Warnings First Require Detection to Work

While most of the world has been wrapped up in coronavirus, and here in the United States, people were focused on the Super Tuesday Democratic Primary — there were some tornadoes in Tennessee. See this article, Tennessee tornadoes’ death toll was tied to a lack of warning, awareness and readiness.

I see the two big issues about warning people about the tornado outbreak were:

1. The weather was inconclusive earlier in the day
2. The tornadoes struck when people were in bed, asleep

It would be interesting to know if any Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) warnings were sent. The story doesn't even mention the Emergency Alert System (EAS), which requires the television or radio to be turned on. 

As noted at the end of the story, NOAA Weather Radios would have been the best option for people, since they will sound the alarm, waking you up when alerts are sent.