"Severe tornadoes" refers to extremely strong and powerful tornadoes that can cause significant damage and pose a serious threat to people and property.
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That means that there is a danger — if the decrease
in severe tornado numbers is real — that such a procedure could hide the decline.
The link between the changes in
severe tornado outbreaks and an increase in storm relative helicity is unsurprising but difficult to explain, Brooks says.
Markowski and team say that it is «well known» that the
official severe tornado chart published by NOAA is biased; that prior to the mid-1970s, the method for determining tornado classification consistently ranked them as higher than they actually were.
If you define «global climate disruption» as being fewer and less severe hurricanes, fewer and
less severe tornadoes, fewer and less severe instances of drought, wildfires, etc., well then I guess I would agree that global warming is causing tremendous [laughs] «global climate disruption.»
Markowski and team say that the procedures made by NOAA to produce the official US Government plot
of severe tornadoes may have overestimated the number of such tornadoes prior to the 1970s.
Scientists know that storms with a rotating updraft on their southwestern sides — which are particularly common in the spring on the U.S. southern plains — are associated with the biggest,
most severe tornadoes and also produce a lot of large hail.
If the efforts succeed, a decade from now residents will get an hour's warning about
a severe tornado, for example, giving them plenty of time to absorb the news, gather family and take shelter.
The goal is that by 2021 the rebuilt and thriving city of Joplin would receive
a severe tornado warning more than an hour in advance.
However, Professor Muller then uses the record of
severe tornadoes — those rated EF3 — EF5 and responsible for the most extreme damage and casualties — to reach the following conclusion: «One thing is clear... The number of severe tornadoes has gone down.
The NOAA graph shows that
severe tornadoes were higher in the period from 1950 to 1975.
However, Muller then uses the record of
severe tornadoes — those rated EF3 to EF5 and responsible for the most extreme damage and casualties — to reach the following conclusion: «One thing is clear... The number of severe tornadoes has gone down.
The most
severe tornado to hit North Dakota struck Cass and Clay counties in Minnesota and traveled west toward Fargo in 1957, killing 10, injuring hundreds and causing tens of millions of dollars in property damage.
Consequential losses are not covered, i.e. if
a severe tornado destroys your office, while the physical damages are covered but the loss of business revenue is not covered under the policy.
On February 10th, 2013,
a severe tornado passed through Hattiesburg, destroying homes and businesses as well as part of the University of Mississippi campus.
Two
severe tornadoes have hit Tuscaloosa in the past 15 years and the area, along with most of Alabama, has been threatened by hurricanes several times.
The city of Grand Island was struck by a series of seven
severe tornadoes in 1980, a disaster that resulted in the creation of a landmark known as Tornado Hill.
This area is prone to
severe tornadoes that can cause substantial property damage.
Severe tornadoes are frequently responsible for damages to items kept inside the homes and to vehicles, boats and other peripheral property.
Evans, L.G. and Oehler - Stinnett, J. (2006) Structure and prevalence of PTSD symptomology in children who have experienced
a severe tornado.