Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: St. Johnsbury, Vt. : The Tornado Project of Environmental Films, 1993Description: xviii, 1326 p. : illISBN:

1879362031

Subject(s):

tornado -- statistics

DDC classification:

551.5530973

Contents:

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"This material is based upon work supported by the NAtional Science Foundation under grant no. BCS-8317738" -- t.p. verso

At head of cover title: A chronology and analysis of events

Includes index

Introduction; Counting and defining tornadoes; Tornado statistics; Outbreaks; Tornado forms and types; Other natural vortices; Tornado forecasting; Tornado risk; Wind speeds; Downbursts; Hurricane-spawned tornadoes; Other countries; Oddities and myths; Fujita tornado intensity scale; The project; F0/F1 tornadoes; Documenting with newspapers; Unlisted or 'missing' tornadoes; Differences of opinion; Early documentation periods; Trends; Distribution of significant tornadoes; Risk to property; Path maps and tabular listings

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