Climate Matters: Deadly severe storms hit Mid-MO amid abnormally warm temperatures

Climate Matters: Deadly severe storms hit Mid-MO amid abnormally warm temperatures

A strong early spring storm system on March 14th produced a number of severe storms and tornadoes in the area and resulted in the deadliest severe weather day in Missouri since the Joplin tornado. Severe storms are certainly not unusual in the springtime, but the excessively warm temperatures fueling this round of severe weather were atypical. Newer scientific studies can allow scientists to calculate how much climate change contributed to these…