INDEX

Alberta 12, 20, 31
ALTAWATCH 2
anvil 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 35
arcus 7
assessing severity from storm features 18, 27, 28, 29, 42
assessing the scene 14
backsheared anvil 8, 15, 17, 18
blizzard warning 32
breakout phase 14, 16
burst phase 17, 34
British Columbia 12, 32
CANWARN 2, 3, 13
Cb, see cumulionimbus
classic supercell 4, 26, 29, 30, 34, 35
cold-air funnel 33, 38, 39
cold front 9, 12, 13, 23
cold wave advisory 32
condensation funnel 33, 34, 38, 39, 40
core 6, 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 35
cumulus tower 5, 6, 7
cumulonimbus 5, 12
debris cloud 35
derecho 25, 46
diagram of multicell storm 7
diagram of severe storm features 15
downburst 19, 21, 22, 25, 31
downdraft 5, 6, 7, 11, 21, 24, 34, 44
dust devil 40, 44, 47
dust foot 47
east-west differences 12
Eastern Canada 10, 37
Edmonton tornado 34, 37
false funnels 41
flanking line 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 29, 34, 42
flooding 9, 31, 45, 46
forward propagating 12
freezing rain warning 32
Fujita-scale 34
funnel 11, 21, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47
ghost anvil 16
green sky 19
gust front 4, 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 32, 34, 40, 41, 42, 44
gustnado 19, 21, 40
hail 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 35, 45
hailstorm 12, 30
heavy snowfall warning 32
HP supercell 20, 22, 25, 29, 30
inflow 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28
inflow band 16, 18, 23, 25, 26
inflow tails 41, 42
inflow-outflow region 6, 7, 23, 25
instability 12, 13
lake breeze 12, 13
landspout 39
lightning 9, 18, 24, 31
lowering 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47
LP supercell 26, 28, 30, 35
mamma 44
Maritimes 32
mesocyclone 8, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 47
Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) 2, 15, 32, 39, 45
microburst 22, 25, 40, 44, 46, 47
MSC, see Meteorological Service of Canada
multicell storm 7, 34
multiple-vortex tornado 37
New Brunswick 37
Ontario 10, 13, 25
outflow 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 42
outflow boundary 6, 9, 13, 20, 40
overshooting top 8, 11, 14, 15, 18, 34
Prairies 12, 13, 16, 22, 31, 33, 38
prongs 28, 30
propagation 8, 9, 11, 17
pulse storm 7, 31
Quebec 12, 13, 25
quick thinking checklist 24
radio static 13
rain core 7, 8, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 42, 44
rain curtain 9, 14, 15, 24
rain foot 22, 28, 30, 47
rain-free base 6, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 29, 30, 31, 41, 42
rear-flank downdraft (RFD) 22, 33, 34
regeneration 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 35
reporting procedures 47, outside back cover
RFD, see rear-flank downdraft
roaring sound 24, 38, 47
roll cloud 7, 19, 20, 43, 47
rope stage 38
rotation 24, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35
safety tips inside back cover
scud 6, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 38, 41
severe thunderstorm watches and warnings 45
Severe Weather Watcher Program 2, 32
severe winter weather 32
shear funnel 39
shelf cloud 7, 15, 19, 22, 25, 31, 43, 44, 47
single cell storm 7
snowsquall warning 32
spaghetti funnel 39
squall line 9, 21
steady-state severe 11, 14, 16
step-down lowering 27
straight-line wind 24, 44, 46
supercell 8, 12, 15, 18, 23, 24, 26, 31, 33, 34, 47
tail cloud 4, 28, 30
tornadic storm 8
tornado 7, 8, 12, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47
tornado damage 46
tornado frequency 33
tornado watches and warnings 45
train-echo storm 9, 31
types of storms 7
updraft 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 39, 43
virga 22, 43
vorticity 33
wall cloud 8, 11, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 47_e.cfm">47
waterspout 39, 47
weather warnings 32, 45
weather watchers 2, 4
weather watches 45
Weatheradio 3, 4, 13
websites 4
wind damage 31, 45, 46
wind shear 12, 13, 33, 34
wind squall 19
windchill warning 32
winter storm warning 32
worst-first storm 9, 24
worst-last storm 24, 38

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