Tornado Fatalities in Context: 1995–2018

Fricker, Tyler; Friesenhahn, Corey

doi:10.1175/wcas-d-21-0028.1

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“…Tornadoes are destructive to human development as well as fatal for human life. For example, the average annual economic loss from tornadoes was $982 million between 1949 and 2006 (Changon 2009) and while there has been a decline in fatalities over time (Brooks and Doswell 2002;Ashley 2007; Fricker and Friesenhahn 2022), the average annual fatality rate between 1995 and 2018 is 74 (Fricker and Friesenhahn 2022).…”

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Multi-timescale exploration of teleconnection/tornado activity relationships in the Southeastern United States

Moore,

DeBoer,

Fricker

2024

Theor Appl Climatol

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Teleconnections like the El Niño/Southern Oscillation affect climate and weather conditions across the globe, including conditions that modulate tornado activity. Early studies of teleconnection/tornado activity relationships provided evidence of links between one teleconnection and tornado activity. Later attempts introduced multivariate approaches by analyzing bivariate distributions and integrating multiple teleconnections in statistical models to predict variability in tornado activity. However, little attention has been given to teleconnection interactions and the role of these interactions in modulating tornado activity.Here, we employ a data-driven, multiple logistic regression modelling approach to explore the interactions between the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, North Atlantic Oscillation, Artic Oscillation, and Paci c North American pattern and their ability to predict the odds of an active tornado period in the southeastern United States. We develop models at the annual, seasonal, and monthly scales and, in doing so, illustrate that the teleconnections and teleconnection interactions that best predict the odds of an active tornado period differ across timescales and that the relationships exhibit clear seasonality. We also show climate conditions associated with select interactions that help explain the elevated tornado activity, namely anomalously high near-surface air temperature and humidity steered by an anomalously strong subtropical high.

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Multi-timescale exploration of teleconnection/tornado activity relationships in the Southeastern United States

Moore,

DeBoer,

Fricker

2024

Theor Appl Climatol

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“…One of the subspecies of strong wind is a tornado [3,4]. The simplest model of the phenomenon presents a column of air in the form of a funnel with its narrower edge directed toward Earth's surface, where it begins to take shape.…”

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Analysis of Pressure Distribution on a Single-Family Building Caused by Standard and Heavy Winds Based on a Numerical Approach

Lamparski,

Dutkiewicz

2024

Applied Sciences

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The aim of this research is to analyze the pressure distribution caused by wind pressure on the structure of a single-family house. The research object is a model reflecting a real structure, which was damaged in 2018 because of heavy winds. The main idea is to create numerical models using various complex structural analysis software and compare the results. The obtained results will be compared with each other to analyze the impact of various factors, hereinafter referred to as boundary conditions, on the pressure values in characteristic places of the facility. The values closest to the normal distribution will be compared to the actual damage to the house structure. The essence of the research will be the identification of phenomena occurring during the action of heavy winds in global conditions (European and American), considering modifications and different ways of creating seemingly similar numerical models and the way they work. Everything will be compared with each other to find the most optimal design method in the given programs and to obtain wind pressure results that are closest to the real ones.

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“…Furthermore, this understanding would aid communities that are disproportionally hit by tornadoes by providing a better estimation of the odds of certain tornado events. This knowledge is crucial given how urban areas are expanding, which increases the damage and casualty potential of tornadoes, among other natural disasters [3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Regional to Mesoscale Influences of Climate Indices on Tornado Variability

Corey,

Senkbeil

2023

Climate

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Tornadoes present an undisputable danger to communities throughout the United States. Despite this known risk, there is a limited understanding of how tornado frequency varies spatially at the mesoscale across county or city area domains. Furthermore, while previous studies have examined the relationships between various climate indices and continental or regional tornado frequency, little research has examined their influence at a smaller scale. This study examines the relationships between various climate indices and regional tornado frequency alongside the same relationships at the mesoscale in seven cities with anomalous tornado patterns. The results of a correlation analysis and generalized linear modeling show common trends between the regions and cities. The strength of the relationships varied by region, but, overall, the ENSO had the greatest influence on tornado frequency, followed in order by the PNA, AO, NAO, MJO, and PDO. However, future research is critical for understanding how the effects of climate indices on tornado frequency vary at different spatial scales, or whether other factors are responsible for the atypical tornado rates in certain cities.

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Tornado Fatalities in Context: 1995–2018

Cited by 10 publications

References 38 publications

Multi-timescale exploration of teleconnection/tornado activity relationships in the Southeastern United States

Multi-timescale exploration of teleconnection/tornado activity relationships in the Southeastern United States

Analysis of Pressure Distribution on a Single-Family Building Caused by Standard and Heavy Winds Based on a Numerical Approach

Regional to Mesoscale Influences of Climate Indices on Tornado Variability

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