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Misocyclone

A horizontal vortex with a width of between 40 m and 4 km. It is often used to refer to 1) a vortex within a convective storm with a horizontal scale of less than 4 km, and 2) a near-surface vortex with a horizontal scale of less than 4 km along a convergence line.

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