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6 May 2009
Reporting Severe Weather- Do's and Dont's
This has certainly turned into a Spring to remember here in the Southeast corner of North America. North Alabama in particular has been hit by storm after storm, with over 11 inches of rain falling in parts of the Huntsville area since May first. I am writing this on the 6th! Small tornadoes like EF0 and EF1 (EF means Enhanced Fujita Scale) are very difficult to see on radar, so …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.