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Defining a Relatively Normal Tornado Day: An Exploration of the Climatology and Potential Use of Relative Risk Forecasts for Tornadoes
(2023-08-04)
The risks posed by rare and severe weather events are both the most impactful to the public and the most difficult to communicate, due to their low absolute probability of occurrence but high impact at a given point. Recent ...
Doppler Radar Analyses of Tornadic Supercells on 19 May 2013
(2016-05-13)
On 19 May 2013, two supercells moved through central Oklahoma and produced seven tornadoes, including one of EF-3 and one of EF-4 intensity. High temporal and spatial resolution observations were collected in both strong ...
The Effects of Terrain on an Idealized Tornado using a Large-Eddy Simulation
(2019-08-01)
Tornado structure is known to be sensitive to the characteristics of near-surface inflow, which in turn is affected by inhomogeneities in surface features. Many observational studies such as VORTEX-SE have identified ...
Examining Vulnerability to Tornadoes Using Census Tract-Level Demographic Data and Tornado Damage Survey Paths
(2019-01)
Tornadoes pose a substantial risk to life and property and while advancements in understanding of hazard evolution and forecast communication increases community resiliency, better understanding and quantification of social ...