes are tracked using Doppler radar and reports from storm spotters and other eyewitnesses.
True. Doppler radar can detect tornadoes.
Perhaps the most useful tool in tracking tornadoes is Doppler radar.
Scientists track tornadoes using Doppler radar and reports from eyewitnesses.
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The track precipitation and tornadoes