US tornado records form the basis for a variety of meteorological, climatological, and
disaster-risk analyses, but how reliable are they in light of changing standards for rating, as …

Fire-generated tornadic vortices (FGTVs) linked to deep pyroconvection, including
pyrocumulonimbi (pyroCbs), are a potentially deadly, yet poorly understood, wildfire hazard …

A sample of 198 supercells are investigated to determine if a radar proxy for the area of the
storm midlevel updraft may be a skillful predictor of imminent tornado formation and/or peak …

The skillful anticipation of tornadoes produced by quasi-linear convective systems (QLCSs)
is a well-known forecasting challenge. This study was motivated by the possibility that …

An historic outbreak of tornadoes impacted a large swath of the eastern United States on 26–
28 April 2011. The most severe series of tornadoes was associated with numerous classic …

Proximity soundings have long been used to explore how the vertical structure of
temperature, humidity, and winds influence convective storms and their associated hazards …

Previous work has considered tornado occurrence with respect to radar data, both WSR-
88D and mobile research radars, and a few studies have examined techniques to potentially …

Community assets, including physical structures and critical infrastructure, provide the
essential services that underpin our communities. Their destruction or incapacitation from …

WSR-88D Tornado Intensity Estimates. Part II: Real-Time Applications to Tornado Warning Time
Scales in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 35 Issue 6 (2020) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

The analytical model for tornado vortices is crucial in both the wind field characterization and
the tornado-resistant design of civil structures. The objective of this study is to derive a novel …