Weather

Severe Weather

100

The safest place to go during a tornado if you are in school is

The Lowest level of your school and away from windows

200

This type of watch is issued when conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms

What is a Severe Thunderstorm Watch

300

This warning is issued when a tornado is happening now or will happen soon

What is a tornado warning

400

This outbreak brought tornadoes and severe thunderstorms across the southeast and even into East Tennessee

What is the 2011 Super Outbreak

500

This is the amount of water that can cause vehicles to lose control

What is 6 inches of floodwater

Local Geography

100

This is the closest airport to Unicoi 

What is the Tri-Cities Airport

200

These rivers make up the Nolichucky River in Huntdale, NC

What are the Toe and Cane rivers

300

This mountain is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River

What is Mount Mitchell (6.684 ft)

400

This is the highest peak in Tennessee

Kuwohi, or what was formerly known as Clingmans Dome

500

These are the names of the Tri-Cities

What is Johnson City, Bristol, and Kingsport

Tropical Weather

100

This is the month when Hurricane Season starts

June

200

This is the month when Hurricane Season ends

November

300

This is the name of the scale that measures Tropical Systems

What is the Saffir Simpson Scale

400

This is the last Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States in Mexico Beach, Florida 

What is Michael

500

This is the number of Category 5 Hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S.A

What is the number 4

Winter

100

This advisory is issued when 1 to 2 inches of snow in 12 hours is expected, or ice up to 1/4 inch in 24 hours or less 

What is a Winter Weather Advisory

200

This warning is issued when 2 inches or more of snow is expected within 48 hours, or at least 1/4 inch of ice is expected in 24 hours or less

What is a Winter Storm Warning

300

This is a snowstorm that has winds of 35 mph or greater and visibility less than 1/4 of a mile for at least 3 hours. 

What is a blizzard

400

This snowstorm produced over 2 feet of snow in the mountains of WNC and East Tennesse back in the 1990s

What is the blizzard of 1993

500

This type of moisture is frozen on impact as it hits the ground

What is freezing rain

Helene

100

This was the peak intensity of Helene before making landfall

What is a Cat 4 hurricane

200

This region is where Helene made landfall in Florida

What is the Big Bend

300

This was the strength of Helene by the time it hit WNC

What is a tropical storm

400

This was the highest measured wind gust in WNC

What is 106 mph ontop of Mount Mitchell

500

This is the largest amount of rainfall that fell during Helene

What is 30.78 inches in Buisk, NC