Jokes
A tornado’s favorite dessert.
What is funnel cake?
The name of the alert issued by the NWS when there is a tornado on the ground.
What is a Tornado Warning?
The deadliest tornado in United States history.
What is the 1925 Tri-State Tornado?
The name of the largest tornado ever recorded.
What is the 2013 El Reno Tornado?
Classic name that describes the flat, spreading top of a supercell.
What is anvil?
A tornado's favorite dance move.
What is the twist?
The place you should go in the event of a tornado warning.
What is a basement, underground cellar, bathroom, or the innermost part of the building you are in?
The deadliest tornado outbreak in United States history?
What is the 2011 Super Outbreak?
On the Enhanced Fujita Scale, tornadoes are rated based on this.
What is the damage inflicted by the tornado and the estimated wind speeds?
The "main ingredient" of a tornado that they are composed of.
What is a rotating updraft?
The reason tornadoes take a break.
What is out of wind?
A dangerous place some drivers stop during a tornado warning to take shelter.
What is an underpass?
When the first picture of a tornado was taken, and who took it.
What is April 26th, 1884, and A.A Adams?
Tornadoes that can move onshore and cause damage to coastal areas.
What are waterspouts?
An insect, aerosol, and even part of a bird can serve as the initial core for this thunderstorm-formed object.
What is hail?
What had happened to the cow when it was lifted into the air by the tornado.
What is udder disaster?
These items are what you should have in the event of a tornado warning.
What are shoes (boots), a phone, a helmet, a flashlight, a whistle, and a NOAA Weather Radio?
The first time a tornado warning was ever issued in the United States
What is March 25th, 1998?
The tornado that made a flesh-eating fungus appear in its aftermath.
What is the 2011 Joplin Tornado?
This radar signature, appearing as a tight couplet of inbound and outbound velocities, often indicates rotation within a storm.
What is a velocity couplet?
The reason a meteorologist brings a pair of sunglasses.
What is in case he breaks the CAP?
These types of buildings are considered some of the most dangerous places to be during a tornado.
What are manufactured and mobile homes?
The number of times a tornado emergency has been declared in the United States.
What is 201 official and 304 unofficial times?
This phenomenon gave a certain tornado enough strength to upheave underground storm shelters out of the ground.
What is terrain-enhanced, localized intensification, and the 2011 EF-5 Rainsville Tornado?
This downdraft region on the backside of a supercell is believed to play a key role in tornadogenesis by wrapping around the mesocyclone and tightening low-level circulation.
What is the Rear-Flank Downdraft (RFD)?