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Severe Weather
Instruments/Tools
Thunderstorms
Wind!
Weather Channel
100
When water overflows quickly due to lots of rain or when a dam fails
What is a flash flood?
100
A description of weather conditions expected in upcoming days
What is the forecast?
100
Liquid water that falls from the atmosphere
What is rain?
100
The direction wind blows
What is wind direction?
100
A person who studies weather
What is a meteorologist?
200
A severe winter storm with winds over 35 mph
What is a blizzard?
200
An instrument that measures the direction wind is blowing
What is a wind vane?
200
A sound caused by a lightning strike
What is thunder?
200
The rate at which air moves
What is wind speed?
200
A way to measure heat and cold
What is the temperature?
300
An extended period of extremely dry weather
What is a drought?
300
A tool that measures the temperature
What is a thermometer?
300
A form of visible electrical discharge during a thunderstorm
What is lightning?
300
A severe tropical cyclone with winds over 74 mph
What is a hurricane?
300
A weather forecast issued when a weather condition is occurring RIGHT NOW and may be dangerous
What is a warning?
400
A large mass of rapidly moving snow due to changes in temperature in mountainous regions
What is an avalanche?
400
A tool that measures wind speed
What is an anemometer?
400
Precipitation in the form of ice balls
What is hail?
400
Another name for a hurricane when winds blow counterclockwise
What is a cyclone?
400
A weather forecast issued well before a weather problem is coming to alert people
What is a watch?
500
Lots of wind accompanied with lots of precipitation; usually occurs in Asia
What is a monsoon?
500
An instrument that measures the pressure in the atmosphere
What is a barometer?
500
An optical illusion that occurs when light is reflected by moisture
What is a rainbow?
500
A column of air that twists and rotates and makes contact with the ground
What is a tornado?
500
A weather forecast issued when weather conditions are likely to cause problems
What is an advisory?