What Stands in a Storm (47 page)

W

Wagner, Tommy,
211
–12

Wakimoto, Roger,
44

Watley, Adam,
125
–28,
132
,
136
,
137
,
155
,
259

weather balloons,
33
,
41

WeatherBrains (online video talk show),
22
,
273
–74

Weather Channel:

Greg Forbes as weather expert of,
44

Johnny Parker's interest in,
37
,
38

tornado forecasting of,
36

weather forecasting:

John Finley and,
39

Johnny Parker's weather dispatches,
4
–5,
6
,
36
–38

James Spann and,
21
–22,
66

tools of,
38
,
39

See also
tornado forecasting

weather radar:

ability to see rainfall,
33
–34

ability to see tornadoes,
29

bow echo formation,
25

color radar,
83

debris ball,
55
,
73
,
80

device for,
33
–34

Doppler radar,
38
,
66
,
82

dual-polarization radar,
280

hook echo,
29
,
82
,
83

invention of,
40
–41

meteorologists monitoring,
20
,
21
,
22
,
26
,
72
,
94

Johnny Parker and,
4

power outages and,
27
,
80

storm chasers and,
77
,
78
,
80
–81,
82
,
88

strong rotation and,
29

Thunderstorm Project and,
40
–41

weather radios,
27
,
30
,
35

weather satellites,
33
,
38

Weather Xtreme podcast,
10
,
11

websites, tornado warnings on,
30

Wetumpka, Alabama,
94
–95,
116
,
171
–72

Whatley, Clay:

Michelle Downs's college graduation and,
201
,
203

Danielle Downs's funeral and,
225

Michelle Downs's grief for sister and,
191
,
192
,
193
,
271

helping Michelle Downs get to Tuscaloosa,
159
–60,
186

missing-person flyer for Danielle Downs,
160

search of Beverly Heights for Danielle Downs's effects,
203

wedding of,
247
,
248

wedding plans of,
51
,
56

Whatley, Patti,
247
–48

White, Wes,
74
,
76
,
275
–76

Williams, Brian,
199
–200

Williamson, Chris,
115

wind shear,
20
,
42
,
45
,
92

World War II, radar and,
40

Wurman, Joshua,
67

Y

YouTube,
82

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