A climatology and comparison of parameters for significant tornado events in the United States

JS Grams, RL Thompson, DV Snively… - Weather and …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
A sample of 448 significant tornado events was collected, representing a population of 1072
individual tornadoes across the contiguous United States from 2000 to 2008. Classification …

[HTML][HTML] Convective modes for significant severe thunderstorms in the contiguous United States. Part III: Tropical cyclone tornadoes

R Edwards, AR Dean, RL Thompson… - Weather and …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Convective Modes for Significant Severe Thunderstorms in the Contiguous United States. Part
III: Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 27 Issue 6 (2012) Jump …

[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 …

Tropical cyclone outer size impacts the number and location of tornadoes

M Paredes, BA Schenkel, R Edwards… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There remains no consensus on whether the outer size of the tropical cyclone (TC) wind
field impacts tornado occurrence. This study statistically examines the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] Self-organizing maps for the classification of spatial and temporal variability of tornado-favorable parameters

Z Hua, AK Anderson-Frey - Monthly Weather Review, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
A nuanced analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of supercell tornadoes and the
characteristics of the near-storm environments associated with those tornadoes is critical to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The inland maintenance and reintensification of Tropical Storm Bill (2015). Part I: Contributions of the brown ocean effect

RA Wakefield, JB Basara, JM Shepherd… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) often decay rapidly due to a decrease in moisture and
energy fluxes over land when compared to the ocean surface. Occasionally, however, these …

Southeastern US tornado outbreak likelihood using daily climate indices

MC Brown, CJ Nowotarski - Journal of Climate, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study investigates relationships between climate-scale patterns and seasonal tornado
outbreaks across the southeastern United States. Time series of several daily climate …