How Super Tornadoes Are Born

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/realscience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Ashleen Knutsen Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) References: [1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/what-countries-have-tornadoes [2] https://www.weather.gov/media/pah/Skywarn/TORNADOsafety.pdf [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Super_Outbreak [4] https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/brooks/public_html/papers/deathhist.pdf [5] https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/2021-04-05-tornado-warning-nws-accuracy [6] https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/ [7] https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/vortex2/ [8] https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ [9] https://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ef-scale.html [10] https://weather.com/safety/tornado/news/2021-03-19-record-breaking-tornadoes-us [11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Bridge_Creek%E2%80%93Moore_tornado [12] https://www.weather.gov/pah/1925Tornado_ss [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_El_Reno_tornado [14] https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/138/7/2010mwr3201.1.xml?tab_body=fulltext-display [15] https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/research/tornadoes/ [16] https://www.earth.com/news/radar-signature-will-improve-tornado-forecasting/