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What is a tornado?
- violently rotating column of air
- funnel or tubular shaped cloud
- extends downward from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground
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Where and how does a tornado form?
- mostly US in the Plains states between the Rocky's and Appalachians
- wind spins horizontally
- then updraft of wind
- whole things tips upward
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What is the average wind speed of tornadoes?
71-112 mph
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What are the details of the Super Tuesday Tornadoes?
- 2008
- warm moist air in advance of front
- deadliest outbreak in 23 years
- long lasting MSC's and supercells
- 97 weather stations broke/tied high temp record
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How do you mitigate for tornadoes?
- building codes - shelters
- doppler radar
- town webcams
- sirens
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What can you do as an individual to mitigate for tornado threat since you live in a threat-area?
- build safe room
- get NOAA radio
- take shelter in bathroom or interior closet and protect head from flying debris
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What should you not do in case of a tornado?
- do not live in a wood frame house or trailer
- do not stay in vehicle
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funnel cloud
rapidly rotating column of air that does not touch ground
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waterspout
rapidly rotating column of air over water
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dust devil
rapidly rotating column of air caused by hot air rising from dry land
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Tornado Alley
- a belt that stretches from north to south through the central US
- highest risk for tornadoes
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tornado warning
a tornado has actually been sighted or detected by weather radar and people should take immediate action to protect themselves and others
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tornado watch
warns the public of the possibility of a tornado
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