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  2. Tornado vortex signature - Wikipedia

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    Radar analysis of the velocity couplet as well as the automated TVS are very significant to issuing tornado warnings and can suggest the strength and location of possible tornadoes. [ citation needed ] Although many tornadoes, especially the stronger ones, coincide with a TVS, many weak EF0-EF1 tornadoes can and do occur without a TVS ...

  3. Tornado debris signature - Wikipedia

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    An algorithm, called Polarimetric Tornado Debris Signature (PTDS), was developed by researchers by combining polarimetric data with reflectivity and velocity data, showing areas with a probability of detection greater than 80%. It is used on the US National Weather Service weather radar outputs. [7]

  4. Hook echo - Wikipedia

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    In the velocity image on the left, Blues/green represent winds moving towards the radar, and reds/yellows indicate winds moving away from the radar. In the reflectivity image on the right, the main body of the storm can be seen, with the appendage on the bottom of the storm being a hook echo.

  5. How to recognize a 'radar-confirmed tornado' - AOL

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    The average person and weather enthusiast can follow along on social media with reports in real-time as volatile weather unfolds -- and terms like "radar-confirmed tornado" are often thrown out by ...

  6. Tornado warning - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Mobile radar observation of tornadoes - Wikipedia

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    The Doppler on Wheels also led to the “first tornado wind maps, measurements of an axial downdraft and lofted debris, multiple vortices, winds versus damage and surface measurement intercomparisons, winds as low as 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) above the ground level and low-level inflow, 3D ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD) vector wind ...

  8. Convective storm detection - Wikipedia

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    These devices are capable of measuring the radial velocity, including radial direction (towards or away from the radar) of the winds in a storm, and so can spot evidence of rotation in storms from more than a hundred miles (160 km) away. A supercell is characterized by a mesocyclone, which is usually first observed in velocity data as a tight ...

  9. Tornado - Wikipedia

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    These devices measure the velocity and radial direction (towards or away from the radar) of the winds within a storm, and so can spot evidence of rotation in storms from over 160 km (100 miles) away. When storms are distant from a radar, only areas high within the storm are observed and the important areas below are not sampled. [107]