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Scope Events that met the National Weather Service criteria for a severe thunderstorm:
- Winds over 60 mph
- Hail up to an inch in diameter or larger
- Tornadic activity
Thunderstorm and tornado articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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6 | 6 | |||||
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4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 50 | ||
B | 7 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 60 | |
C | 11 | 32 | 46 | 103 | 1 | 14 | 207 |
Start | 5 | 26 | 108 | 203 | 15 | 357 | |
Stub | 4 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 66 | ||
List | 3 | 5 | 73 | 113 | 1 | 10 | 205 |
Category | 190 | 190 | |||||
Disambig | 1 | 15 | 16 | ||||
File | 1 | 2 | 131 | 134 | |||
Portal | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Project | 13 | 13 | |||||
Redirect | 5 | 17 | 86 | 108 | |||
Template | 73 | 73 | |||||
NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
Other | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
Assessed | 32 | 83 | 286 | 533 | 525 | 45 | 1,504 |
Total | 32 | 83 | 286 | 533 | 525 | 45 | 1,504 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 3,289 | Ω = 4.43 |
Goals
1) Standardize pages for severe weather events and people, in the same spirit as our parent project.
2) Improve the pages for severe weather phenomena.
3) Learn more for historical severe weather events, and provide detailed information for current and recent severe weather events.
Parentage
- WikiProject Meteorology is the parent project of this WikiProject.
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Participants
Active members
- RunningOnBrains 07:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
- CrazyC83 02:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
- WxGopher (formerly Gopher backer)
- Evolauxia
- Bryan C. W.
- JoleBruh
- Southern Illinois SKYWARN
- JForget
- Juliancolton (talk) 20:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
- Rdfox 76 (talk) 16:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
- AtheWeatherman (talk) 08:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- Chris1193 (talk) 15:45, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
- Itfc+canes=me (talk) 10:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
- °≈§→ Robomaeyhem ←§≈° 00:21, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Inferno, Lord of Penguins 22:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
- --क्षेम्य Tranquility 18:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
- Bbabybear02 (talk) 23:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
- Ks0stm (T•C) 20:12, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
- KnowledgeRequire
- -Marcusmax(speak) 04:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
- Handbook3
- TheAustinMan (talk) 22:54, 22 May 2010 (UTC) I'll specialize in tornado outbreaks.
- Oaxspot
- Zonafan39
- (formerly "Red Thunder") A8x (talk) 20:31, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
- Joseph507357 (talk) 15:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
- Perseus, Son of Zeus 16:14, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
- TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Kyle1081
- Skamecrazy123
- Inks.LWC
- Bruvtakesover 22:48, 14 October 2011 (UTC)
- Gwickwire (talk) 03:07, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
- Sleddog116 (talk) 03:05, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
- United States Man (talk) 22:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
- --Bowser the Storm Tracker Chat Me Up 15:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
- User:Guy1890 (User talk:Guy1890) Guy1890 (talk) 00:38, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
- Enfcer (talk) 01:28, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
- ManhattanSandyFurystorm (talk)
- TornadoLGS (talk) 05:21, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
- JudyCS (talk)
- JordanKyser22 T 20:37, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
- Dustin (talk) 06:04, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
- Jdcomix (talk) 19:00, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
- HurricaneGonzalo (talk) 18:19, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- Will211
- Jh23487 (talk) 22:20, 28 February 2016 (UTC)
- StrayBolt (talk) 21:09, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
- —Ecstatic Electrical, 19:26, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
- PATH SLOPU (Talk) 10:55, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
- BWomack (talk) 4:07, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
- funplussmart (talk) 21:26, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
- DavidTheScientist 19:14, 24 July 2019(UTC)
- Beginning (talk) 23:46, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- SageSolomon (talk) 05:53, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
- Bhockey10 (talk) 04:37, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 17:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
- Tornadotom666 (talk) 01:33, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
- WeatherWriter (talk) 20:40, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
- ~ Destroyeraa🌀 13:55, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
- Redfishtwofish (talk) 21:46, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
- ChessEric (talk) 01:56, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- CapeVerdeWave (talk) 10:04, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
- Buttons0603 (talk) 21:39, 21 July 2020 (UTC)
- NicoARicoA (talk) 01:34, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- 🦠🌀𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆🌀🦠 19:36, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
- LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 08:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
- HikingHurricane (contribs) I won't be too active, but I'll be here during severe season in the US.
- Cyclonetracker7586 (Talk) 21:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
- AC5230 talk 03:07, 28 March 2021 (UTC) man.
- Undescribed (talk) 16:54, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
- FreeWikiFrog 1:46, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
- Mjeims (talk) 4:06, 06 March 2022 (UTC)
- Wikiwillz (User talk:Wikiwillz) 11:01, 06 April 2022 (UTC)
- TheEasternEditer 7:17, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- Satanhhh (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
- Insendieum (talk)
- Tails Wx 01:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
- NovemberFog 08:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- ChrisWx (talk - (contribs)
- dym75 aka David (talk page) (contributions) 15:52 (UTC), 28 April 2023
- Lolkikmoddi (talk)
- Xelapilled (talk) 25 September 2023
- TidalTreka
- MemeGod ._. (My talk page, my contributions and my creations!) 03:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
- garriefisher (talk) 00:40 June 4, 2024 (UTC)
- 🌀 Hurricane Clyde 🌀 (talk)
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Inactive members
This section is for users who are inactive in this Wikiproject; these users may change their status at any time, if they wish.
- Senators
- Wweisreal
- Meteoguy 18:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
- WxHalo
- Fujita
- WindRunner 18:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
- Hydrogen Iodide(HI!)
- LuigiTheVII 20:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
- - Milk's Favorite Cookie
- Stormtracker94 (talk · contribs) 11:12, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- Theonlysilentbob
- bob rulz (talk) 03:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
- SteelersFan-94 19:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC) _ live in an area that has a-lot of tornados, so I can get some good pics
- This user is retired per his talk page. -RunningOnBrains 02:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- All2341
- Showtime2009 (talk) 06:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Bunsdome (talk) 11:50 5 May 2017 (UTC)
- MarioJump83
Member userboxes
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Barnstars
You can award anyone who contributed greatly to the severe weather-related articles by using this template here: {{subst:The Tornado Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}} or {{subst:The Tornado Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~|2=alt}}
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Newsletter
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Articles
Article alerts
Requests for comments
- 30 Jul 2024 – Twisters (film) (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by WeatherWriter (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 20 Aug 2024 – 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to 2013 Washington tornado by GeorgeMemulous (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Aug 2024 – List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (1950–1959) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to List of F4 tornadoes (1950–1959) by GeorgeMemulous (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 10 Aug 2024 – July 15, 2024 Chicagoland tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to July 2024 Midwest derecho by GeorgeMemulous (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Jul 2024 – Lightning strike (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Lightning by 177.102.177.112 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 May 2024 – Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hurricane Isaias by Hurricanehink (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 02 Jul 2023 – List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by WeatherWriter (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 20 Aug 2024 – Draft:List of Illinois tornadoes (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Sir MemeGod (t · c) was accepted to List of Illinois tornadoes (talk · edit · hist) by Utopes (t · c) on 21 Aug 2024
- undated – Draft:2020 Cookeville tornado (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was accepted to 2020 Cookeville tornado (talk · edit · hist) by Ozzie10aaaa (t · c) on 25 Aug 2024
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Core articles
Article | Need | Rationale | Quality | Comments |
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Tornado | Top | B | Former Featured Article. Return to Featured Article status. | |
2011 Super Outbreak | Top | C | Delisted good article. Improve back to Good Article and beyond. | |
1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado | Top | ![]() |
Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made | |
2013 El Reno tornado | Top | ![]() |
Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made | |
Thunderstorm | Top | ![]() |
Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made | |
Hail | Top | ![]() |
Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made | |
Lightning | Top | B | Getting better, very long, may need to split into sub-articles | |
Tri-State Tornado | Top | B | Needs inline citations and an expansion | |
1974 Super Outbreak | Top | B | Needs copyedit, and should be modified to be an easier read for the layman | |
Derecho | Top | C | Needs inline citations and a mild expansion | |
Severe weather | Top | Our top-level article | C | Discussion has started on Severe weather's structure and organization. See talk page. |
Supercell | Top | B | Upgraded to B-class. Continue to improve to good article and beyond. | |
Downburst | High | C | Needs inline citations and a minor expansion | |
Daulatpur–Saturia tornado | Top | Start | Needs a MAJOR expansion beyond the measly stub it is now | |
List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes | Top | List | Needs continued improvements to bring to FL-class. | |
List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak | Top | List | Needs continued improvements to bring to FL-class. |
Format for articles
- See WikiProject Severe weather/Tornado for the desired article format for tornado outbreaks.
- Note on units: All quantities should be expressed in both imperial and metric units, regardless of the affected area. The primary measurements used in this project are imperial units, although primary-metric can be used in events that only affect regions that use only the metric system (i.e. Canada, Mexico, most of Europe). For example, to show winds of 50 mph, it should be listed as "50 mph (80 km/h)" in most circumstances. Rounding should be done to reasonable levels.
- Note on galleries: It is not desirable to have an image gallery in a main article. However, linking to a gallery on Wikimedia commons using {{commons}} is very helpful. To upload a file to the Commons, click here (you must create/have a commons account to do this). For instructions on creating a commons gallery, see here.
Templates
Infoboxes
- {{Infobox weather event}} provides a template for creating an informative table for any tornado article
- {{Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak}} provides a subbox for tornado outbreak information
- {{Infobox weather event/Tornado}} provides a subbox for individual tornado information
- {{Infobox weather event/Effects}} provides a subbox for a tally of severe weather event effects
- {{Infobox weather event/Footer}} provides a subbox for closing a weather event infobox
(Infoboxes for other events are planned)
Depreciated Infoboxes
- {{Infobox tornado outbreak}} provides a template for brief information at the top of the page for tornado outbreaks, including the date
- {{Infobox tornado}} provides the same information for events involving a single tornado
- {{Infobox storm}} provides information for extratropical cyclones; can be used for tornado outbreaks caused by an extratropical cyclone
(Pending conversion)
Userboxes
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{{Template:User interest meteorology}} |
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{{Template:User WP Meteorology}} |
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{{Template:User Meteorology}} |
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{{Template:User interest severe weather}} |
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{{Template:User WP Severe weather}} |
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Stub templates
- {{Climate-stub}} and the associated stub category Category:Atmospheric science stubs
- This template should be added to the end of stub articles which fall under the category of general meteorology or climatology.
- {{Climate-bio-stub}} and the associated stub category Category:Atmospheric scientist stubs
- This template should be added to the end of stub articles which are biographies of a meteorologist or a climatologist.
- {{Weather-stub}} and the associated stub category Category:Weather event stubs
- This template should be added only to the end of stub articles which describe a specific historical weather event.
Data templates
- {{Tornado Chart}} for tornado events to show the number of tornadoes produced and their intensity
- {{Tornado chart small}}, same as above, but much smaller. Mainly for Tornado year pages.
Current weather templates
- {{Current disaster}} for ongoing storm events. Should be used for Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch when conditions are very dangerous (usually, but not always, a PDS watch).
Talk page template
{{WikiProject Weather|thunderstorms-and-tornadoes-task-force=yes}}
should appear on the top of the talk page of every article covered by this project.
Assessment
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Weather}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Weather|class=???|thunderstorms-and-tornadoes-task-force=yes}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | ![]() |
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A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | ![]() |
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GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | ![]() |
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B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | ![]() |
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List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Weather}} project banner on its talk page:
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | Top | |
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | High | |
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | Mid | |
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | Low | |
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Thunderstorm and tornado articles) | ??? |
Existing links
Categories
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Subpages
- List of all subpages of this page.
Lists
Main articles
General topics
Phenomena
Severe weather events
Meteorologists
- Tornado (March 26, 2007) TFA May 24, 2007
- 1999 Sydney hailstorm (November 26, 2007) TFA April 14, 2008
- 2006 Westchester County tornado (December 21, 2008) TFA July 12, 2009
- List of Connecticut tornadoes (October 25, 2008)
- List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
- Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak
- None currently
- General topics and terminology
Article | Date Listed |
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Bounded weak echo region | March 27, 2008 |
Rainband | January 10, 2009 |
Squall line | June 7, 2009 |
Wake low | June 10, 2009 |
Tornado myths | July 1, 2009 |
Mesoscale convective system | July 2, 2009 |
Waterspout | August 28, 2009 |
Hail | August 29, 2009 |
Outflow boundary | September 3, 2009 |
Storm Prediction Center | April 10, 2010 |
Outflow (meteorology) | April 23, 2010 |
- Severe weather events
None
Pages needing attention
- Woodstock, Ontario tornado of August 1979
- 1993 Virginia tornado outbreak - Has been cleaned up, but due to references to "The southern part of the city," needs attention from someone with knowledge of the outbreak.
- 1936 Cordele-Greensboro tornado outbreak-Still needs many more references
- Tornado outbreak
- Lubbock tornado
Tornado table incomplete
- May 1957 Mid-South tornado outbreak
- 1968 Tracy tornado
- Lubbock tornado
- 1975 Canton, Illinois tornado
- Bossier City, Louisiana tornado
- Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado
- Saragosa, Texas tornado
- List of tornadoes in the May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence
External watchlist