tornado vs. downburst damage

[Marko Korosec]

Hello all!

I am preparing some material for a case study on severe weather with extensive wind damage, including possible tornado damage, which hit our country Slovenia in mid July last summer. So I am searching for some papers (similar to EF-scale paper) with description of the existing concepts to determine intensity or damage characteristics of tornadoes and downbursts and the related difficulties and pitfalls.

I would appreciate if you can share some useful links with such material from where I can learn more about differences and how to easily recognize which event caused which damage. So shorty said papers for damage survey like the one for tornado rating.

Thanks a lot,
Marko

 

[Marko Korosec]

Hmm there really no such paper exist that would help us with investigation what kind of wind event occured at certain location, or downburst or tornado, according to observed damage?

 

[Kiel Ortega]

Hmm there really no such paper exist that would help us with investigation what kind of wind event occured at certain location, or downburst or tornado, according to observed damage?

The best way to tell is if the damage is limited to a small area along a line; if it is it is probably tornado. Downbursts would be more centralized. Doppler velocity data would be the most useful, especially if you are debating the two.