The Latest Deadly Tornadic Storms of March 14 - 15, 2025

My sincere condolences to all of those afflicted by these latest deadly storms, of course. 

But once again, my tornado-prediction model seemingly had predicted the subject deadly storms, as the ‘saints’ had not been ‘singing’ for at least a couple of days at that point (i.e.: prior to the appearance of the storms of approx. March 14 - 15, 2025, and those same storms that appeared  throughout the south and eastern areas and portions of the Midwest of the Nation).  Meaning that my tornado-prediction model had been predicting that tornadic storms were likely on their way to the Heartland.

Adam Trotter (March 17, 2025)

Can Cities Divert Tornadoes and Severe Storms?

August, 2012

Can major cities and urban areas diffuse tornadoes and divert severe storms?  Do cities maintain some type of inherent force or pressure/temperature gradient or specific humidity or magnetic potential which helps to divert tornadoes and severe storms?  I ask for at least a couple of reasons. 

The first reason for the question was the storm which I watched progress on the television weather maps on the night of July 7^th, 2012.  As the apparently severe storm quickly moved in a due southeasterly direction from the Lehigh Valley (Penn.) to the Philadelphia region, the storm seemed to be heading directly towards southern New Jersey where I was preparing to depart on a roadtrip with family members to the Boston area.  The storm appeared particularly voracious and the likelihood of tornadoes with the storm was reported to be immense – according to the reports as I recall them.  It appeared that we would have been best advised to wait awhile and let the storm blow over.  For whatever the reason, however, as soon as the storm reached the Philadelphia City limits (or so it seemed on the weather maps), the storm dissipated and the stronger cells appeared to divert around the city.  What remained of the stronger portions of the storm were then on new headings and not on a collision path with our location.

The second reason that I ask the question is that it appears, at least with tornadic storms, anyhow, that these types of storms do not typically manifest themselves in larger metropolitan areas – I am aware that there are widely-reported exceptions, of course.  But it is an interesting correlation worthy of research or inspection, in my humble opinion.  I am aware that many will say it is all a matter of chance as to where tornadoes touchdown, but…   Nevertheless, why it is that these storms do not typically touchdown in larger metro areas is worthy of further inquiry – if possible, in my opinion.  

Another reason I ask was The Weather Channel’s television show “It Could Happen Tomorrow,” which aired in the east at 2 o’clock P.M. EST on August 13^th, 2012.  It spoke about a hypothetical tornado striking the Washington, D.C. metro area.  You know…, it was one of those typical doomsday type of hypothetical shows.  But the timing of the airing of the show as I was pondering the subject question inspired me to post this blog entry.

Again, as I had been thinking on the storm that had been heading for us in South Jersey which apparently was diverted by the City of Philadelphia and the concurrent airing of that tornado disaster show seemed to confirm for me that this blog was probably worth writing to pose the question that I believe is probably worth posing: Can cities divert tornadoes and severe storms?  Is anyone else asking these types of questions; most notably the nation’s established tornado researchers?  Or, are the established tornado researchers too vested in their typical paradigms regarding tornado research to consider such possibly avant-garde theories which they probably dismiss as a matter of mere chance?  This last question concerning paradigms also appears as another question probably worth posing as well; again, in my humble opinion.  And while many may say that this blog entry and its presented question is ‘probably’ a display of improper logic, I would counter that maybe some skewed logic might be necessary to answer the questions concerning the formation of tornadoes.     

AVT

The Finger of God – A Tornado

See:  http://tornadotamer.blogspot.com/2010/03/finger-of-god-tornado.html

July 7th, 2012 Forecast

http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-7th-2012-forecast.html

It Could Happen Tomorrow

http://weatherchannel.wikia.com/wiki/It_Could_Happen_Tomorrow

Why don't tornadoes hit cities more often?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=experts-tornadoes-cities

The Saints and the Angels were Singing this Evening – but not too strongly.

April 30^th, 2012

I went to see what I would hear this evening, as the signals of late have been on the weak side since yesterday morning. 

Btw, Western Kansas, Northern Texas, and Oklahoma, I figure it takes one to two days for anything I sense to make it to you (generally a day and a half, maybe), should such make it to you.  But there appears no hard and fast rules for travel time of what I attempt to measure.  (See:  Tornado hits small Oklahoma town, knocks out power, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-usa-tornado-oklahoma-idUSBRE84009E20120501  , Last accessed early AM of May 1^st, 2012).

My measurements, of course, not being nearly as “wind-centric” as the other more paradigm-laden tornado researchers.  (See:  Tornado scientists are surprised to find ‘ribbon’ in thunderstorm data, http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tornado-scientists-are-surprised-to-find-ribbon-in-thunderstorm-data/2012/04/30/gIQAcx2AsT_story.html , Last accessed early AM of May 1^st, 2012).

But on the bright side, Saint Barbara seemed to be passing along her greetings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fiXkvsKpdk

AVT

Weak Signals of Late, Swirling Energy as of now.

April 14th 2012, 0300 hours Saturday morning, Los Angeles Time.


Over the last couple of days, my snapshots of measured signals have displayed a weaker strength than what is apparently the typical signal strength of late. I am of the belief that the signal strengths that I measure seem to correlate to the possible appearance of tornadoes in the heartland of the U.S. nation. I believe this hypothesis worthy of investigation or I would not be bothering with such endeavors or related writings/blogs.

Regarding the weakened signals over the last two days or so, I haven’t felt the need to blog on the matter for several reasons. First, I sort of credited the weakened signals to the incoming early-spring storm. (The storm is currently passing on to/through the western portion of the North American continent from the Pacific Ocean.) Secondly, I believe these latest weakened signals to be sort of an exception to my prediction model – for further reasons I won’t go into now. And Finally, I have not had much free time to blog of late, unfortunately.

To be clear, I am only able to measure my readings in a ‘snap-shot’ format as I currently have no rich uncle to provide lucrative budgets to fund any continuous monitoring of the variables in question unlike folks in other portions of the nation – such as the tornado researchers in Norman, Oklahoma, among other places.

Anyway, tonight I went out to take a snap-shot of the measured signals. The energy in the atmosphere was definitely swirling at that time (at about 2 A.M.). At times during this snap-shot, I was able to receive clear signals from both of the saints concurrently with the angels as well. While the signals from the saints did not seem at full strength, they were not overly weakened. However, given the swirling energy in the atmosphere, a moment or two later of being able to measure all of the signals at once, I was not able to measure any signals.

AVT


Tornado hits Norman, Okla.; minor injuries reported



Norman, Oklahoma Tornado 2012: Strong Storm Hits Central Oklahoma

Weak Signals Yesterday, Tornadoes in Texas Today

April 3rd, 2012


Tornadoes rip through Dallas area, northeast Texas


This blog is for my records.

Though I didn’t create a blog entry to catalogue these facts beforehand, I was measuring considerably weaker signals than what I would consider to be the typical norm. I measured these weakened signals from approximately late Sunday through sometime mid-day/earlier today (Tuesday). Today, tornadoes touched-down in the Dallas, Texas area.

A couple of reasons existed as to why I did not blog ahead of time. First, I have been somewhat constrained for time, of late. Additionally, I thought the weakened signals were the result of a localized disturbance. Finally, I seem to be somewhat discombobulated of late with regards to the measured signals. It’s as if my calibration or correlation index has been slightly skewed. I don’t know what, if anything, has changed. But the measured signals have been significantly different of late.

It seems that often when I measure weakened signals, tornadoes may likely appear in the nation’s Heartland. However, there still exists times when I measure weakened signals and tornadoes don’t appear – not that I know of anyhow. I’m still not really sure what is going on with the whole thing or with the magnitudes of the signals. Yet, there appears to me to be a correlation between weakened signals here by the Pacific Ocean and subsequent appearances of tornadoes elsewhere in the nation.

Hopefully in the not too distant future, I may have the chance to study the matter in a more scientific manner.

AVT


Barometer dropped from 30.0+ to 29.9- inHg at noon on Sunday. Rising back to 30.0+ mid-day Monday and went down back down again a couple of hours later. Currently the reported reading is 29.97 inHg. I cant tell if the barometer is currently rising or falling.

Weak Signals of Late, Mar. 8th, 2012

March 8th, 2012

Over the last two days - or so, and a few days after the massive amounts of tornadoes in the haeartland, the measured signals have been weaker than they have typically been in recent times. The signals seem to be more in keeping with how they were a couple/few years back. Not sure if the latest solar flare activity or passing cold front of yesterday has had any impact on the measurements. I'll try to go take a snapshot this evening.

AVT

What is a Tornado?

Feb. 15th, 2012.


What is a tornado? It seems few are able to tell us, regardless of the untold billions of dollars spent to date to find out. I would surmise that a tornado is in reality some type of electrical event – albeit a possible result of geomagnetic or even extraterrestrial events or occurrences. Though as to what ‘nature’ of electricity might be present in tornados, I can only begin to guess. Nevertheless, I would go so far to postulate that a tornado is some type of sustained lightening bolt representing some type of sustained electrical discharge from the atmosphere to the earth (or maybe vise versa). Some may scoff at my suggestions as it seems that few – if any – share my opinion. But it would be interesting to learn what actually is a tornado, when the ‘researchers’ answer this question several generations from now. Because, it seems none of the ‘researchers’ are currently even considering what I am saying herein.

AVT


PS. I would like to visit the lightening storm regions of northern Canada; where, I am told, they also have many tornados.

Tornado in City of Philadelphia, PA

Fox 29 (WTXF, Fox 29 News at 10) in Philadelphia and the NWS are reporting that an F-0 ("F-0," "F-Zero") tornado touched down in Northeast Philadelphia a few hours ago. Other than destroying some roofs (a beer/liquor distributorship), making a mess, and causing some general havoc, no injuries were reported. Winds were reported to be in excess of 75 miles an hour, the tornado was reported to be 30 to 50 feet wide, and the tornado survived on the ground for a duration of approximately 20 seconds. Being in the greater Phila. area this evening, and as they seemed to have done several times in the past, maybe the tornado gods were saying hello to me in their own special way? :)

AVT


Witnesses Describe Philly Tornado
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/witnesses-describe-philly-tornado--051811



The Finger of God – A Tornado
http://tornadotamer.blogspot.com/2010/03/finger-of-god-tornado.html

519 Tornadoes to date in April, 2011.

April 24th, 2011


ABC News ‘Good Morning America’ reported this morning that there have been 519 tornadoes in the U.S.A. so far this month.


AVT



More tornadoes this month than any April on record
http://blogs.kansas.com/weather/2011/04/25/more-tornadoes-this-month-than-any-april-on-record/


After-thought May 1st, 2011:
I haven't heard the final number, but after I blogged this number of tornadoes in April (519), there has been maybe a hundred more tornadoes [also in April, 2011].

241 Reported Tornadoes in a Single Weekend.

April 18th, 2011 (Monday)


As stated in many broadcast and print media sources, 241 tornadoes were reported this past weekend as severe storms moved across the U.S.A. My sympathies to those adversely affected by these storms. Also, I wish to hereby offer my condolences to the families of those killed by the latest rash of severe weather.


Regarding my tornado formation ideas, unfortunately, I am not in a geographic locale to monitor my tornado formation hypotheses. Someday, I hope to set-up a permanent monitoring station(s) to monitor the incoming weather conditions in light of my tornado formation hypotheses which may then shed some further light into the realistic tornadic potential of weather systems moving across the North American continent.


AVT


See:
Death toll at 43 as tornadoes, storms rake South
By Ned Barnett
RALEIGH, North Carolina | Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:37pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/17/us-weather-storms-idUSTRE73G1PG20110417



Experts Busy Assessing Ferocity of Storms
By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: April 18, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/us/19system.html



If interested, you can also see my website at:
http://www.tornadotamer.org/

Tornado Warnings in Massachusetts and New Hampshire

July 21st, 2010

There were tornado warnings tonight in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I could see a very large and active thunderstorm lighting up the sky to the north. This storm looked nearly as big and as active as any that I have seen in the middle of the summer out on the Great Plains. It was an impressive and powerful looking storm.

Funnel clouds and damage in the Massachusetts area reported last evening were determined not to be tornadic, btw.

AVT

No Predictions of Late. Travelling Back East

May 25th, 2010

To let anyone know that might be interested, I have been making no predictions of tornadic storms in the Midwestern portions of the nation as I have been back east for a while now. I have no permanent monitoring equipment in place to support my predictions of tornadic storms as I have ascertained no support to provide for such equipment. Therefore, I am not in a location where I could even hope to be of any help in predicting the appearances of tornadoes in other portions of the nation.

Tornado Tamer / Adam Trotter / AVT

The Finger of God – A Tornado

March 21st, 2010


A tornado may well be the finger of God. If not in a literal sense, such certainly qualifies in a metaphysical sense, anyhow.

Would He unleash such havoc with absolutely no warning? Or maybe more likely, would He give us a forewarning that was dependent on our knowing where to look to read the warning signs?



Adam Trotter / AVT



PS. Not that I mean to necessarily proselytize here, but I kind’a think any possible tornado warnings may come from Saint Barbara and Saint Diego/Saint Didacus of Alcalá. (From Wikipedia: ‘Blessed Santa Barbara, Your story is writ in the sky,’ from Federico García Lorca's play, La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1936); and Saint Didacus/Diego being known for solitude and healing.) Also, did someone once say something about affection for Saint Michael too?

Deadly Tornadoes in Arkansas, Yesterday, March 10, 2010.

March 12th, 2010 (Early A.M.)

I blog this entry mostly for my own records. Yesterday several tornadoes appeared in the Arkansas and Texas areas. Tragically, one of the tornadoes in Arkansas was fatal for a resident there.

I blog this entry to remind myself to not disregard my Tornado Tamer efforts regardless of the seemingly absurd results such may sometimes display. Early afternoon the day before these tornadoes appeared in the heartland (3/9/10) I went to take a ‘snapshot’ of the variables I measure to look for correlations between these variables and any subsequent appearance of tornadic storms in the rest of the nation. Though I did not understand the meaning of such at the time, nor do I understand it now, my ‘snapshot’ of the monitored variables ascertained with my amateur equipment seemed to display a scenario which I had never previously observed. To begin with, there seemed to be a significant amount of swirling energy in the atmosphere. However, the monitored variables seemed so unusual and out of character that I disregarded the readings and surmised that such results were probably not worth blogging about as I assumed that I must have done something in error to have such a strange occurrence of the measured variables. I was so convinced that I must have tainted the readings that I did not even bother to get a barometer reading for the time of my Tornado Taming for that day. Now I wish I had documented the matter at the time of the readings. Live and learn, I suppose. It would be nice to have better and continuous monitoring to see if my theory truly is accurate or merely a coincidence. Maybe some day I will have the resources for continuous monitoring.

Again, in my opinion, my theory appears as too far outside-the-box for the paradigm-laden tornado researchers of our nation and era to garnish any support from them in this regard. As is typical and to be expected, the paradigm-laden individuals of our world likely have nothing to gain by supporting research that is not in keeping with their paradigms. Such support would seem to appear as a no-win situation for them and I’m sure they believe themselves well-justified to keep their billions of dollars in support to themselves and only to themselves.

Adam Trotter / AVT


See: http://www.examiner.com/x-25803-Natural-Disasters-Examiner~y2010m3d11-First-tornado-fatality-of-the-year-recorded-in-Arkansas


Also: Storm Prediction [and report] Center SPC. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/

Funnel Clouds or Tornadoes in Contra Costa County, California?

January 23rd, 2010


It was reported on all the San Francisco television news stations this evening that multiple funnel clouds appeared in Contra Costa County, California area. As yet, it has not been determined if any of the funnel clouds touched down to become a tornado but such was reported as ‘being investigated’ by the National Weather Service. Again, fortunately, there were no reported injuries.

Of late, it sure seems like a lot of tornadic activity in areas where such typically would seem unlikely. I wonder what’s up with that Army HARP Program project anyhow? Could endeavors such as that be affecting the weather or is such merely a product of my imagination? Of course, given the clandestine nature of our tax dollars in any defense related endeavors, what have we to surmise other than products of our imaginations?
Adam Trotter / AVT

Hermosa Beach (Calif.) Officials Warn City Residents to Take Cover as Ocean Waterspout is Likely to Soon Move On Shore.

January 20, 2010


Today at approximately 3:15 PM (1515) Los Angeles Time, the City Officials of Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California, conscientiously telephoned city residents and warned the residents to take cover as a waterspout had been spotted over the ocean and was expected to make land fall in approximately twenty minutes. Personal friends of mine told me that they saw no waterspout but visibility was nearly nill / no visibility. However, one friend told me that there was a seemingly weird weather formation slightly up the beach to the north in Manhattan Beach; consisting of an unusual and oddly lit sky and seemingly odd cloud formations of an unusual density, or at least as best they could tell in the reduced visibility. Concurrently, a KNX News Radio 1070 AM Los Angeles reporter in Manhattan Beach reported that Doppler radar showed a waterspout over the ocean but the reporter could only see minimal rotational effects in the sky.

Adam Trotter / AVT / Tornado Tamer :)



Afterthought 1/22/2010: It should be noted that a short time later the city officials also utilized the 'reverse-911' system to inform the citizens that there was no longer any known imminent danger.

Reported Waterspout / Twister / Tornado Comes Ashore Sunset Beach, Orange County, California

January 19th, 2010 - 1530 Los Angeles Time

A few hours ago, in Sunset Beach / Seal Beach Orange County California, it was reported a likely waterspout came ashore and became a twister / tornado, tossing boats and overturning vehicles (multiple boats and at least one SUV of 6000 lbs – “at least Fujita Scale 2, F-2,” reported by weatherman Josh on KCAL 9 News Central @ 1548). Also reported were blown-out windows and uprooted trees. Thankfully, there were no reported injuries.

I wish I had some monitoring devices to see what was going on in the local atmosphere at the time. Maybe I’ll ask the NOAA folks for a likely explanation of how this phenomenon materialized.
AVT


I submitted the following question(s) to National Weather Service / NOAA at:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

NOAA, National Weather Service,
I write to ask you for an explanation of the reported waterspout / twister /tornado that appeared to have come ashore this afternoon in Seal Beach / Sunset Beach, Orange County, California. Could you explain to me how this twister may have come to be formed? Otherwise, could you point me in the direction of where I may learn more of how this possible waterspout came ashore to become a ‘likely’ tornado in coastal Orange County, California? I am curious, was this phenomenon predictable by typical tornado prediction models? Please let me know, if you would be so kind. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Adam Trotter