Abstract: Although violent tornadoes comprise only 2.3% of tornado occurrences in the United States, they cause 68% of the fatalities attributed to tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. Despite these statistics, no attempt is made to ...

Abstract: This paper presents an observational study of the ?southerly burster?, or ?southerly buster?, a particularly intense type of orographically and thermally influenced cold front which occurs in spring and summer along the ...