List of severe weather phenomena
Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.
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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)
- Tornado (also colloquially referred to as a "whirlwind" or "twister")
- Tropical cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon, or "cyclone")
- Windstorm (gradient pressure induced)
- Winter storm
Phenomena not caused by thunderstorms
- Avalanche
- Blizzard
- Drought
- Dust storm, haboob, Dust devil
- Landslide, mudslide
- Flood, flash flood
- Wildfire, firestorm
- 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