History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes

History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes

Intense tropical cyclones usually produce tornadoes, the majority of them weak, upon landfall.

List of Atlantic hurricanes which spawned tornadoes

These are the Atlantic hurricanes that are known to have spawned tornadoes in the U.S.

* one or more listed as significant (F2-F5 or killer) tornadoes

See also

* List of tropical cyclones
* List of Atlantic hurricanes
* List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References

* Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). "Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991, A Chronology and Analysis of Events". St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films. ISBN 1-879362-03-1
* NOAA: National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, Storm Prediction Center, National Climatic Data Center

External links

* [http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/allhurricanes.htm List of Known Tropical Cyclones Which Have Spawned Tornadoes] (The Tornado Project)
* [http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/tophurricanes.htm Tropical Cyclones Spawning 20 or More Known Tornadoes] (The Tornado Project)
* [http://www.tornadoproject.com/ The Tornado Project]
* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center (NHC)]
* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/ Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)]
* [http://www.spc.noaa.gov/ Storm Prediction Center (SPC}]
* [http://www.eas.slu.edu/Comet/trop.html Tropical Cyclone Tornado Research Group] at Saint Louis University
* [http://ams.confex.com/ams/Annual2005/techprogram/paper_84926.htm Tornado outbreaks associated with land-falling tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin] , "Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes", American Meteorological Society, 2005


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