Here are a series of weather radar images I saved last Friday before- during and after the tornado that struck Murfreesboro-TN..
The first set of images are of the base reflectivity- or the regular radar pics you see on the Internet or TV..
The first image was taken as the storms approached Nashville. I was watching the lone cell southwest of Nashville near Spring Hill.
Sure enough- this cell produced the Murfreesboro tornado.
This next set are images of the radar's radial velocity- or winds indicated by the radar. The red color is the airflow going away from the radar's antenna (in the middle of the image). The green colors show winds moving toward the radar's location.
When you see certain red and green areas next to each other- that shows rotation of winds and this can indicate a tornado.
Indeed on these images- we can see the red & green together as it moves across northern Murfreesboro.
As a side note- this same area is under of Tornado Watch this Monday afternoon too.
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