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    Tornadogenesis is the process by which a tornado forms. There are many types of tornadoes, varying in methods of formation. Despite ongoing scientific...
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    Rear flank downdraft (category Tornadogenesis)
    critical to tornado formation (tornadogenesis). In 1975, Ted Fujita originated the recycling hypothesis of tornadogenesis: First, downdraft air is recirculated...
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    has resulted in mixed results regarding their predictive value for tornadogenesis. The concept of DRCs builds on the understanding of hook echoes, first...
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    tornadoes. Tornadogenesis is most likely when the wall cloud is persistent with rapid ascent and rotation. The wall cloud typically precedes tornadogenesis by...
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    was at a juvenile stage of sub-vortices development. Tornadoes portal Tornadogenesis Elite Spotter Workshop crh.noaa.gov Archived 8 August 2010 at the Wayback...
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    distance from the radar. Some meteorological situations leading to tornadogenesis are not readily detectable by radar and tornado development may occasionally...
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    J. J. Sharples; S. R. Wilkes; A. Walker (2013). "An Australian pyro-tornadogenesis event". Nat. Hazards. 65 (3): 1801–1811. Bibcode:2013NatHa..65.1801M...
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    Supercell (category Tornadogenesis)
    Severe Thunderstorm Evolution and Mesocyclone Structure as Related to Tornadogenesis by Leslie R. Lemon and Charles A. Doswell III (see Lemon technique)...
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    Tornado family (category Tornadogenesis)
    1917. Tornado families can be a result of satellite tornadoes, cyclic tornadogenesis, or some combination thereof. Intense downbursts may also cause damage...
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    reach 100 miles per hour (MPH). Dust devil Fire whirl Funnel cloud Tornadogenesis Vortex engine Waterspout Whirlwind Judson Jones (21 May 2020). "Why...
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  • characteristics of the Southeast led to VORTEX-SE, a field project studying tornadogenesis, diagnosis and forecasting, in addition to social science implications...
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    with peak daytime heating would lead to a conducive environment for tornadogenesis as Milton's outer convective bands swept the area. Rainbands stretching...
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    RADMET. Tuftedal, Kristofer S. (December 2016). Radar Detection of Tornadogenesis (pdf) (Thesis). Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/mteor_stheses-180813-2...
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    developing mesocyclone, a micro-scale interaction indicative of aiding in tornadogenesis. Simultaneously, low-level rotation on the southern supercell rapidly...
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    3D NEXRAD velocity scans showing the tornadogenesis of an EF1 tornado near Hollister, Oklahoma...
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    the stronger the updraft is, the more likely the storm is to undergo tornadogenesis and to produce large hail and high winds. Yellowish clouds may be seen...
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    Paul M. Markowski is an American meteorologist and leading expert on tornadogenesis and the forecasting of supercells and tornadoes. He was a principal...
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  • air and lower cloud bases, or low LCL heights, which is favorable to tornadogenesis. From southeastern Kansas to Kentucky and Indiana, early morning showers...
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    American meteorologist with substantial contributions on tornado dynamics, tornadogenesis, the environments of tornadoes, supercells, and severe convection, and...
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    both the VORTEX projects and subsequent field research focusing on tornadogenesis. Straka earned a B.S. and M.S. in 1984 and 1986, respectively, from...
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    Tornadoes portal Weather portal Fire whirl Funnel cloud Steam devil Tornadogenesis Burt, Christopher (2004). Extreme weather : a guide & record book. Cartography...
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    descending reflectivity core, a microscale phenomenon that may aid in tornadogenesis. There are currently two major projects planned to expand the FARM's...
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    1, 2015). "Rapid-Scan, Polarimetric, Doppler Radar Observations of Tornadogenesis and Tornado Dissipation in a Tornadic Supercell: The "El Reno, Oklahoma"...
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    parent supercell. This was one of the first times that radar linked tornadogenesis with hook-echo signatures. However, because heavy rain obscured the...
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  • cold fronts, which have the potential to spawn mesocyclones capable of tornadogenesis. Tornadoes in the country are usually short-lived, narrow, and weak...
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    important factor modulating severe thunderstorms. One example concerns tornadogenesis, with tornadoes most likely if the dew point depression is 20 °F (11 °C)...
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    Sharpies, J; Wilkies, S; Walker, A (12 October 2012). "An Australian pyro-tornadogenesis event". Nat Hazards. 65 (3): 1801. doi:10.1007/s11069-012-0443-7. S2CID 51933150...
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    substantially advanced understanding of supercell and tornado dynamics and of tornadogenesis. A theoretician, he utilized numerical simulations as well as storm...
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    is entrained and then stretched in the updraft, with importance to tornadogenesis. The most important CAPE for tornadoes is within the lowest 1 to 3 km...
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    Satellite tornado (category Tornadogenesis)
    tornadoes spawned by the parent supercell (a process known as cyclic tornadogenesis and leading to a tornado family). On tornado outbreak days, if satellite...
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