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How meteorologists determine if a tornado is to blame for storm damage
Iowa tornadoes: 4 of 7 killed were in same family, authorities sayAccording to the NWS, each survey team is equipped with a technology kit before they head to the site of the storm damage. The kit includes things such as a GPS, a computer with damage survey software, an atlas, a digital camera, a compass and a notebook."Most commonly, a survey team will conduct a full ground survey in order to assess tornado damage, but occasionally, a team may also conduct an aerial survey if the spatial extent of the damage is large enough," the NWS office in Amarillo, Texas, wrote in a 2011 post about damage surveys.According to the NWS, most teams will start with determining the starting and ending points of the suspected tornado.