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Threats of Severe Weather

Threats of Severe Weather

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While temperatures are starting to warm to near normal, that means the threat of severe weather won’t be far behind.
Todd Heitkamp at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says we may see a more active spring this year….https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/todd-heitkamp-503a

Some forecasters are pushing predictions of tornado outbreaks a week to ten days ahead. Heitkamp says he isn’t sure of the science behind a long range outlook like that…..

Heitkamp says the technology they use to predict and warn for severe weather has changed a lot in the last few years….

Heitkamp says his biggest concern is the public’s lax attitude toward severe weather warnings.

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