Extended Abstract (700K)P13A.16
A cool season low-topped supercell tornado event near Sydney, Australia
Harald Richter, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
On 4 August 2006 a tornado spawned from a low-topped cool season supercell crossed the shoreline at La Perouse, a coastal suburb of Sydney, Australia. It subsequently damaged some properties before dissipating a short distance inland.
This paper examines the environment and the radar signatures of the tornadic storm. The event is of particular interest as the tornado passed a high-resolution C-band Doppler radar at a distance of only a few kilometers. Although the fast moving parent storm exhibited a very unremarkable reflectivity signature, the combination of the storm environment and the radar velocity signature did provide warning forecasters some evidence to recognize the tornadic event in real time.
Poster Session P13A, Severe Weather and Mesoscale Meteorology II
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Halls C & D
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