Given the high sensitivity inherent in tornado formation and the lack of any clear pattern in tornado events, scientists have been cautious in linking the storms to climate change in any way. (scientificamerican.com)
The outbreak was caused mainly by environmental conditions leading to a large potential for tornado formation and conducive to supercells, a type of thunderstorm. (sciencedaily.com)
Advances in computer modeling and other technologies still can not overcome the fundamental complexity of thunderstorm and subsequent tornado formation (scientificamerican.com)