Severe Weather Watcher HandbookINDEXAlberta 12, 20, 31ALTAWATCH 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
Created :
2002-08-26
Modified :
2002-12-31
Reviewed :
2002-12-31
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