Wikipedia:WikiProject Severe weather/Tornado

Tornado and Tornado Outbreak format

Title

• The title of the outbreak, or tornado, should follow the earliest applicable style below

1. Accepted name. Example: Tri-State Tornado
2. If more than one name is in common use, that used by NOAA or an official weather agency should take precedence except in extraordinary circumstances, with any other names a redirect. Example: 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak
3. If more than one event share the same name (even if the other event may not have its own article), precede the accepted name with the year (or, if needed, the month/date). The accepted name should serve as a disambiguation page. Example: Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
4. If there is no accepted name, the name should be formatted as follows:Year (or Month/year, or day/month/year if need be) Geographic location (only if necessary: City, State, Country, Continent, or any combination of these) tornado, tornado outbreak, or tornado outbreak sequence. Examples: January 2008 tornado outbreak sequence, May 1-2, 2008 tornado outbreak, or 2007 Brooklyn tornado

Lead section (Required, no separate header)

• Follow standards described in WP:Lead section.
• State the number of tornadoes, fatalities. Briefly describes any strange events and records set.
• Appropriate infobox. Template:Infobox tornado single or Template:Infobox tornado outbreak

Meteorological synopsis (Required)

• Describe weather conditions leading up to, and that are responsible for the tornadoes
• Describe SPC products issued

Confirmed tornadoes (Required)

• Tornado table
• Should be split into separate list article if very large, see: List of 1999 Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak tornadoes
• For outbreaks with more than a few tornadoes, use a collapsible table table header.

• {| class="wikitable collapsible" width="100%" !colspan="7"|List of reported tornadoes - Tuesday, February 5, 2008 |- |'''<center>[[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF#]]'''</center> || <center>'''Location'''</center> || <center>'''County/Parish'''</center> || <center>'''Coord.'''</center> || <center>'''Time ([[UTC]])'''</center> || <center>'''Path length'''</center> || <center>'''Damage'''</center> |-

Significant storms (Required)

• Describes the most significant storms and tornadoes in detail. Multiple sections if needed. (Variable Name)
• See 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak#Memphis area tornado

Aftermath (Required)

• Describes aftermath in detail
• Should also include disaster declarations

Recovery (Optional)

• Requires the article to be revisited well after the event has take place. Should only be used if enough information is available.

Non-tornadic effects (Optional)

• Use this section if notable non-tornado events occurred
• Examples: winter storm conditions, hail, flooding, downbursts, derechos.

Oddities/Records (Optional)

• Only used if necessary

See also (Required)

• Should always link to at least "List of REGION tornado outbreaks" (e.g. List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks)
• Should link to "Tornadoes of Year" if article exists. (e.g. Tornadoes of 2001)

References (Required)

• use standard {{reflist}} template.

External links (Required)

• External links should go to news stories, NWS pages, or other relevant outside links.

Categories (Required)

• Standard categories are:

• F-rating of tornado (Category:F5 tornadoes)
• Tornadoes of year (Category:Tornadoes of 2007)
• Tornadoes of geographic region (Category:Indiana tornadoes)
• Year in nation (Category:2007 in the United States)

• Add others where appropriate (Category:History of St. Louis, Missouri)

Notability criteria for articles

As a general rule of thumb, use these criteria for creating articles on tornadoes. "Gray area" articles should be discussed on the articles talk page, or on the WP:Severe talk page.

• Any (E)F5 tornado, provided enough information can be written
• Any (E)F2 or stronger tornado in a major city
• Tornado/outbreak causes multiple fatalities
• 40 or more tornadoes in the outbreak with no fatalities (unless a quick spin-up event)
• 25 or more tornadoes in the outbreak with at least one fatality
• Any tornado/outbreak that produces at least $250 million in damage
• Other non-tornadic events occurring with the outbreak that "help" to make it notable (like a winter storm, derecho or hail storm)
• Any outbreak that does not meet the above rules, but has some kind of significant historical standing. (Gray area)

Other notes for articles

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.