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A formula is obtained for calculation of wind speed in tornado, as proportional to the speed of convective updraft. Results are presented of wind speed calculation using the formula for 57 tornadoes observed at different time and in different regions of the world. Possibilities are shown of tornado wind speed forecasting taking into account criteria of tornado danger of the Cb clouds.
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Original Russian Text © E.P. Veselov, 2008, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2008, No. 2, pp. 58–63.
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Veselov, E.P. On calculation of wind speed in tornado. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 33, 98–101 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373908020052
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