re: This is why the tornado grading scale needs to be changed…

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They have gone too far with the “radar indicated” and “debris fields”. I watched the news one night tell me a “radar confirmed” tornado was passing right over my buddies shop. Didn’t even blow the lid off the trash can.

They are crying wolf too much.

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The issue here has nothing to do with whether or not this was a tornado. It was 100% a tornado that was verified and tracked via radar. Damage was found right where then radar showed the tornado. I think the only improvement we have to make in regards to debris on radar is continuing to develop an understanding of how the tornado debris signature on radar correlates to the actual tornado. But I don't think that necessarily matters as far as public messaging goes. A tornado is a tornado is tornado when warning the public.