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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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    Debris fallout refers to debris lofted into the air by a tornado that falls back to the ground that can persist well after a tornado has lifted. Debris...
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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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  • 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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  • This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by various weather forecast offices of the National Weather Service in the United States during November and...
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    anticyclonic tornado, which was a satellite of the main tornado. Three of these satellite tornadoes would end up producing tornadic debris signatures that were...
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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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    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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    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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