Work was underway on Monday to estimate the extent of damage from tornadoes that tore through northeast Arkansas on Friday night, killing two people, leaving thousands without power and damaging hundreds of homes.
WKMS News Director Derek Operle interviewed Tim Marshall, one of the principal researchers into enhancing storm warnings and the scale used to determine the severity of storms and tornadoes, by phone Tuesday. Marshall was one of the experts called to western Kentucky by the National Weather Service to assess the tornado damage in Mayfield and Dawson Springs.