How do they Form
Type of air needed to form a tornado
What is Warm humid air and Cold dense air?
Where a tornado lands
What is land?
The time that tornadoes usually form
What is May - June?
Damage of an EF1 Tornado
What is wind speeds of 86 to 110 miles per hour, broken glass in doors and windows, uplift of roof deck and significant loss of roof covering, collapse of chimneys and garage doors, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, and moving automobiles pushed off roads?
A place to hide during a tornado
What is a cellar?
Warm air rising through colder air
What is an Updraft?
A place where tornadoes usually form
What is Tornado Alley?
Time of day tornadoes most likely to form
What is Late Afternoon?
Damage of an EF2 Tornado
What is wind speeds of 111 to 135 miles per hour, entire houses shifted off foundations, large sections of roof structure removed, mobile homes demolished, trains overturned, large trees snapped or uprooted, and cars lifted off ground and thrown.
A place to hide during a tornado when you aren't near a cellar
What is a ditch?
A typical storm that produces tornadoes
What is a Thunderstorm?
The name of the place in Tornado Alley in U.S
What is The Great Plains of U.S?
Time during the day that tornadoes most likely would form
What is 3pm to 9pm?
Damage of an EF3 Tornado
What is entire houses shifted off foundations, large sections of roof structure removed, mobile homes demolished, trains overturned, large trees snapped or uprooted, and cars lifted off ground and thrown. Wind speeds of 136 to 165 miles per hour.?
The materials found in a tornado safety kit
What is Water (one gallon per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation) Food (at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food) Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert. Flashlight?
Type of cloud that tornadoes form from
What is a cumulonimbus cloud?
Percentage of tornadoes that occur in the U.S
What is 75%?
When tornadoes form from thunderstorms
What is thunderstorms having the right combination of winds?
Damage of an EF4 Tornado
What is wind speeds of 166 to 200 miles per hour, strong frame houses lifted off foundations, carried a considerable distance, and disintegrated, automobile-sized missiles flown through the air in excess of 100 meters, trees debarked, and slabs swept clean?
A place in your house to hide in during a tornado
What is a small closet or a room without windows?
A region of dry air wrapping around the back of a mesocyclone in a supercell thunderstorm
What is a Rear Flank Downdraft?
Average number of tornadoes recorded in the U.S each year
What is 1,000?
The conditions needed for a tornado to form from a hurricane
What is the right type of wind conditions?
Damage of an EF5 Tornado
What is wind speed is 200+ miles per hour. Can rip well-anchored homes off their foundations, leaving them bare, and can even deform large skyscrapers. Huge amounts of debris?
What to do after a tornado has passed and there is a bunch of debris on the ground
What is Debris should be placed at curbside, away from fire hydrants, trees, power lines, mailboxes and valves or other items that could be damaged or restrict collection. Debris pick-up schedules will vary by city and unincorporated area.?