Week 9:  Introduction to Tornadoes

• Climatology & Statistics;  Storm Data Reports
  
• Definitions & Basic Concepts
  
• Relationship of Thunderstorms & Tornadoes
  
• Tornado Cyclone
  

• Definition & Concepts; Waterspouts & Steam Devils
  
• Vorticity in Tornadoes
  
• Convergence, Stretching & Rotation
  
• Radar Observations
  

• One-cell Laminar
  
• Transition to Turbulent Flow
  
• Two-cell Turbulent Vortex
  
• Pressure & Velocity Fields
  
• The Rankine-Combined Vortex
  
• Observations in the Laboratory
  

• Tornado Cyclone Bifurcation
  
• Twin Tornadoes
  
• Multiple Condensation Funnels
  
• Suction Vortices
  
• Observation in Nature
  

• Stability Indicies
  
• Watches & Warnings
  
• Doppler Radar Storm Patterns
  
• Verification
  

• Fujita Intensity Scale
  
• Field Observations & Damage Surveys
  
• Tornado Movies & Storm Chasing
  
• Top Ten Tornado Outbreaks
  

• Climatology;  Tornadoes in Hurricanes
  
• Saffir-Simpson Intensity Scales
  
• Storm Surge
  
• Observations;  Safety & Economic Losses