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Wikipedia Severe weather Project

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Severe Weather

Scope Events that met the National Weather Service criteria for a severe thunderstorm:

• Winds over 60 mph
• Hail up to an inch in diameter or larger
• Tornadic activity

Thunderstorm and tornado articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			1	1			2
FL				4			4
FM					6		6
GA	4	6	15	24			49
B	7	6	21	21		3	58
C	11	32	44	95		13	195
Start	5	26	108	198		15	352
Stub		4	14	45		3	66
List	3	6	71	111	1	10	202
Category					190		190
Disambig			1		15		16
File		2	2		130		134
Portal	1				5		6
Project					13		13
Redirect			4	17	86		107
Template					73		73
Other				1	4		5
Assessed	31	82	281	517	523	44	1,478
Unassessed						3	3
Total	31	82	281	517	523	47	1,481
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 3,208			Ω = 4.44

Goals

1) Standardize pages for severe weather events and people, in the same spirit as our parent project.

2) Improve the pages for severe weather phenomena.

3) Learn more for historical severe weather events, and provide detailed information for current and recent severe weather events.

Parentage

• WikiProject Meteorology is the parent project of this WikiProject.

Related WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Non-tropical storms

Related Wikiportals

• Portal:Weather

Active members

1. RunningOnBrains 07:18, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
2. CrazyC83 02:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
3. WxGopher (formerly Gopher backer)
4. Evolauxia
5. Bryan C. W.
6. JoleBruh
7. Southern Illinois SKYWARN
8. JForget
9. Juliancolton (talk) 20:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
10. Rdfox 76 (talk) 16:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
11. Cyclonebiskit (talk) 21:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
12. AtheWeatherman (talk) 08:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
13. Chris1193 (talk) 15:45, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
14. Itfc+canes=me (talk) 10:49, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
15. °≈§→ Robomaeyhem ←§≈° 00:21, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
16. Inferno, Lord of Penguins 22:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
17. --क्षेम्य Tranquility 18:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
18. Bbabybear02 (talk) 23:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
19. Ks0stm ^(T•C) 20:12, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
20. KnowledgeRequire
21. -Marcusmax(speak) 04:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
22. Handbook3
23. TheAustinMan (talk) 22:54, 22 May 2010 (UTC) I'll specialize in tornado outbreaks.[reply]
24. Oaxspot
25. Zonafan39
26. (formerly "Red Thunder") A8x (talk) 20:31, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
27. Joseph507357 (talk) 15:55, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
28. Perseus, Sonof Zeus 16:14, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
29. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 22:22, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
30. Kyle1081
31. Skamecrazy123
32. Inks.LWC
33. Bruvtakesover 22:48, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
34. Gwickwire (talk) 03:07, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
35. Sleddog116 (talk) 03:05, 28 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
36. United States Man (talk) 22:01, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
37.  --Bowser the Storm Tracker  ^{Chat Me Up} 15:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
38. User:Guy1890 (User talk:Guy1890) Guy1890 (talk) 00:38, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
39. Enfcer (talk) 01:28, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
40. ManhattanSandyFurystorm (talk)
41. TornadoLGS (talk) 05:21, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
42. JudyCS (talk)
43. JordanKyser22 T 20:37, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
44. Dustin (talk) 06:04, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
45. Jdcomix (talk) 19:00, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
46. HurricaneGonzalo (talk) 18:19, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
47. Will211
48. Jh23487 (talk) 22:20, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
49. StrayBolt (talk) 21:09, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
50. —Ecstatic Electrical, 19:26, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
51. PATH SLOPU ^(Talk) 10:55, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
52. BWomack (talk) 4:07, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
53. funplussmart (talk) 21:26, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
54. DavidTheScientist 19:14, 24 July 2019(UTC)
55. Beginning (talk) 23:46, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
56. SageSolomon (talk) 05:53, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
57. Bhockey10 (talk) 04:37, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
58. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox 17:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
59. Tornadotom666 (talk) 01:33, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
60. WeatherWriter (talk) 20:40, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
61. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 13:55, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
62. Redfishtwofish (talk) 21:46, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
63. ChessEric (talk) 01:56, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
64. CapeVerdeWave (talk) 10:04, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
65. Buttons0603 (talk) 21:39, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
66. NicoARicoA (talk) 01:34, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
67. 🦠🌀𝕾𝖚𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕮𝖞𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈 𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖆🌀🦠 19:36, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
68. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 08:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
69. HikingHurricane _(contribs) I won't be too active, but I'll be here during severe season in the US.
70. Cyclonetracker7586 (Talk) 21:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
71. AC5230 talk 03:07, 28 March 2021 (UTC) man.[reply]
72. Undescribed (talk) 16:54, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
73. FreeWikiFrog 1:46, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
74. Mjeims (talk) 4:06, 06 March 2022 (UTC)
75. Wikiwillz (User talk:Wikiwillz) 11:01, 06 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
76. TheEasternEditer 7:17, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
77. Satanhhh (talk) 17:22, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
78. Insendieum (talk)
79. Tails Wx 01:55, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
80. NovemberFog 08:46, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
81. ChrisWx (talk - (contribs)
82. dym75 aka David (talk page) (contributions) 15:52 (UTC), 28 April 2023
83. Lolkikmoddi (talk)
84. Xelapilled (talk) 25 September 2023
85. TidalTreka
86. MemeGod ._. (My talk page, my contributions and my creations!) 03:01, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
87. garriefisher (talk) 00:40 June 4, 2024 (UTC)

Bot

In 2013, WxBot was created to assist the project and other meteorology-related projects. As the bot runs through AutoWikiBrowser, only tasks that can be performed in AWB can be performed by the bot. Click here to make a request for the bot to perform a task.

Inactive members

This section is for users who are inactive in this Wikiproject; these users may change their status at any time, if they wish.

1. Senators
2. Wweisreal
3. Meteoguy 18:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
4. WxHalo
5. Fujita
6. WindRunner 18:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
7. _{Hydrogen Iodide(HI!)}
8. LuigiTheVII 20:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
9. - Milk's Favorite Cookie
10. Stormtracker94 (talk · contribs) 11:12, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
11. Theonlysilentbob
12. bob rulz (talk) 03:37, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
13. SteelersFan-94 19:40, 8 December 2008 (UTC) _ live in an area that has a-lot of tornados, so I can get some good pics[reply]
    • This user is retired per his talk page. -RunningOnBrains 02:54, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
14. All2341
15. Showtime2009 (talk) 06:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Blocked indefinitely for sockpuppetry. Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 23:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
16. Bunsdome (talk) 11:50 5 May 2017 (UTC)
17. MarioJump83

Member userboxes

Code	Result
{{Template:User WP Severe weather}}	This user actively participatesin WikiProject Severe weather	Usage
{{Template:User WikiProject Severe weather}}	This user actively participates in WikiProject Severe weather.	Usage

Barnstars

You can award anyone who contributed greatly to the severe weather-related articles by using this template here: {{subst:The Tornado Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}or{{subst:The Tornado Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~|2=alt}}

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Article alerts

Article alerts

• 24 May 2024 – 1997 Jarrell tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MemeGod27 (t · c); start discussion
• 19 Mar 2024 – 1764 Woldegk tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by WeatherWriter (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

• 14 Jun 2024 – List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by GeorgeMemulous (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 05 May 2024 – Hurricane Isaias tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Hurricane IsaiasbyHurricanehink (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 02 Jul 2023 – List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by WeatherWriter (t · c); see discussion

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Core articles

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Tornado	Top		B	Former Featured Article. Return to Featured Article status.
2011 Super Outbreak	Top		C	Delisted good article. Improve back to Good Article and beyond.
1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado	Top		GA	Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made
2013 El Reno tornado	Top		GA	Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made
Thunderstorm	Top		GA	Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made
Hail	Top		GA	Has passed the Good article criteria. But of course, there are always improvements to be made
Lightning	Top		B	Getting better, very long, may need to split into sub-articles
Tri-State Tornado	Top		B	Needs inline citations and an expansion
1974 Super Outbreak	Top		B	Needs copyedit, and should be modified to be an easier read for the layman
Derecho	Top		C	Needs inline citations and a mild expansion
Severe weather	Top	Our top-level article	C	Discussion has started on Severe weather's structure and organization. See talk page.
Supercell	Top		B	Upgraded to B-class. Continue to improve to good article and beyond.
Downburst	High		C	Needs inline citations and a minor expansion
Daulatpur–Saturia tornado	Top		Start	Needs a MAJOR expansion beyond the measly stub it is now
List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes	Top		List	Needs continued improvements to bring to FL-class.
List of tornadoes in the 2011 Super Outbreak	Top		List	Needs continued improvements to bring to FL-class.

Format for articles

• See WikiProject Severe weather/Tornado for the desired article format for tornado outbreaks.

• Note on units: All quantities should be expressed in both imperial and metric units, regardless of the affected area. The primary measurements used in this project are imperial units, although primary-metric can be used in events that only affect regions that use only the metric system (i.e. Canada, Mexico, most of Europe). For example, to show winds of 50 mph, it should be listed as "50 mph (80 km/h)" in most circumstances. Rounding should be done to reasonable levels.

• Note on galleries: It is not desirable to have an image gallery in a main article. However, linking to a gallery on Wikimedia commons using {{commons}} is very helpful. To upload a file to the Commons, click here (you must create/have a commons account to do this). For instructions on creating a commons gallery, see here.

Infoboxes

• {{Infobox weather event}} provides a template for creating an informative table for any tornado article
  • {{Infobox weather event/Tornado outbreak}} provides a subbox for tornado outbreak information
  • {{Infobox weather event/Tornado}} provides a subbox for individual tornado information
  • {{Infobox weather event/Effects}} provides a subbox for a tally of severe weather event effects
  • {{Infobox weather event/Footer}} provides a subbox for closing a weather event infobox

(Infoboxes for other events are planned)

Depreciated Infoboxes

• {{Infobox tornado outbreak}} provides a template for brief information at the top of the page for tornado outbreaks, including the date
• {{Infobox tornado}} provides the same information for events involving a single tornado
• {{Infobox storm}} provides information for extratropical cyclones; can be used for tornado outbreaks caused by an extratropical cyclone

(Pending conversion)

Userboxes

Code	Result
{{Template:User interest weather}}	This user is interested in weather	Usage
{{Template:User interest meteorology}}	This user is interested in meteorology	Usage
{{Template:User WP Meteorology}}	This user actively participatesin WikiProject Meteorology	Usage
{{Template:User Meteorology}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Meteorology.	Usage
{{Template:User interest severe weather}}	This user is interested in severe weather.	Usage
{{Template:User WP Severe weather}}	This user actively participatesin WikiProject Severe weather	Usage
{{Template:User WikiProject Severe weather}}	This user actively participates in WikiProject Severe weather.	Usage

Stub templates

• {{Climate-stub}} and the associated stub category Category:Atmospheric science stubs

This template should be added to the end of stub articles which fall under the category of general meteorology or climatology.

• {{Climate-bio-stub}} and the associated stub category Category:Atmospheric scientist stubs

This template should be added to the end of stub articles which are biographies of a meteorologist or a climatologist.

• {{Weather-stub}} and the associated stub category Category:Weather event stubs

This template should be added only to the end of stub articles which describe a specific historical weather event.

Data templates

• {{Tornado Chart}} for tornado events to show the number of tornadoes produced and their intensity
• {{Tornado chart small}}, same as above, but much smaller. Mainly for Tornado year pages.

Current weather templates

• {{Current disaster}} for ongoing storm events. Should be used for Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch when conditions are very dangerous (usually, but not always, a PDS watch).

Talk page template

• {{WikiProject Weather|thunderstorms-and-tornadoes-task-force=yes}} should appear on the top of the talk page of every article covered by this project.

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Weather}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Weather|class=???|thunderstorms-and-tornadoes-task-force=yes}}

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Thunderstorm and tornado articles)		???

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Weather}} project banner on its talk page:

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Categories

Subpages

• List of all subpages of this page.

Lists

Main articles

General topics

Phenomena

• Tornado
• Hail
• Hailstorm
• Derecho
• Lightning

Severe weather events

Meteorologists

WP:Featured articles

• Tornado (March 26, 2007) TFA May 24, 2007
• 1999 Sydney hailstorm (November 26, 2007) TFA April 14, 2008
• 2006 Westchester County tornado (December 21, 2008) TFA July 12, 2009

WP:Featured lists

• List of Connecticut tornadoes (October 25, 2008)
• List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
• Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak

Featured article candidates (FAC)

WP:Featured list candidates

WP:Peer review

• None currently

Good articles (GA)

General topics and terminology

Severe weather events

Good article nominations (GAN)

None

New articles related to severe weather

• Woodstock, Ontario tornado of August 1979
• 1993 Virginia tornado outbreak - Has been cleaned up, but due to references to "The southern part of the city," needs attention from someone with knowledge of the outbreak.
• 1936 Cordele-Greensboro tornado outbreak-Still needs many more references
• Tornado outbreak
• Lubbock tornado

Tornado table incomplete

• May 1957 Mid-South tornado outbreak
• 1968 Tracy tornado
• Lubbock tornado
• 1975 Canton, Illinois tornado
• Bossier City, Louisiana tornado
• Windsor Locks, Connecticut tornado
• Saragosa, Texas tornado
• List of tornadoes in the May 1995 tornado outbreak sequence

• Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Severe weather