The Charlotte Observer's Weather Hype

Got to love how they hype weather radar return at the Charlotte The Observer: 

Radar Return From The Charlotte Observer

Within the last hour a few heavy showers and sporadic thunder and lightening moved through the area. The Charlotte Observer, above shows "scary red and yellow" while the Nation Weather Service below shows yellow and plenty of green. The real truth is this was a non-event but with the alarms and hype you would expect that the area was covered with multiple tornados.

 

Radar Return From The National Weather Service

Of course it depends on how you set the colors on the computer. The weather biz is big money where hype and armageddon drive page views. But this is just wrong.