{"id":1928392,"date":"2023-05-10T22:25:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornado-act-progresses-seeks-to-improve-forecasting-and-warning-times\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T22:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:27:52","slug":"tornado-act-progresses-seeks-to-improve-forecasting-and-warning-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornado-act-progresses-seeks-to-improve-forecasting-and-warning-times\/","title":{"rendered":"TORNADO Act advances to enhance forecasting and warning times."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftornado-act-progresses-seeks-to-improve-forecasting-and-warning-times%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bipartisan TORNADO Act Passes Senate Committee, Aims to Improve Tornado Forecasting and Warning Times<\/h2>\n<p>A new bipartisan bill, the TORNADO Act, has passed the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with the aim of improving understanding, forecasting, and warning times for tornadoes and severe weather. The bill was reintroduced by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and colleagues from both sides of the aisle, and would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to update methods for predicting and issuing weather alerts.<\/p>\n<h3>Protecting Lives and Property<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Wicker introduced the TORNADO Act to help protect against future loss of life and property, stating that improved forecasting is the best way to give residents more time to seek shelter. The legislation would require NOAA to prepare and submit an action plan for national implementation of \u201chigh-resolution probabilistic guidance for tornado forecasting and prediction.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Updating the EF Scale<\/h3>\n<p>The TORNADO Act would also encourage NOAA to evaluate the current tornado rating system, the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale, and make updates. The EF Scale became operational in 2007 and is used to assign a tornado a \u2018rating\u2019 based on estimations of wind speed and surveys of damage. The original Fujita Scale was updated to better determine wind speeds based on ground examinations and surveys of damage. \u201cThe [EF] scale has to do with how most structures are designed,\u201d according to NOAA.<\/p>\n<h3>Optimizing Data Collection and Sharing<\/h3>\n<p>Further stipulations of the legislation would require NOAA to \u201ccoordinate with appropriate entities when conducting post-storm assessments to optimize data collection, sharing, and integration.\u201d Sen. Wicker emphasized that even when tornadoes are well-forecasted, warnings do not always provide enough lead time to ensure the public can respond or seek appropriate shelter. The TORNADO Act would improve the forecasting and understanding of these natural disasters so we can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lessons-from-the-carnage-in-spacs\/\" title=\"Lessons From the Carnage in SPACs\">prevent future loss<\/a> of life and property.<\/p>\n<h3>Continuing Advances in Weather Forecasting<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi noted that great advances in weather forecasting in recent decades have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nigerian-pastor-says-government-fully-supports-killings-of-christians-report\/\" title=\"Nigerian Pastor Says Government \u2018Fully\u2019 Supports Killings Of Christians: Report\">helped save lives<\/a>, but more can and should be done to alert people when tornadoes threaten their lives. The TORNADO Act would be useful in helping provide greater support for NOAA and its research partners, like the University of Mississippi, to advance tornado forecasting and warning times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan bill intent on bringing better understanding, increased forecasting and warning times for tornadoes and severe weather passed the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, May 10. The TORNADO Act, short for Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations, was reintroduced this year by Sen. 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