Tornadoes
Winter Storms
Thunder Storms
Hurricanes
Fronts
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A Tornado that has been spotted in your area.
What is a Tornado Warning?
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Snow and Hail
What type of weather does winter storms bring?
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A violent disturbance in the Atmosphere
What is a thunderstorm?
100
Hurricanes in the western pacific ocean.
What is a cyclone?
100
warm-cold air boundary with the colder air replacing the warmer
What is a cold front.
200
Strong winds and heavy deloris
What is Tornado Damage caused by?
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Blocking roads, trap people in homes, and make it hard for emergency vehicles to move.
What can heavy snow cause?
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thunderheads
What is another name for cumulonimbus?
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Winds
How do hurricanes move?
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the transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass
What is a warm front?
300
Great plains from parts of Texas to parts of South Dakota and Iowa.
What is Tornado Alley?
300
As cold, dry air moves across the warmer water, it becomes more humid as water vapor evaporates from the lake surface.
What is Lake-effect snow?
300
Updrafts= strong upward winds Downdrafts= strong downward winds
What is updrafts and downdrafts?
300
The middle of the hurricane
What is the eye of the hurricane?
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transition zone between two air masses
What is a front?
400
Storm shelter, basement, or the middle of the ground floor away from windows and doors.
Name 3 safest places to be during a tornado.
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When an air mass of cold, dry, Canadian air moves south and interacts with a warm, moist air mass moving north from the Gulf Of Mexico.
How do Winter Storms form?
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Begins over warm ocean water as low pressure area, or tropical disturbance.
How do hurricanes form?
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Hot and humid
What weather does a maritime tropical bring?
500
Thick cumulonimbus clouds during spring or early summer and late in the afternoon when the ground is warm.
How Do Tornadoes form?
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Issued when hazardous winter weather in the form of heavy snow, heavy freezing rain, or heavy sleet.
What is Winter Storm Watch?
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A sudden spark, or electrical discharge as these charges jump between parts of a cloud and the ground.
What is lightning?
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June, July, August, September, October, and November
Name all the months of hurricane season
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cold and humid
What weather does maritime polar bring?
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