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    associated with a tornado. A TDS may also be indicated by dual-polarization radar products, designated as a polarimetric tornado debris signature (PTDS). Polarimetric...
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    violent tornado was approaching the area. The Twin Lakes dual-polarization NEXRAD radar (near Lake Stanley Draper) detected a tornado debris signature one...
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  • Thumbnail for 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado
    NEXRAD evidence of a tornado debris signature, prompted the National Weather Service office in Birmingham to declare a tornado emergency. Rapidly intensifying...
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    verified by radar-detected debris signatures. (In future issuances, tornado emergencies were issued within either the initial tornado warning issuance or an...
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    exist of the tornado, showing the fast rotation and heavy debris cloud that engulfed the tornado during its maximum strength. The Jarrell tornado was the subject...
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    actual tornado on the ground can occasionally be inferred based on a strong couplet in concert with a tornadic debris signature (TDS) (i.e. a "debris ball"...
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    The 2011 Joplin tornado was a large and devastating multiple-vortex tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, United States, on the evening of Sunday, May...
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    Radar Examination of the Tornadic Debris Signature and Weak-Echo Reflectivity Band Associated with a Large, Violent Tornado". Monthly Weather Review. 144...
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  • thereof. Tornado couplet – A primary cyclonic tornado and secondary anticyclonic tornado pair. Tornado Debris Project (TDP) Tornado debris signature (TDS)...
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    This is a list of notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2023. Strong, destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Argentina...
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