Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Blizzards
Flash floods
100
Narrow violently spinning column of air
What is a tornado?
100
Large amounts of snow ,winds in excess is 35 miles per hour , and visiblility of less than a quarter mile
What are the characteristics of a blizzard?
100
Form of fast forming flood
What is a flash flood?
200
A super cell ( rotating thunder storm ), cool air, warm air, and an updraft.
What is needed for a tornado to form?
200
Prepare full tank of gas, insulate your home, maintain heating equipment, leave heat on if going away in cold weather.
What do I do in case of a blizzard?
200
When a storm continuously rains on a depression it fills up and then overflows
How are flash floods created?
300
Place with relatively high tornado occurrence
What is tornado ally?
300
Good warning and information about where it is
What is the best defense for hurricanes
300
Tree limbs fall on structures or utility lines causing power outages. snow can block roads
What are the damages
300
Get to higher ground
What do I do if there is a flash flood?
400
Fugita scale or enchanted Fugita scale
How are tornadoes rated?
400
2 hour to 2 weeks
How long do hurricanes last?
400
Computers can often see blizzards coming but they are far from foolproof.
How can we see blizzards coming
400
Go to the basement or lowest floor
What do you not do in event of a flash flood?
500
Observation of weather conditions that may form tornadoes
What is tornado watch?
500
90% of all deaths come from the storm surge when the hurricane reaches land
Why do people die in a hurricane?
500
Evaporates , condensates, and then precipitates
How does snow form?
500
Where there are a few rivers or streams or weak dams
Where do flash floods happen?
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