ANALYSIS OF A STRONG CLASSIC SUPERCELL STORM WITH DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DATA

In the paper, a detailed analysis is made, by using the Hefei Doppler Weather Radar data on a strong classic supercell storm which occurred on 27 May 2002 in the north of Anhui province. This supercell storm originated from a multicell storm which first appeared at 13:20 on 27 May 2002 between the Haozhou and Woyang county in the northwest of Anhui. The storm moved in southeast east direction during the following several hours. Around 16:00, the storm evolved into the supercell storm, and remained as a supercell for the following 1 hour. After 17:00, it lost its supercell identity and evolved into a squall line. The squall line moved into north Jiangsu province around 21:00.