Tornado Basics
This is the rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What is a Tornado
These individuals risk their lives to study tornadoes up close.
What are storm chasers
This deadly tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011.
What is the Joplin tornado
Tornadoes are classified by this scale, ranging from EF0 to EF5.
What is the enhanced fujita scale
This device is often used by storm chasers to measure tornado wind speeds.
What is a Doppler radar.
The deadliest tornado in U.S. history occurred in 1925 and traveled across three states
What is the tri-state tornado
The central region in the U.S. known for frequent tornadoes is called this.
What is tornado valley
The movie that introduced storm chasing to pop culture in 1996.
What is Twister.
This outbreak in April 2011 caused over 300 tornadoes in just a few days.
What is the 2011 super outbreak.
Tornadoes form under these specific storm systems.
What are supercells
Storm chasers often aim to enter the calm center of a tornado, called this.
What is the eye of the tornado.
This tornado struck Oklahoma City in 1999 with record-breaking wind speeds.
What is the Bridge Creek–Moore tornado.
This term refers to a tornado that occurs over a body of water.
What is a waterspout
This organization provides warnings and monitors severe weather in the U.S.
What is the National Weather Service.
Known as the “Tornado Capital of the World,” this U.S. state sees the most tornadoes annually.
what is texas.