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| List 3 Criteria For Severe Thunderstorms |
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Winds >= 58 mph
Hail >= 1 inch
Presence Of A Tornado |
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| How Many Criteria For A Severe Thunderstorm Must Be Present For A Thunderstorm To Be Severe? |
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| Characteristic radar return from a mesoscale convective system that is shaped like an archer’s bow. These systems can produce severe straight-line winds and occasionally tornadoes, causing major damage. |
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| Where Are The Strongest Winds In A Bow Echo? |
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| The longer a bow echo lasts the more likely what will form? |
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| A vortex in the form a of bookend vortex, a comma head or at the apex. |
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| Storms with long-lived cores and rotating updrafts. |
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| Supercells are frequent producers of what? |
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Large Hail
Strong Winds
Tornadoes |
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| Name Three Unique Qualities of Supercell Storms |
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Distinctive Radar Reflectivity
Mesocyclones
Different Storm Motion |
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| Rotating vortex in conjunction with the updraft in a Supercell Storm. |
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| How Do Super Cell Storms Develop Mesocyclones? |
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| Tilting environmental and/or locally generated horizontal vorticity. |
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| Pendant or hook-shaped weather radar signature as part of some supercell thunderstorms. |
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| On average nationwide, what percent of Supercell Storms produce tornados? |
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| What are some of the physical features of a classic supercell? |
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Overshooting Top
Anvil
Precipitation
Wall Cloud |
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| Why Do Most People Die In The Southeast from tornadoes than in the Great Plains? |
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Lack of shelters
Lack of substantial structures
Low visibility
Higher concentrated population density |
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