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Subject : L5) How long after landfall are TC tornadoes a threat?
Contributed by Bill McCaul and Bart Hagemeyer
TC's may spawn tornadoes from a day or two prior to landfall to up to
three days after landfall. Statistics show that most of the tornadoes
occur on the day of landfall, or the next day. The most likely time
for TC tornadoes is during daylight hours, although they can occur
during the night, too (Novlan and Gray 1974,
McCaul 1991) .
Although statistically the largest number of TC tornadoes occurs on
the day of TC landfall, some of the biggest and most damaging outbreaks
have taken place 1 or 2 days after landfall, as with Beulah in 1967,
Danny in 1985, and Beryl in 1994. In the case of Florida, with its
peninsular shpe, many of the tornadoes occure as the outer rainbands
reach the state, well prior to the landfall of the TC center
(Hagemeyer and Hodanish 1995, Hagemeyer 1997).
Last updated August 13, 2004
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