When a natural disaster occurs, time can be our greatest ally in order to preempt the damage it might cause. The process of predicting an upcoming disaster has been ongoing for hundreds of years. However, only recently have we been able to step away from the shadow of oracle bones and fortunetellers...

A tornado is a violent windstorm that takes the form of a rotating column of air that extends down from a wall cloud during a thunderstorm (Lutgens and Tarbuck). The pressure within the funnel is much less then the air around causing air from the ground to rush into the tornado from all directions. ...