Strong mesocyclone on a thunderstorm near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that was analyzed as fitting the characteristics of a TVS. It was associated with a tornado.
A tornadic vortex signature, abbreviated TVS, is a Pulse-Doppler radar weather radar detected rotation algorithm that indicates the likely presence of a strong mesocyclone that is in some stage of tornadogenesis.[1] It may give meteorologists the ability to pinpoint and track the location of tornadic rotation within a larger storm, and is one component of the National Weather Service's warning operations.[2]
The tornadic vortex signature was first identified by Donald W. Burgess, Leslie R. Lemon, and Rodger A. Brown in the 1970s using experimental Doppler radar at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma. The National Weather Service (NWS) now uses an updated algorithm developed by NSSL, the tornado detection algorithm (TDA) based on data from its WSR-88D system of radars. NSSL also developed the mesocyclone detection algorithm (MDA).[3]
A tornadic vortexsignature, abbreviated TVS, is a Pulse-Doppler radar weather radar detected rotation algorithm that indicates the likely presence of...
detection, the tornadovortexsignature (TVS) or tornado detection algorithm (TDA). An algorithm, called Polarimetric Tornado Debris Signature (PTDS), was...
of tornado-producing supercells. The National Weather Service may consider the presence of a hook echo coinciding with a tornadovortexsignature as sufficient...
powerful supercell displayed an intense tornadovortexsignature east of Hollister, Oklahoma. Given this tornado occurred in a rural area, the lack of damage...
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the tornado. The researchers discovered a mesoscale rotation in the cloud aloft before the tornado touched the ground – the tornadic vortexsignature. NSSL's...
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restaurant; the tornado's touchdown coincided with the appearance of a tornadovortexsignature on radar imagery. Well-built homes within a residential area along...
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producing a tornado are flagged by red or yellow cylinders according to the strength of the vortex as defined by the tornadovortexsignature criteria similar...
research projects such as VORTEX, tornadogenesis is a volatile process and the intricacies of many of the mechanisms of tornado formation are still poorly...
thunderstorms. Its integrated algorithms flag possible hail, tornadovortexsignatures (TVSs), and mesocyclones.[citation needed] All GRx applications...
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multiple days, with very few or no days lacking outbreaks. tornado preparedness tornadovortexsignature (TVS) A rotation algorithm detected by weather radar...
completely possible that the December 10th tornado in WKY contained either a satellite tornado, or underwent a vortex merger in Dawson Springs. (Photo from...
probabilities of a tornado inside a Tornadic VortexSignature on the rear flank of a storm, to better alert potential high-risk areas for tornadoes and to easily...
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