Twisters
This type of cell is a rare, highly dangerous type of thunderstorm defined by a deep, persistently rotating updraft.
What is a supercell?
Hurricanes are often referred to as this in the Western Pacific Ocean.
What is a Typhoon?
This type of warning is issued for a rare scenario of dangerous flash flooding.
What is a Flash Flood Emergency?
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake cause a tsunami and the Fukushima disaster in this year.
When was 2011?
This tornado is the deadliest in world history and is not in the United States.
What is the 1989 Daulatpur-Saturia in Bangladesh?
These are falsely believed to be chemicals sprayed into the air, and are created by airplines.
What are contrails?
A severe snowstorm with winds exceeding 35 mph and low visibility
What is a blizzard?
This meteorologist is credited for saving hundreds of lives during his continuous 12-hour coverage of the 2011 Super Outbreak
Who is James Spann?
A sudden flash of light produced by electrical discharge within a thunderstorm.
What is lightning?
Only 2% of all tornadoes thats lifetime can exceed 1 hour and have winds greater than 205mph.
What are Violent Tornadoes?
Typically, this is the most favorable month for tropical development around North America.
When is September?
The name of the song the National Weather Service often uses as a message in their flood warnings.
What is "Turn Around, Don't Drown"?
The largest earthquake ever recorded was estimated to be this magnitude.
How much is 9.6?
Earth's hottest temperature, 134.1 degrees, was recorded in this place.
Where is Death Valley, CA?
What is Cloud Seeding?
Boston is heavily affected by this type of storm between November and March.
What is a Nor'easter?
This 2021 winter storm brought a massive power crisis upon the state of Texas and was the first instance of a simultaneous winter storm warning for all 254 counties.
What is Uri?
This meteorologist is known for his live field coverage of major hurricanes. He also likes thundersnow, as a video from 2015 captures his excited reactions to an intense band of thundersnow associated with Winter Storm Neptune.
Who is Jim Cantore?
This phenomenon is a wind system, associated with a thunderstorm, that spreads downward and outward in all directions, causing significant damage.
What is a downburst?
This tornado became the most deadliest in history.
What is the Tri-State Tornado?
The Extreme Wind Warning is a weather product issued during a major landfalling cyclone. This is the minimum sustained wind speed involved in such a product.
How fast is 115 mph?
This is a common cause of historic river floods.
What are tropical cyclones/hurricanes?
Tsunamis are usually caused by an earthquake of this type?
What is a megathrust earthquake?
The first of three Day 2 High Risks issued by the NWS Storm Prediction Center, included the only 60% Tornado Risk contour, and occurred on this date.
When is April 7, 2006?
This 2015 winter storm brought 2-3 feet of snow to the Boston area, led to severe coastal flooding, and power outages. It’s the first of 4 major storms that year
What is Juno?
Precipitation that falls as rain, but freezes on contact.
What is freezing rain?
Outbreak that occured in April 1991 with 57 tornadoes, 21 deaths and damage costing $277+ million.
What is the Plains Outbreak?
When a cyclone makes landfall, this is the most dangerous hazard regardless of size or strength.
What is storm surge?
This depth of flowing water is enough to knock you down.
How much is 6 inches?
This device is commonly used to measure earthquake movement and intensity.
What is a seismometer/seismograph?
The highest dew point ever recorded on Earth, 95 degrees Fahrenheit to be exact, was recorded in this Saudi Arabian city.
What is Dhahran, Saudi Arabia?
This 1913 blizzard was so intense to the point of hurricane strength that it sank 19 ships and killed 250 sailors on the Great Lakes.
What is the Great Lakes White Hurricane?
This snowstorm in 2016 dumped up to 3 feet of snow across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, impacting over 100 million people and paralyzing major cities
What is the January 2016 United States blizzard?
A low-level, horizontal cloud that appears detached from the storm's base.
What is a roll cloud?
Supercells have been known to plague Dixie Alley, a southern offshoot of this region of the Great Plains.
What is Tornado Alley?
The last tropical cyclone to affect Southern California at hurricane strength happened in this year.
When was 1858?
The Great Flood of California occurred as a result of several consecutive weeks of atmospheric river events in this year.
When was 1862?
The last major earthquake to occur on the San Andreas fault line happened in Northridge, California. It struck at what time?
When is 4:30 AM Pacific?
This cyclones storm surge killed 300,000-500,000 people in 1970 in what was then East Pakistan.
What is the Bhola Cyclone?
This type of reflection is from the sun's rays on the snow.
What is the albedo of snow?
A streak or shaft of precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground.
What is virga?