tornado

Reflecting on the Windsor, CO EF3 Tornado: 16 Years Ago

by Shannon H

Sixteen years ago, yesterday, on May 22, 2008, the community of Windsor, Colorado experienced one of the most devastating natural disasters in its history. An EF3 tornado, marked by its sheer power and destructiveness, swept through Weld County, leaving a… Read More »Reflecting on the Windsor, CO EF3 Tornado: 16 Years Ago

Large Stovepipe tornado on April 10th, 1979. NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

The Birth of Doppler Radar

by Shannon H

The genesis of Doppler radar can be traced back to the Doppler effect, a phenomenon proposed by Austrian physicist Christian Doppler in 1842. This principle elucidates the variation between the observed frequency and the emitted frequency of a wave for… Read More »The Birth of Doppler Radar