Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes, 1950-2007

• Published in: Monthly weather review Vol. 137; no. 10; pp. 3471 - 3484
• Main Authors: SCHULTZ, Lori A, CECIL, Daniel J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Climatology; Coastal environments; Cyclones; Damage; Earth, ocean, space; Environmental conditions; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Meteorology; Sample size; Storm damage; Studies; Tornadoes; Tornados; Weather; USA; Climatology; Tornado; Landing; Tropical cyclone

An expanded 'climatology' of U.S. tropical cyclone (TC) tornadoes covering the period 1950-2007 is presented. A major climatology published in 1991 included data on 626 TC tornadoes. Since then, almost 1200 more TC tornado records have been identified, with almost half of that number from...