Oklahoma
Tornado Sets Wind Record
Scientists in Oklahoma last week
measured the strongest winds ever recorded on Earth.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1996. Radar catches
a tornado in the act. Science News 149(June 22):388.
Further information about the tornadoes can be obtained from the
National Severe Storms Laboratory's Web site at http://www.nssl.noaa.gov.
Tornado images taken by the University of Massachusetts/Oklahoma
University team are at http://abyss.ecs.umass.edu/tornado.
Sources:
Howard B. Bluestein
University of Oklahoma
Meteorology Department
Norman, OK 93019-0628
Joseph H. Golden
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway
11554 SSMC3
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Joshua Wurman
University of Oklahoma
Meteorology Department
Norman, OK 93019-0628
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 20, May 15, 1999, p. 308.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
