Tropics
US History/Geography
US Ocean Territories
NWS/NHC Terms
Severe Weather
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In August 2005, a powerful hurricane made landfall in the United States. It is tied for the costliest natural disaster in United States history.

What is Hurricane Katrina?

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The abbreviation for the Continental United States.

What is CONUS?

100

This large and destructive typhoon made a direct landfall on Guam in May 2023.

What is Typhoon Mawar?

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Northern Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas are part of this popular hotspot for Tornadoes.

What is Tornado Alley?

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This tornado was the most popular tornado of 2013.

What is the El Reno Tornado?

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This cyclone made a devastating landfall in Myanmar in May 2023.

What is Cyclone Mocha?

200

This state has been hit by the most hurricanes/tropical storms.

What is Florida?

200

This hurricane was Puerto Rico's worst hurricane ever.

What is Hurricane Maria?

200

This is the expanded name for TOR-E.

What is Tornado Emergency?

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This tornado was the first Tornado Emergency in NWS-HGX (Houston-Galveston)'s history.

What is the 2023 Deer Park Tornado?

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This is the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded.

What is the Bhola Cyclone?

300

This state gets the most rainfall a year (on average).

What is Washington?

300

This is the most intense tropical cyclone since 2018 in American Samoa.

What is Cyclone Zazu?

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This is the word for official information issued by tropical cyclone warning centers describing all tropical cyclone watches and warnings in effect along with details concerning tropical cyclone locations, intensity and movement, and precautions that should be taken.

What is Advisory?

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This is the current SPC risk for severe weather. (No cheating)

What is Slight risk?

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This is the name for the smallest Tropical Cyclone on record.

What is Tropical Storm Marco?

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This is the latest tornado outbreak in the United States. (According to Wikipedia, as of 09/17/23)

What is the Tornado Outbreak sequence of August 4-8th, 2023? (Saying What is Tornado Outbreak of August 2023? is acceptable)

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This is the worst natural disaster in USVI (United States Virgin Islands) history.

What is Hurricane Irma?

400

This is a form of degree day used to estimate energy requirements for heating.

What are Heating Degree Days?

400

This is the deadliest tornado in US history.

What is The Tri-State Tornado?

500

This storm was the first category 5.

What is The Great Cuba Hurricane of 1924?

500

This is considered the deadliest severe weather event (excluding hurricanes) in US history.

What is the June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho?

500

This is the deadliest weather event in the Northern Mariana Islands' history.

What is Typhoon Yutu?

500

This is the word for the flooding of normally dry land, primarily caused by severe weather events along the coasts, estuaries, and adjoining rivers.

What is Inundation?

500

This is the deadliest severe weather event in recorded history.

What are the 1931 China floods?

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