List of severe weather phenomena
- List of severe weather phenomena
Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.
Examples Include:
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)
** Arctic cyclone
* Fog
* Heat wave
* Cold wave
* Severe thunderstorm (hailstorm, microburst, doomcloud)
** Supercell
** Derecho
** Squall line
* Tornado (also colloquially referred to as a "whirlwind," "twister," or "deathspin")
** Waterspout
* Tropical cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone")
* Windstorm (gradient pressure induced)
** European windstorms
* Winter storm
** Blizzard
** Ice storm
Phenomena caused by non-thunderstorm severe weather include:
* Avalanche
* Very Heavy Snowfall
* Drought
* Dust storm, haboob
* Landslide, mudslide
* Flood, flash flood
* Wildfire, firestorm
* High Seas
Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms:
* Large Hail
* High winds - 58 mph or higher.
* Tornadoes
* Deadly Lightning
* Flood, flash flood
See also
* Extreme weather
* Meteorology
* Severe weather terminology (United States)
* Space weather
External links
* [http://www.severewx.co.uk/ Severe Weather UK]
* [http://www.stormtrack.org/ Stormtrack]
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