VORTEX-USA: Topics & Impacts

(data through 07/31/2025)

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VORTEX USA
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VORTEX-USA supports end-to-end research on tornadoes and their impacts, from the processes contributing to tornado genesis, methods to improve tornado forecasting, and how tornado warning information is communicated, received, and acted upon by people in the path.

Explore the wide range of research studies and findings supported by VORTEX-USA by clicking on the individual research categories below!
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*-Total includes peer-reviewed publications or theses/dissertations. Many publications fall into more than one category.