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Storm data for May 1982. Add to Marion, Illinois tornado outbreak.[1]

Color tables edit

Proposed colors
Category Normal Protanopic Deuteranopic Tritanopic
C P C P C P C P
Potential Tropical Cyclone/Disturbance/Depression
Tropical Depression/Tropical Low/Deep Depression
Tropical Storm/MTS/CS/A1
Severe Tropical Storm/SCS/A2
Category 1
Category 2/TY/VSCS/A3/TC
Category 3
Category 4/VSTY/ESCS/ITC/A4
Category 5/VITY/SuCS/VITC/A5

Pearson parameters edit

In 1973, Allen Pearson added additional path length and path width parameters to the scale. Under this version, each tornado would be assigned one Fujita scale rating and two Pearson scale ratings. For example a tornado rated F4 based on damage with a path length of 63 miles (101 km) and a path width of 800 yards (730 m) would be rated F,P,P 4,4,4. Use of the Pearson scales was not widespread, however, and it remained more common to simply list a tornado's path length and path width directly.[2]

Pearson scales
Parameter P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Path length <0.3 mi (0.48 km) 0.3–0.9 mi (0.48–1.45 km) 1.0–3.1 mi (1.6–5.0 km) 3.2–9.9 mi (5.1–15.9 km) 10–31 mi (16–50 km) 32–99 mi (51–159 km) 100–315 mi (161–507 km)
Path width <6 yd (5.5 m) 6–17 yd (5.5–15.5 m) 18–55 yd (16–50 m) 56–175 yd (51–160 m) 176–566 yd (161–518 m) 0.3–0.9 mi (0.48–1.45 km) 1.0–3.1 mi (1.6–5.0 km)
Pearson scales
Parameter P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Path length <0.3 mi
(0.48 km)
0.3–0.9 mi
(0.48–1.45 km)
1.0–3.1 mi
(1.6–5.0 km)
3.2–9.9 mi
(5.1–15.9 km)
10–31 mi
(16–50 km)
32–99 mi
(51–159 km)
100–315 mi
(161–507 km)
Path width <6 yd
(5.5 m)
6–17 yd
(5.5–15.5 m)
18–55 yd
(16–50 m)
56–175 yd
(51–160 m)
176–566 yd
(161–518 m)
0.3–0.9 mi
(0.48–1.45 km)
1.0–3.1 mi
(1.6–5.0 km)


Pearson scales
Scale Path length Path width
<0.3 mi (0.48 km) <6 yd (5.5 m)
P0 0.3–0.9 mi (0.48–1.45 km) 6–17 yd (5.5–15.5 m)
P1 1.0–3.1 mi (1.6–5.0 km) 18–55 yd (16–50 m)
P2 3.2–9.9 mi (5.1–15.9 km) 56–175 yd (51–160 m)
P3 10–31 mi (16–50 km) 176–566 yd (161–518 m)
P4 32–99 mi (51–159 km) 0.3–0.9 mi (0.48–1.45 km)
P5 100–315 mi (161–507 km) 1.0–3.1 mi (1.6–5.0 km)

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Proposed colors
Category Normal Protanopic Deuteranopic Tritanopic Monochromatic
O PA PR O PA PR O PA PR O PA PR O PA PR
Potential Tropical Cyclone/Disturbance/Depression PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC PTC
Tropical Depression/Tropical Low/Deep Depression TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD
Tropical Storm/MTS/CS/A1 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0 EF0
Severe Tropical Storm/SCS/A2/EF0 STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS STS
Category 1/RSI1/EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1 EF1
Category 2/TY/VSCS/A3/TC/RSI2/EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2 EF2
Category 3/RSI3/EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3 EF3
Category 4/VSTY/ESCS/ITC/A4/RSI4/EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4 EF4
Category 5/VITY/SuCS/VITC/A5/RSI5/EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5 EF5

(copied from original Newest Proposal Yet)

Accidents and Incidents edit

As of December 2019, the airline has had 56 aircraft hull losses and 40 fatal accidents or incidents.[3]

1930s NC13304 NC13357 Flight 6 Flight 4[4] NC13323[5] NC13355[6]
1940s 41-24027 Flight 521 Flight 608 Flight 624
1950s Flight 129[7] Flight 610 Flight 615 Flight 409 Flight 629 Flight 718 Flight 736
1960s Flight 826 Flight 859 Flight 297 Flight 823 Flight 389 Flight 227 Flight 266
1970s Flight 553 Flight 2860 Flight 696 Flight 173
1980s Flight 811 Flight 232 Flight 2885 Flight 2415
1990s Flight 585 Flight 6291 Flight 5925 Flight 826 Flight 863
2000s Flight 175 Flight 93
2010s Flight 3411 Flight 627

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  1. ^ "Storm Data: May 1982 Volume 24 No. 5" (PDF). National Centers for Environmental Information. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference significant tornadoes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "United Airlines safety occurrences". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  4. ^ F. Robert Van der Linden (1991-12-01). The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner. University of Washington Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780295970943. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  5. ^ F. Robert Van der Linden (1991-12-01). The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner. University of Washington Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780295970943. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  6. ^ F. Robert Van der Linden (1991-12-01). The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner. University of Washington Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780295970943. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  7. ^ Accident description for N16088 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on April 10, 2017.