What is the history of tornado forecasting?
It’s too long and eventful to summarize here; but there is an online guide at NSSL, as well as a timeline of SELS and SPC, and a history of the SPC that provide insight into how tornado prediction has evolved. There is also an entire book devoted to the subject: Scanning the Skies : A History of Tornado Forecasting by Marlene Bradford (hardcover – March 2001). Some libraries, bookstores and online book sellers carry this comprehensive and detailed history work.
