Data Catalog

Dataset: Tornado Touchdown Points

Description

The NOAA US Tornado Touchdown Points dataset includes tornado touchdown points for tornadoes that occurred in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Descriptive information includes the latitude and longitude of the touchdown and lift-off points, the number of fatalities or injuries, an estimate of damage costs, and the classification of the storm on the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale.

Collection Methodology

Dataset derived from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Touchdown points are defined as the point where a violently rotating column of air, in contact with both the ground and with the base of a powerful thunderstorm, first made contact with the ground.

General Business Terms

This dataset is available for use as part of the core Mapfluence offer.

Attribution Policy

Developers must include attribution link and text as follows: Map data © 2010 Urban Mapping Inc and/or other parties when developing applications.

Attribution Text

None

Time Period

1950-Current

Geographic Scope

United States

Lowest Geography

Tornado Touchdowns

Geometry Types

point

Attribute Tables

Touchdown Data (noaa_tornado.touchdowns)

Tornado Touchdowns

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Geometry Tables

Tornado Touchdown Locations (noaa_tornado.touchdowns_geom)

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