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    associated with a tornado. A TDS may also be indicated by dual-polarization radar products, designated as a polarimetric tornado debris signature (PTDS). Polarimetric...
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    violent tornado was approaching the area. The Twin Lakes dual-polarization NEXRAD radar (near Lake Stanley Draper) detected a tornado debris signature one...
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  • Thumbnail for 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado
    NEXRAD evidence of a tornado debris signature, prompted the National Weather Service office in Birmingham to declare a tornado emergency. Rapidly intensifying...
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    verified by radar-detected debris signatures. (In future issuances, tornado emergencies were issued within either the initial tornado warning issuance or an...
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    This is a list of notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2023. Strong, destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Argentina...
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    exist of the tornado, showing the fast rotation and heavy debris cloud that engulfed the tornado during its maximum strength. The Jarrell tornado was the subject...
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    Radar Examination of the Tornadic Debris Signature and Weak-Echo Reflectivity Band Associated with a Large, Violent Tornado". Monthly Weather Review. 144...
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    actual tornado on the ground can occasionally be inferred based on a strong couplet in concert with a tornadic debris signature (TDS) (i.e. a "debris ball"...
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  • thereof. Tornado couplet – A primary cyclonic tornado and secondary anticyclonic tornado pair. Tornado Debris Project (TDP) Tornado debris signature (TDS)...
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    The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May...
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    paired with a debris signature prompted the issuance of a tornado emergency by the National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi; the tornado would remain...
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    This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2024. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States...
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    Springs, and Bremen. The second significant tornado in an exceedingly long-tracked tornado family, this tornado began just inside northern Obion County,...
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    Radar Examination of the Tornadic Debris Signature and Weak-Echo Reflectivity Band Associated with a Large, Violent Tornado". Monthly Weather Review. 144...
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    On March 24, 2023, a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. A slow-moving...
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  • desorption spectroscopy, to observe molecules desorbed from a surface Tornado debris signature on weather radar Total dissolved solids in water Transderivational...
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  • On average, there are 213 confirmed tornadoes in June and 119 confirmed tornadoes in July. In June, tornadoes are commonly focused across the Midwest...
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  • the polarimetric data or debris ball are formally known as the tornado debris signature (TDS). The hook echo feature is formed as the RFD occludes precipitation...
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    base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 180 kilometers per hour (110...
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    began producing strong tornadoes, contributing to multiple tornado debris signatures visible on radar. The first strong tornado as well as the first one...
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  • significant tornado activity and outbreaks occurred across most of the United States. Weather of 2024 Tornadoes of 2024 List of North American tornadoes and tornado...
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  • of F4 and EF4 tornadoes List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present) Tornadoes of 2024 List of United States tornadoes in May 2024 Tornado outbreak of May...
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    time a debris ball was evident on doppler radar as well as an intense velocity couplet, these signature would lead to an issuance of a tornado emergency...
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    exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h), as well as multiple tornado outbreaks that produced a combined 90 tornadoes across the affected areas. A ring of fire pattern...
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    Airport before the tornado dissipated. Large amounts of debris from this tornado reportedly fell from the sky in Norman. Overall, the tornado was on the ground...
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  • The 2011 Philadelphia, Mississippi Tornado was a violent EF5 tornado that touched down in eastern Mississippi on the afternoon of April 27, 2011. Part...
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    destructive weather to Southeastern United States, including several tornadoes. On February 16, there were at least 20 direct fatalities and 13 indirect...
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    intense velocity couplet and/or debris signature. Hazard statements within the bulletin text will indicate a "damaging tornado." Considerable (originally "Significant"...
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    The 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak, referred to as the Barrie tornado outbreak in Canada, was a major tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio...
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  • information on the storm, when a considerable tornado debris signature is detected on radar or a large tornado is visually observed. (The PDS wording is also...
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