List of severe weather phenomena

Summary

Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.

Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.

Examples edit

Atmospheric edit

Electrical storms edit

Fire edit

Flooding edit

Oceans and bodies of water edit

Precipitation edit

Snow edit

Ice edit

Rain edit

Surface movement edit

Thermal edit

Wind edit

Other edit

Some related meteorological terms: weather front ,gust front , bow echo,Atmospheric river

Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms edit

Severe weather caused by humans edit

See also edit