r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Mr_Panda009 • 26d ago

Removed: Not NFL Pilots narrowly avoids crashing due to heavy winds from a tornado.

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u/Figure7573 26d ago

Was this a confirmed Tornado or a Severe Downdraft!?!

I didn't see any rotation of the clouds...

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u/prettydistracted2 26d ago

Cyclone Fengal. Saw in another sub mentioning the video is from Chennai, India

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u/Figure7573 26d ago

The wording below the video states it as well.

A Cyclone or a Hurricane, the outer bands will commonly produce a Tornado or severe Downdrafts. A Downdraft will cause serious damage. Tornadoes that are from a Cyclone or Hurricane are usually smaller in size/diameter than those from a hot/cold weather front.

The swirling wind will be seen with a Tornado of this size.

Also, the Airport radar will see rotation forming a Tornado, well before the Airplane's approach for landing. A Downdraft is Very difficult to detect by any means, other than by a visual report.

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u/ecwagner01 26d ago

The Aircraft has doppler radar as well and can see a funnel cloud from a good distance. The outer bands of a hurricane typhoon can cause enormous crosswinds depending on the category of storm.

More than a few people probably sharted a bit on that touchdown. I would have been one of them, unfortunately.

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u/Unordinary_Donkey 26d ago

This is technically a cyclone not a typhoon. But hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are the same weather affect and just regional names for them. The only difference between the three is the location they are occuring at. If its in north west pacific its a typhoon, if its south pacfic its a cyclone and in the americas its hurricane.