Tornadoes
winter storms
Hurricanes
Fronts
Thunderstorms
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What is a tornado?
A rapidly whirling, funnel- shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface
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What can heavy snowfalls block?
blocks roads, trapping people in their homes and making it harder for emergency vehicles to move.
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what damages do hurricanes cause?
floods, electricity down, homes destroyed
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What are the different types of fronts?
warm, cold, stationary, and occulded
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What is a thunderstorm?
A small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightening.
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what is a tornado warning?
A warning that a tornado is 36 hours away from your area
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what is temperature that it has to be for snow to fall?
It has to colder than 0 degrees Celesuis
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Where does a hurricane begins
over warm ocean water as a low-pressure area, or tropical disturbance
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How do fronts from?
colliding air masses can form the fronts
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What are things you need to avoid during a thunderstorm?
bodies of water, objects that conduct electricity and metal objects
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what is a tornado watch
An announcement that a tornado is seen in the weather radar or in the sky
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What is mostly the precipitation that begins in clouds?
snow
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what is a hurricane watch?
indicates that hurricane conditions are possible in an area within the next 36 hours
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What is a warm front?
A warm mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass.
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what is lightening
A struck of light
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what is the damage that a tornado causes
destroyed houses, buildings, roads, and schools
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What is the two of the snowiest cities in the united states?
buffolo and Rocheret
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What is a hurricane warning?
means that hurricane conditions are expected in within 24 hours.
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What is cold front?
A fast-moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass.
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what is something you shouldnt touch during the storm
electricity
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What is the eye of the tornado?
the center of the tornado and the calmest part of it
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what can extreme cold damage cause
crops and causes water pipes to freeze and burst
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What is a storm surge?
a ¨dome¨ of water that sweeps across the coast where the hurricane lands.
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What is a stationary front?
Cold and warm air masses meet, but neither can move the other.
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weather is the safest place to be during a storm
indoors
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