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US averages 800 tornadoesyear more than any country Canton MI Dec 23 2015 EF1 90 mph winds                                 933 tornadoes in 2016. Pick . up worksheet from front . table. INTRO: Weekly WS #27. Which state do you think has the most tornadoes every year?. OUTRO:. After completing the project, what part of the country receives the most tornadoes?. Daniel Nielsen. Motivation/Goals. Existence of year-to-year variability in tornado count. Bias toward recent years due to increased storm spotting capabilities. Improvements in radar network and deployment of NEXRAD. Tornadoes. are very violent. When Tornadoes are single they last only a few minutes. Tornadoes travel in a north eastern direction. Tornadoes are usually in a funnel shape. Tornadoes can happen in any part of the United States. Usually the eye of a tornado is the calmest place. Tornadoes are mostly gray.. Ways to Secure your home and Storm Chasers. Michael S. Schlossberg. What is a Tornado?. A tornado is a column of air that is moving with high speeds of that is coming from a thunderstorm . Tornadoes are found in flat plain areas because there is no mountains to restrict the movement of air. . Insurance Trends and Challenges in an Era of Climate Volatility. National Tornado Summit. Oklahoma City, OK. February 11, 2014. Robert P. Hartwig, Ph.D., CPCU, President & Economist. Insurance Information Institute  110 William Street  New York, NY 10038. Louisville, Kentucky. Significant Severe Weather Event Expected. Multimedia Hazardous Weather Briefing. This is an event-driven hazardous weather briefing compiled by staff at the NWS office in Louisville at . by Otis Eli, Paul Graham, and Wilson Li. Introduction. . Tornados are very . dangerous storms. They . act as . a big vacuum. . Tornado season in Canada . is from April . to September. Did you know that in Canada 100 tornados are reported each . Dr. . Hooda. Text Book : Pages 450 - 459. What is a storm? . A violent disturbance in the atmosphere.. What is a storm? . . Involves sudden changes in air pressure. Cause rapid air movement. Conditions that bring one . 11/16/15. Winds can exceed 300 mph!!!. Around 1,000 occur on average each year in the U.S.. Kill 80, injure 1,500 people each year on average. Can have a path up to a mile wide!!!. Can occur any time of the year, but . Marco . Micozzi. &. Glenda Sullivan. PASS Objectives. Grade 6 World Studies. 1.2 – Identify, evaluate, and draw conclusions from different kinds of. maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, timelines, and other representations . Lab 9. Meteograms. A time display of weather information for a single observing site. Temperature 21Z? __. Dew Point 6Z? __. Wind Direction 8Z?__. Pressure 03Z? __. 23°F. 6°F. W. 1032mb. Laboratory Exercise 14.10 a & b . INFORMATIONS. A . tornado .  is a violently rotating column of air that spins while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as . WHAT DO HURRICANES AND TORNADOES HAVE IN COMMON?. Low Pressure . Strong Winds . Hazardous to Life and Property . HOW DO THEY DIFFER?. Location . Size . Duration . Season of Occurrence . Distinctive Hazards. Tornadoes are . rotating columns of air that extend down from a storm cloud in the shape of a . funnel.. Anything . in the path of a tornado, including houses, cars, forests, and other ecosystems, . are .