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 most ID: 233008 Download Presentation
U.S averages 800 tornadoes/year; more than any country. Canton, MI Dec. 23, 2015. EF-1 (90 mph winds). . . . 933. . tornadoes in . 2016.
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 .
By: Maggie Colf. Tornadoes. “There is also disagreement as to whether separate touchdowns of the same funnel constitute separate tornado.”. Tornadoes may not have a visible funnel.. Truth is that we don’t fully understand..
Be able to describe . how . and why a . TORNADO. forms, and the role of the . MESOCYCLONE. in formation.. Be able to identify the . THREE. main . TYPES. of tornadoes and the key tornado formation .
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.
A tornado is a rotating column of air attached to a thunderstorm that comes in contact with the . ground.. The most violent of all atmospheric events is the tornado.. On average, 800 to 1000 tornadoes occur in the U.S. each year..
Matthew Parker. 1. , Jonathan Blaes. 2. , Gary Lackmann. 1. , and Sandra Yuter. 1. 1. North Carolina State University. 2. NOAA/National Weather Service. Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Acknowledgments.
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 .
Jason Davis . Matthew Parker. North Carolina State University. NC State-NWS CSTAR Workshop. November 16, 2012. Acknowledgements: . NOAA CSTAR grant (. NA10NWS4680007). , AMS/NASA Earth Science Graduate Fellowship Program.
Science. Thunderstorms & Lightning. Conditions That Occur During Thunderstorms. Thunder, lighting, high winds, heavy rain, hail. Electric Sparks by Shuffling . Lightening is like electric sparks that you can make by shuffling across a carpet before touching a metal object. Both lightning and small electric sparks are discharges of built up static electricity. .
