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Thunderstorms
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Storms
Misc...
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cumulonimbus cloud
What is the cloud that brings thunderstorms?
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A warning sign to look for when a tornado may be approaching.
What is a funnel cloud?
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This is the center of the hurricane and is calm.
What is the eye of the storm?
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Most deadly of all storms.
What is a hurricane?
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December 25
What is Christmas Day?
200
The first stage of a thunderstorm where moist air rises and the water vapor condenses to form a cloud.
What is an updraft?
200
The winds can reach this speed in the funnel of a tornado.
What is 300 miles per hour?
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All hurricanes form over this.
What is large areas of warm water?
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The most violent of all of the storms.
What is a tornado?
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Santa Claus
Who comes on Christmas Eve?
300
During a thunderstorm, clouds discharge this in the form of lightning.
What is electricity?
300
An area that has a high occurance of tornadoes running from Texas to North Dakota.
What is tornado alley?
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The speed that a tropical depression becomes a tropical storm.
What is 65 kilometers per hour?
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This storm is the most common on the Delmarva peninsula.
What is a thunderstorm?
300
Menorahs
What is symbolic of the oil that lasted for eight days in the Jewish religion?
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A heavy storm that is accompanied by rain, thunder, lightning and strong winds.
What is a thunderstorm?
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A supercell.
What is a thunderstorm with a deep rotating updraft?
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The highest category of a hurricane. Katrina was not even this category.
What is a category 5 storm?
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This type of radar is used for tracking all types of storms?
What is doppler radar?
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A Christmas Carol
What story by Charles Dickens has Ebeneezer Scrooge in it?
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Lightning travels the ____________ path when opposite fields attact.
What is shortest?
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Hail and rain.
What are two types of precipitation that can accompany tornadoes?
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Flooding, high winds and storm surges.
What are some of the ways that damage is caused by hurricanes?
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This hurricane caused severe damage on the Delmarva peninsula.
What was Hurricane Isabelle?
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December 23
What is the first day of Winter Break?