Tornado Basics
Define what a tornado is.
What is a very destructive violent funnel shaped vortex of doom?
True or False. A tornado can appear anywhere in the world.
What is true?
The direction most tornadoes travel.
What is southeast to northeast?
In the southern states the peak occurrence of tornadoes happens in these months.
What is March through May.
The most destructive tornado in history.
What is the Tri-State tornado?
A tornado forms by..
What is a tornado can form during a thunderstorm where a rotating updraft meets a rotating down draft?
The average width of a tornado?
What is 500 ft across.
The time of day is a tornado MOST likely to occur.
What is between 3 and 9 pm. But they can occur anytime.
In the northern states the peak occurence of tornadoes happens in these months.
What is late June through August.
The three states the Tri-State tornado traveled through.
What is Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana?
Signs that can suggest a tornado.
What is a dark greenish sky and large hail in absence of rain and a funnel cloud?
The amount of people who die a year from the impact of a tornado.
What is up to 60 or 80 people pear year?
True or False. A tornado can appear in the middle of winter?
True. A tornado can happen anytime anywhere.
The flat stretch of land from western Texas to North Dakota that marks the path of tornadoes.
What is Tornado Alley?
The number of people that were injured during the events of the Tri-State tornado.
What is 2,027?
The safest place to be during a tornado.
What is a basement or storm shelter?
The height of an average tornado. (Hint: Between 1000-3000 ft.)
What is 2000 feet tall?
How fast can a tornado travel across the ground.
What is the average speed is 30 mph but can get up to 70?
The amount of injured people from the events of the Natchez tornado.
What is 109?
What day in March did the Tri-State tornado occur on?
What is March 18, 1925?
Atmospheric pressure inside a strong tornado.(measured in millibars)
What is 100 millibars?
The country that has the most tornadoes.
What is United States?
The number of people who were injured during the Tupelo tornado?
What is 700?
The speed a tornado can rotate.
What is exceeding 300 mph?
The speed the Tri-State tornado traveled at. (Hint its between 100 and 400.)
What is 300 mph?