CSI New Hampshire: Hunting a Killer Tornado

摘要

July 24, 2008, was predictably warm in Belknap County, New Hampshire, as Jim Doucette drove home from his job with the New Hampshire Highway Department just before noon. The sun was poking through the clouds, but rain was in the forecast-lots of it. He clicked on the radio to catch a weather update.rnOne state away, in Maine, forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Gray huddled around Doppler radar. They were keeping a close eye on New Hampshire. A Flood Watch was in effect for the state, and local rivers and streams were already swollen. But despite the prediction for soaking rains, the forecasters were mainly concerned about the mounting evidence that severe weather might be in the making.