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* [[Tropical cyclone]] (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone") |
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* [[Windstorm]] (gradient pressure induced) |
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== Phenomena not caused by thunderstorms== |
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== Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms == |
== Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms == |
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Revision as of 21:04, 29 March 2021
Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.
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Examples
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
- Cyclone (generic)
- Fog
- Heat wave
- Cold wave
- Severe thunderstorm (hailstorm, downburst: microburst/macroburst)
- Tornado (also colloquially referred to as a "whirlwind" or "twister")
- Tropical cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone")
- Windstorm (gradient pressure induced) bora winds
- Winter storms
Phenomena not caused by thunderstorms
- Avalanche
- Blizzard
- Drought
- Dust storm, haboob, Dust devil
- Landslide, mudslide
- Flood, flash flood
- Wildfire, firestorm
- High Seas
- Zud
- Black ice
Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms
- Large Hail
- High winds – 93 km/h(58 mph) or higher.
- Tornadoes
- Deadly Lightning
- Flood, flash flood
See also
- Extreme weather
- List of weather-related phenomena
- Meteorology
- Severe weather terminology (United States)
- Space weather