The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) plays a crucial role in forecasting tornado outbreaks and issuing safety warnings. Alongside this, they conduct damage surveys following tornado events, as highlighted by tornado researcher Jana Houser from Ohio State University. These surveys are vital for creating a climatological database that tracks tornado occurrences and their intensity. Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes are challenging to measure in real-time due to their small size and unpredictability, making post-event assessments necessary to gather accurate data on their impact.
The biggest reason is to develop a climatological database for when tornadoes are occurring, where tornadoes are occurring and how intense tornadoes are.
The best way we have available to us to determine how intense tornadoes are is looking at how much damage is caused by the tornado after the fact.
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