NBC Connecticut meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan has a great piece on his site about the NWS failing to issue a tornado warning for an EF-1 tornado in New York last week. This is a good reminder that about 3 in 10 tornadoes occur without warning.

While the National Weather Service is often on top of their game when it comes to severe weather, sometimes they miss the mark and make a major error. In this case, they failed to issue a tornado warning on a confirmed tornado until 18 minutes after it first showed up on radar.

A frustrating bureaucratic technicality led to a confusing situation this afternoon as a thunderstorm straddling state lines prompted the issuance of one of the most ridiculous-looking tornado warnings ever seen. The inconsistency has a good reason behind it, but these types of quirks can hurt public trust in weather forecasts.

A "large and extremely dangerous" tornado touched down near Albany, New York today, and the National Weather Service couldn't issue a warning in time thanks to a nationwide communications issue within the agency.