{"id":1131,"date":"2011-04-29T10:07:47","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T15:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:08:24","slug":"nssl-product-captures-rotation-tracks-of-april-27-tornado-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2011\/04\/nssl-product-captures-rotation-tracks-of-april-27-tornado-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSL product captures rotation tracks of April 27 tornado outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1165\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S..jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1165 size-large\" title=\"April 27 Rotation Tracks Eastern U.S.\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S.-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S.-800x455.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S.-400x228.jpg 400w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S.-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S.-200x114.jpg 200w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/04\/April-27-Rotation-Tracks-Eastern-U.S..jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An NSSL product captures rotation tracks during the April 27-28 tornado outbreak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NSSL has released an image documenting the rotation tracks of the devastating tornadoes on April 27-28. Bright reds and yellows show more intense circulations.<\/p>\n<p>The image was produced by the On Demand Severe Weather Verification System, part of NSSL\u2019s Warning Decision Support System \u2013 Integrated Information (WDSS-II) Multi-Radar\/Multi Sensor platform.\u00a0 On Demand is a web-based tool that can be used to help confirm when and where severe weather occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The platform is being used by several local American Red Cross chapters, emergency managers and National Weather Service Forecast Offices for disaster assessment and response.<\/p>\n<p>The WDSS-II system receives data in real-time from the nationwide networks of weather radars, satellites, surface observations and lightning detectors. WDSS-II then processes, analyzes and displays the data in a way that is useful to people who need to diagnose severe weather quickly.<\/p>\n<p>On Demand uses data gathered and sorted by WDSS-II to estimate the tracks of rotating storms and where hail fell.\u00a0 The rotation tracks or hail swath data can be overlaid on high-resolution street maps in Google Earth\/Maps to pinpoint areas affected by the hazardous weather.<\/p>\n<p>To download the file to overlay on Google Earth, go to:\u00a0 http:\/\/ondemand.nssl.noaa.gov\/RotationTrack1440min_20110428-085936.kmz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSSL has released an image documenting the rotation tracks of the devastating tornadoes on April 27-28. Bright reds and yellows show more intense circulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[162,182,233,356,409,416,518],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perspectives","category-potm","tag-google-earth","tag-hot-items","tag-issue-marchapril-2011","tag-on-demand","tag-red-cross","tag-rotation-tracks","tag-wdss-ii"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5583,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/5583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}