Table 1. Error distance between tornado location and radar-indicated circulation center as a function of distance from radar.
Distance from radar | Number of radar data points | Mean Error | % of radar signatures with error of 0.5 miles or greater | % of radar signatures with error of 1 mile or greater | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-20 miles | 20-50 miles
| 50-80 miles
| 80-110 miles
| 110-140 miles
| Total
| 546
| 0.9 miles
| 63%
| 39%
| |