Satellite tornado
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A satellite tornado is a tornado that revolves around a larger, primary tornado and interacts with the same mesocyclone. Satellite tornadoes occur apart from the primary tornado and are not considered
The large tornado on the right is the 1999 Chickasha F3 tornado and the small tornado to the left is a satellite tornado.
Fujiwhara effect
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The Fujiwhara effect, sometimes referred to as the Fujiwhara interaction or binary interaction, is a phenomenon that occurs when two nearby cyclonic vortices move around each other and close the dista
Satellite tornado
…widely known. Such examples include near Beloit, Kansas on 15 May 1990 and during Project VORTEX near Allison, Texas on 8 June 1995, among other events. Fujiwhara effect Multiple-vortex tornado…
Hurricanes Imelda (left) and Humberto (right) displaying the Fujiwhara effect during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
Typhoon Parma (left) and Melor (right) interacting with each other in the Philippine Sea on October 6, 2009.
Sakuhei Fujiwhara, the meteorologist who discovered the phenomenon.