Perversely, Wilcox almost seems to be saying that the more we know about biology, the more we need nonmaterialistic explanations. I will not respond at a technical level to Wilcox's citations because their content is so pervasively irrelevant to the matter at issue here. That is, most of Wilcox's paper boils down to an assertion that this might be a problem worth pursuing. That said, I want to talk twisters. I happen to do meteorology as a hobby.
Modern meteorology is highly technical and theoretical.
It is just as mathematical as population genetics. We are, however, quite good at predicting where and when they are likely to occur. You won't catch me arguing that God can't make tornadoes anywhere and any time he pleases. If he chooses to stick 'em only onto certain kinds of thunderclouds under very predictable conditions, shoot, that's his right. After all, he's God.