University Of Alabama System Researchers Work To Unlock Tornado Mysteries

By Dawn Azok
University of Alabama System

Ongoing research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is uncovering key details about the development of tornadoes, and the work should lead to better forecasting and warnings for those in the path of severe storms.

UAH’s Severe Weather Institute – Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) is the site of a multi-year program focused on storm formation and storm components that lead to tornadoes. SWIRLL, which was commissioned in 2015, is a research facility where students and staff study severe and hazardous weather, radar meteorology, lightning meteorology, lightning physics and air quality.

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