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An example of a tornado warning polygon issued by the National Weather Service. A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover.
Strong mesocyclone on a thunderstorm near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that was analyzed as fitting the characteristics of a TVS.It was associated with a tornado.. A tornadic vortex signature, abbreviated TVS, is a Pulse-Doppler radar weather radar detected rotation algorithm that indicates the likely presence of a strong mesocyclone that is in some stage of tornadogenesis. [1]
A tornado touched down in Atlanta Monday morning as more than 100 million people in the midwest and southeast are threatened by severe storms.
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
There is no word yet on if the tornado detected on radar around 8 p.m. Monday near Alvarado touched down or caused damage.
Radar image of the EF3 Sikeston tornado at as it struck Sikeston. A separate circulation to north was producing the EF2 Dexter tornado as well. This intense, fast-moving tornado occurred along the northern edge of a much larger area of damaging straight-line winds.
The tornado then caused high-end EF0 to EF1 damage to homes and trees in another neighborhood before briefly reaching low-end EF2 strength again as it moved directly over SR 119, where more large tree trunks were snapped. [74] Radar image of EF3 Eagle Point tornado at peak intensity as it struck Eagle Point at 1841Z on 3-25-2021.