List of severe weather phenomena

Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.

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Blizzard Cloud Downburst Dust storm Extratropical cyclone Firestorm Ice storm Lightning Supercell Thunderstorm (Thundersnow) Tornado Tropical cyclone (Hurricane) Waterspout Winter storm
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Examples Include

Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.

• Cyclone (generic)
  • Arctic cyclone
• Fog
• Heat wave
• Cold wave
• Severe thunderstorm (hailstorm, downburst: microburst/macroburst)
  • Supercell
  • Derecho
  • Squall line
• Tornado (also colloquially referred to as a "whirlwind" or "twister")
  • Waterspout
• Tropical cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone")
• Windstorm (gradient pressure induced)
  • European windstorms
• Winter storms
  • Blizzard
  • Ice storm
  • Hurricane

Phenomena not caused by thunderstorms

• Avalanche
• Blizzard
• Drought
• Dust storm, haboob, Dust devil
• Landslide, mudslide
• Flood, flash flood
• Wildfire, firestorm
  • Fire whirl
• High Seas
• Zud

Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms

• Large Hail
• High winds - 93 km/h(58 mph) or higher.
• Tornadoes
• Deadly Lightning
• Flood, flash flood

See also

• Extreme weather
• Meteorology
• Severe weather terminology (United States)
• Space weather

External links

• Severe Weather UK
• Stormtrack
• hail storms on google map non-commercial