[cajungirl]

Um,,,I hate to be dumb but what is the tornado on that map above. Looks like rain to me. How can you tell there is a tornado?

[shadowman99]

The first clue is there will appear a "hook echo" on weather radar. I don't see one here, but this map covers a large area and the time lapse is too great. Local meterologist will work with storm chasers and eye witnesses to verify a funnel.

[TomGuy]

what is the tornado on that map above

Possible tornado is indicated when the dark red forms a C shaped "hook" with light color (green) inside the C. That indicates possibly air flow moving in opposite directions--which makes the area ripe for a tornado to form.

[codebreaker]

Tornados are usually purple with a swirling edge on the back.

[AdA$tra]

Cajungirl is right. There were some tornadoes on the ground around here tonight, but the radar image above is well after the tornadic activity ceased. I live on this map. If I had a buck for every time the sirens blew here I would be typing this on a $3,000.00 Inspiron 8000 instead of a 200MMX Dimension. Don't get me wrong, I lived through one of the worst tornadoes in history. Still it seems like every time some purple pops up on radar (especially back East) everybody loses it. It is really fitting that stuff like this winds up on FR, as it is obviously a vast bad weather political conspiricy. Do be careful during thunderstorms, go ahead and post some of the juicy weather stuff, but don't blow it out of proportion. It happens here every Spring, almost every day.