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line echo wave pattern—(Abbreviated LEWP.) A special configuration in a line of convective storms that indicates the presence of a low pressure area and the possibility of damaging winds and tornadoes.
In response to very strong outflow winds behind it, a portion of the line may bulge outward forming a bow echo.
Nolen, R. H., 1959: A radar pattern associated with tornadoes. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 40, 277–279.