Severe winds and tornadoes

Overview

- what is tornado: A tornado is a narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.

Data:

SPC severe events archive

European Severe Weather Database https://eswd.eu/

Global Disaster Database (EM-DAT)

Severe thunderstorm data: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/publications/schaefer/database.htm

NSSL tornado data: https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/

Hazard Mapping System (HMS) Tornado Data https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/land/hms.html

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Tornado Impact Data

NOAA storm events database https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ ; also see winter storms

Severe weather data inventory:

monthly tornado report

tornado count

wind speed averages: https://disgeoportal.egs.anl.gov/portal/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a69fcf899d91410799233f104b025552; https://climrr.anl.gov/mapexplorer;

NOAA tornadoes: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/tornadoes/