{"id":1175,"date":"2011-05-05T10:58:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T15:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:07:43","slug":"nssls-rotation-tracks-image-of-the-tornado-outbreak-gets-some-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2011\/05\/nssls-rotation-tracks-image-of-the-tornado-outbreak-gets-some-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSL&#8217;s Rotation Tracks image of the tornado outbreak gets some appreciation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1174\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/05\/20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1174 size-large\" title=\"20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/05\/20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. L with rotation tracks image\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/05\/20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/05\/20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/05\/20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2011\/05\/20110430_JGLt3i_142109_CST-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 60vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NWSFO Birmingham, AL staff and NOAA&#8217;s Dr. Lubchenco, and U.S. Congressman Spence Baukus gather around NSSL&#8217;s rotation tracks image that was used to plan damage surveys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NSSL has released this image documenting the rotation tracks of the devastating tornadoes on April 27-28. Bright reds and yellows show more intense circulations.<\/p>\n<p>A closer view of the image can be found here:\u00a0 <a title=\"Rotation tracks\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2011\/04\/nssl-product-captures-rotation-tracks-of-april-27-tornado-outbreak\/\">https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2011\/04\/nssl-product-captures-rotation-tracks-of-april-27-tornado-outbreak\/<\/a><\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.nssl.noaa.gov\/RotationTrack1440min_20110428-085936.kmz\">http:\/\/ondemand.nssl.noaa.gov\/RotationTrack1440min_20110428-085936.kmz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSSL has released this image documenting the rotation tracks of the devastating tornadoes on April 27-28. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":1174,"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":[107,622,233,349,416],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perspectives","category-potm","tag-dr-l","tag-featured","tag-issue-marchapril-2011","tag-nws-huntsville","tag-rotation-tracks"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","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=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5581,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/5581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}