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Formation
Safety
Classifying
Vortex
Potpourri
100
Where do tornados form?
What is in a thunderstorm.
100
Where is the safest place to be during a tornado?
What is basement or interior room without windows.
100
What is the rating of the tornado that does the least damage?
What is F0
100
What is a vortex?
What is an area where air or liquid spins in circles.
100
Which way do a tornado's winds spin?
What is counterclockwise.
200
Which way does a funnel cloud stretch?
What is downward
200
What does the term "tornado watch" mean?
What is conditions are right for a tornado to happen.
200
If cars are thrown and houses collapsed, what is the rank of the tornado?
What is F4
200
What weather instrument can detect a vortex inside a thunderstorm?
What is Doppler Radar.
200
In which seasons do tornados usually form?
What is spring and summer.
300
What is a tornado
What is a spinning column of air that forms in a thunderstorm and touches the ground.
300
What does the term "tornado warning" mean?
What is a tornado has been spotted.
300
What does the "F" stand for in tornado rankings?
What is Fujita.
300
What do we call a vortex that does not grow out of a thunderstorm but is a column of whirling air over water?
What is a waterspout.
300
Why is it difficult to forecast tornados?
What is they form very quickly.
400
What happens as a funnel cloud spins faster?
What is it picks up things in its path.
400
What should you do if you see a tornado and you are outside?
What is get down low like in a ditch.
400
If winds are clocked at 99 mph and shingles are torn from roofs, what is the rank of the tornado?
What is F1
400
What do a sink and a thunderstorm have in common?
What is a vortex can form in each of them.
400
What does Doppler Radar detect in a tornado or thunderstorm?
What is wind speed, direction and vortex.
500
Inside a spinning thunderstorm is a smaller column of air. What is its shape?
What is a funnel.
500
Who issues tornado watches and warnings?
What is The National Weather Service.
500
What does the "E" stand for in an EF4 tornado?
What is enhanced?
500
What happens as the vortex spins faster?
What is it gets narrower.
500
What kind of pressure is found inside a tornado?
What is low pressure.