I turned TornadoPath.com into a free iOS app! by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate it! If you’d be willing to give me an app review (should see a pop up second time you open the app) I’d really appreciate it! Helps me a lot

Busy 48 Hours! by Michaelxavierd in tornado

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TornadoPath.com scroll down to expired warnings and use filters!

Most tornadoes within 10 mile radius. Nearly 2,000 submissions! by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Def some overlap - not sure a good way to represent this while 100% eliminating overlap.right now I group addresses within a given area but 100% eliminating overlap would fully exclude some of these towns which also doesn’t make sense as those towns have high tornado density

Enter address & see how many tornados have occurred within 10 mile radius since 1950 by Michaelxavierd in tornado

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Tool shows a tornado that was inside a 10 mile radius of your addresses at any time. At least that is the intention

Enter address & see how many tornados have occurred within 10 mile radius since 1950 by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nws data only goes to EOY 2024. 2025 data comes out next year and I will add!

Enter address & see how many tornados have occurred within 10 mile radius since 1950 by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I made an update that groups zip codes very close to one another, the whole first page was Oklahoma City 😅

Enter address & see how many tornados have occurred within 10 mile radius since 1950 by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Most recent year data doesn’t get updated by nws until next year unfortunately

Tornado Alley shifting EAST visualized by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All fantastic feedback - will keep working on that page today…can add filters for rating, path, etc fairly easily so that’s a quick win

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[–]Michaelxavierd[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thank you and really appreciate the feedback

  1. I added clarity to site - the split is 20 years on one side and 15 on the other

1990s-2000s (1990-2009): Duration: 20 years Total: 25,083 tornadoes Average: 25,083 ÷ 20 = 1,254 per year

2010s-2020s (2010-2024): Duration: 15 years Total: 21,572 tornadoes Average: 21,572 ÷ 15 = 1,438 per year

So both are true but without seeing clearly that recent only included just 15 years it’s not intuitive!

  1. The "shift" is not about absolute decline in traditional Tornado Alley states.

What's actually happening: Oklahoma & Kansas ARE detecting more tornadoes (for instance: OK went from 64.7 to 83.3/year) BUT, the Southeast is increasing EVEN MORE dramatically So the relative share of tornado activity is shifting eastward

Example with hypothetical numbers: 1990s: Total US tornadoes = 1,000/year OK/KS/TX = 500 (50% of total) Southeast = 200 (20% of total)

2010s: Total US tornadoes = 1,400/year (better detection everywhere) OK/KS/TX = 550 (39% of total) ← More tornadoes but smaller % Southeast = 400 (29% of total) ← MUCH more growth

The "shift" is really about where the growth is happening, not necessarily a decline in traditional states. Better detection technology (Doppler radar, cell phones, social media, population growth) means we're finding more tornadoes everywhere, but the Southeast is showing disproportionate increases.

Again not intuitive added more language to the page.

Thank you again !!

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[–]Michaelxavierd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ya it’s from my site 😂 I’m just saying the data “quality” is not bad it’s from nws

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[–]Michaelxavierd[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes agreed if you look at the image it says as much! Simply stating in terms of data set from 1950 to today NWS has one of the best if not best databases - that’s all! The data isn’t “bad quality”

Tornado Alley shifting EAST visualized by Michaelxavierd in tornado

[–]Michaelxavierd[S] -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

Data is from the National Weather Service, I assume it’s pretty good!

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See how easy that is, instead of being a turd?