Tornado Warning for Gage County

Mark is now an admin, you can invite folks and change things. I want Rawkstah's "Dad"...

It's amazing that I am sitting under a beautiful blue sky, slightly humid, and warm enough to almost welcome summer -- and yet we are in a tornado watch. Looks like Gage had an actual warning...

I still think they messed up when naming those alerts "watch" and "warning." It is the equivalent of the common call when a foul ball is hit: "Heads UP!" --which actually means "duck!" Since "watch" only means that conditions are favorable, it makes "warning" seem that nothing is really imminent. In fact, "Tornado Imminent" sounds more threatening than "warning." And now a warning can be made because doplar radar "thinks" it sees tornadic activity, increasing the frequency of warnings, making people less cautious than they should be.

Any suggestions for a better system? We can forward them to the National Weather Service, (NWS).

From NWS: 

* AT 1247 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A 

SEVERE STORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. 

THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM 

WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS... 

OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEATRICE... 

MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

When Van Halen recorded "Jump" in 1984, I was so MAD. Now it is playing on the local classic rock station... elderly and stuff.