Tim Doggett

Dr. Tim Doggett is an Assistant Vice President and Senior Principal Scientist in AIR's Research and Modeling group. He manages AIR's tropical cyclone models for the U.S., Mexico, and Central America and the winter storm models for the U.S. and Canada, and he provides meteorological expertise on the severe thunderstorm models for the U.S. and Canada, and for AIR's agricultural risk models.

7/30/2014 - 3 min read

Tornadoes Don’t Hit Coastal Areas, Do They?

There is an abundance of folklore regarding factors that may (or may not) protect a location from tornado activity. They go around rather than over hills, for example, or they’re disrupted by urban structures, or attracted to mobile home parks.