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Rain Production in Convective Storms

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Severe Convective Storms

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Convective systems can, in addition to generating strong winds, hail, and lightning, produce large amounts of rainfall. In some cases, it is the heavy rain itself that distinguishes the storm, even when the rain is accompanied by one or more of the other defining features of severe storms (Maddox et al. 1979; Changnon 1999). Whereas rain is usually a favorable product of moist convection in the atmosphere, excessive amounts or rates of rainfall can lead to surface erosion, property or crop damage, and devastating floods (e.g., Pontrelli et al. 1999). Rain production carries with it atmospheric implications, as well, so it is important that we understand the physical processes that give rise to precipitation-size hydrometeors in convective systems (Ludlam 1963).

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