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An intense local storm that forms strong winds, heavy rain, lightning, thunder, and sometimes hail.
What is a thunderstorm?
A tropical low-pressure system with winds blowing at speeds of 119km/h or more.
What is a hurricane?
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds.
What is a tornado?
Weather that can cause property damage, injury, and sometimes death.
What is severe wather?
This usually appears within a few hours after sun exposure.
What is a sun burn?
An example of severe weather
What is a thunderstorm?
The winds that blow faster and faster around the low-pressure center.
What becomes the center of the hurricane?
A thin funnel shape that has a very low pressure center.
What may a storm cloud form?
A flood that rises and falls very quickly.
What is a flash flood?
Causes red, painful skin that feels hot to the touch.
What are the effects of a sun burn?
What thunder storms form from
What is rising air?
Winds that can lift cars,uproot trees, and tear the roofs off buildings.
What are hurricane winds?
A place in the United States where tornados are most common in.
What is tornado alley?
One of the most dangerous parts of a thunderstorm.
What is lightning?
A condition in which the body has been exposed, to high temperatures for a long time.
What is heat exhaustion?
An electric discharge that happens between a positively charged area and a negatively charged area,
What is lightning?
A group of thunderstorms moving over tropical ocean waters.
What does a hurricane begin as?
When a thunderstorm meets horizontal winds at a high latitude.
How does a tornado form?
Be aware of downed power lines, hanging branches, and flooded areas.
What do you do after a storm?
A condition in which the body loses it ability to cool itself by sweating.
The sound created by the rapid expansion of air along a lightning strike.
What is thunder?
When a hurricane moves into a coastal area, it also pushes a huge mass of ocean water.
What is a storm surge?
The high speed of a tornado's winds.
What causes the danger of a tornado?
Listen to weather reports for updates.
What do you do if a hurricane is approaching
This can prevent skin from a Sunburn.
What is sun screen?