This is the first and lowest stage of a hurricane. It has thunderstorms and rotating winds.
What is a tropical disturbance
100
The National Hurricane Center is located in this state
What is Florida
100
This is the lowest hurricane category reaching speeds of 74 to 95 miles per hour, snapping branches and uprooting trees.
What is a category 1
100
In 2005 this hurricane ripped through Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas claiming thousands of lives
What is Hurricane Katrina
100
Hurricanes form over ________ ________ usually near the equator
What is warm waters
200
This is the second stage of a hurricane, it is similar to a tropical disturbance but winds have reached between 23 and 39 miles per hour.
What is a tropical depression
200
This kind of hurricane monitoring reveals a possibiltiy of a hurricane approaching land within 36 hours.
What is a hurricane watch
200
In this hurricane category winds reach speeds between 96 and 110 miles per hour.
What is a category 2
200
Hurricane names are rotated every _______ years
What is six
200
When levees broke from the impact of this hurricane, over 80% of New Orleans was burried in flood water
What is Hurricane Katrina
300
At this stage winds get stronger and reach between 40 and 73 miles per hour
What is a tropical storm
300
This type of hurricane monitoring reveals a posibility that a hurricane may approach an area within 24 hours or less.
What is a hurricane warning
300
In this hurricane category winds are strong enough to destroy some buildings and causes heavy damages to building roofs. Speeds between 131 and 155 miles per hour.
What is a category 4
300
A hurricane name is retired and a new name replaces it when the hurricane has been
What is severely deadly or costly
300
This center uses computers with satelite images to figure out where and when a hurricane will come on shore.
What is The National Hurricane Center
400
As hurricanes cross over land, they began to _________ because it no longer has the warm ocean water energizing the storm.
What is reduce in strength or get weaker
400
This particular part of the hurricane is surprisingly calm, leaving many people to think that the storm is over before it actually is
What is the eye of the hurricane
400
This is the most severe hurricane category with winds reaching speeds above 155 miles per hour.
What is a category 5
400
The names of hurricanes alternate by these two factors
What is gender and alphabetical order
400
Hurricanes can grow to have a diameter of up to ________ miles.
What is six hundred (600)
500
Winds reaching 74 miles per hour, officially classifies this type of storm as
What is a hurricane
500
Hurricanes that make landfall can become very dangerous along coastlines creating a storm __________. This is where ocean waters rush onto land.
What is a surge
500
In this category major floods occur along the coast and has the potential to destroy some buildings and homes. Winds reach between 111 and 130 miles per hour.
What is a category 3
500
From 1953 through 1978 hurricanes were only given _______ names
What is female
500
Hurricane Season is from _________ 1st to November 30th in the Atlantic Ocean