List of severe weather phenomena

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

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, microburst, doomcloud)
• Supercell
• Derecho
• Squall line
• Tornado (also colloquially referred to as a "whirlwind," "twister," or "deathspin")
• Waterspout
• Tropical cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone")
• Windstorm (gradient pressure induced)
• European windstorms
• Winter storm
• Blizzard
• Ice storm

Phenomena caused by non-thunderstorm severe weather include:

• Avalanche
• Very Heavy Snowfall
• Drought
• Dust storm, haboob
• Landslide, mudslide
• Flood, flash flood
• Wildfire, firestorm
• High Seas

Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms:

• Large Hail
• High winds - 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