tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post6521256599482208210..comments2024-03-28T14:54:34.646-05:00Comments on MSE CREATIVE CONSULTING BLOG: Following Up on the El Reno Tornado ControversyMike Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17435605216805307424noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7965215084022057128.post-25562910171764698842013-08-31T10:57:11.706-05:002013-08-31T10:57:11.706-05:00Hi Mike,
As the Chief Meteorologist at KFOR TV in ...Hi Mike,<br />As the Chief Meteorologist at KFOR TV in OKC since 1990 I have worked 13 F4 or F5 tornadoes in the OKC METRO ALONE. The statistical probability of an "extreme upper end" tornado disaster in OKC is positively measurable and is a real threat. I will site the very, very near "misses" of such potential in the tornadoes of Bridgecreek-Moore 5.3.99, Mulhall 5.3.99, Chickasha-Newcastle 5.24.11, El Reno-Piedmont 5.24.11, and El Reno 5.31.13 as 5 real world examples IN THE OKC METRO just since 1999. In real time practice I have been gradually transitioning away from the EF Scale since 2009 in favor of the F Scale.....I will site fine examples by you in the past 24 hours on this blog site as largely the reasoning for doing just that. The people of central Oklahoma need clarity of thought in regards to the tornado threat that we live with....not confusion over whether a 2.6 mile wide violent multi vortex tornado is an F5 or an EF3. The scientific meteorological community in central Oklahoma is mostly (largely or nearly unanimously?) quite conflicted by this recent national NOAA decision of "downgrading" the El Reno tornado. IMO, this same community needs to clear the smoke and reinstate the original F Scale....thereby allowing in situ wind measurements into the tornado database. Otherwise the message to the public will continue to be diluted which in turn will form public and local/state government opinion which in turn will NOT be even close to a realistic mindset as to the threat central Oklahoma will always be subjected to each April, May and June.Mike Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796484830505856501noreply@blogger.com