What is a tornado outbreak?: Perspectives through time

P Ćwik, RA McPherson… - Bulletin of the American …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The term “tornado outbreak” appeared in the meteorological literature in the 1950s and was
used to highlight severe weather events with multiple tornadoes. The exact meaning of …

Tropical cyclone tornadoes, 1950–2007

LA Schultz, DJ Cecil - Monthly Weather Review, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
An expanded “climatology” of US tropical cyclone (TC) tornadoes covering the period 1950–
2007 is presented. A major climatology published in 1991 included data on 626 TC …

Ranking of tornado outbreaks across the United States and their climatological characteristics

CM Fuhrmann, CE Konrad, MM Kovach… - Weather and …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The calendar year 2011 was an extraordinary year for tornadoes across the United States,
as it marked the second highest annual number of tornadoes since 1950 and was the …

Climatology of tropical cyclone tornadoes in China from 2006 to 2018

L Bai, Z Meng, K Sueki, G Chen, R Zhou - Science China Earth Sciences, 2020 - Springer
We surveyed the occurrence of tropical cyclone (TC) tornadoes in China from 2006 to 2018.
There were 64 cataloged TC tornadoes, with an average of five per year. About one-third of …

A climatological analysis of ambient deep-tropospheric vertical wind shear impacts upon tornadoes in tropical cyclones

BA Schenkel, R Edwards… - Weather and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The cyclone-relative location and variability in the number of tornadoes among tropical
cyclones (TCs) are not completely understood. A key understudied factor that may improve …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated damage, visual, and radar analysis of the 2015 Foshan, Guangdong, EF3 tornado in China produced by the landfalling Typhoon Mujigae (2015)

L Bai, Z Meng, L Huang, L Yan, Z Li… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
An Integrated Damage, Visual, and Radar Analysis of the 2015 Foshan, Guangdong, EF3
Tornado in China Produced by the Landfalling Typhoon Mujigae (2015) in: Bulletin of the …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting tropical cyclone tornadoes and impacts: Report from IWTC-X

D Carroll-Smith, BW Green, R Edwards, L Bai… - … Cyclone Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This report synthesizes global tropical cyclone (TC) tornado research and operational
practices to date. Tornadoes are one of the secondary (and lesser researched) hazards …

Tornadoes in hurricane Harvey

CJ Nowotarski, J Spotts, R Edwards… - Weather and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tropical cyclone tornadoes pose a unique challenge to warning forecasters given their often
marginal environments and radar attributes. In late August 2017 Hurricane Harvey made …

Composite mesoscale environmental conditions influencing tornado frequencies in landfalling tropical cyclones

SB Trier, DA Ahijevych, D Carroll-Smith… - Weather and …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Spatial patterns of tropical cyclone tornadoes (TCTs), and their relationship to patterns of
mesoscale predictors within US landfalling tropical cyclones (LTCs) are investigated using …

Verification of Rapid Refresh and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model variables in tornadic tropical cyclones

LM MacDonald, CJ Nowotarski - Weather and Forecasting, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tropical cyclone tornadoes (TCTORs) are a hazard to life and property during landfalling
tropical cyclones (TCs). The threat is often spread over a wide area within the TC envelope …