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FIGURE 10.25 A mature tornado with winds exceeding 150 knots rips through southern Illinois.
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FIGURE 10.35 A wall cloud photographed southwest of Norman, Oklahoma.
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FIGURE Some of the features associated with a tornado-breeding super cell thunderstorm as viewed from the southeast. The storm is moving to the northeast. Fig , p.284
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FIGURE A tornado-spawning thunderstorm over Oklahoma City on May 3, 1999, shows a hook echo in its rainfall pattern on a Doppler radar screen. The colors red and orange represent the heaviest precipitation. Fig , p.284
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FIGURE Doppler radar display of winds associated with the supercell storm that moved through parts of Oklahoma City during the afternoon of May 3, The close packing of the horizontal winds blowing toward the radar (green and blue shades), and those blowing away from the radar (yellow and red shades), indicate strong cyclonic rotation and the presence of a tornado. Fig , p.287
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FIGURE 10. 26 Tornado incidence by state
FIGURE Tornado incidence by state. The upper figure shows the number of tornadoes reported by each state during a 25-year period. The lower figure is the average annual number of tornadoes per 10,000 square miles. The darker the shading, the greater the frequency of tornadoes. Fig , p.279
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Table 10-2, p.281
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FIGURE The total wind speed of a tornado is greater on one side than on the other. When facing an on-rushing tornado, the strongest winds will be on your left side. Fig , p.280
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FIGURE 10.28 A powerful multi-vortex tornado with three suction vortices.
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