tonadoes

History of Tornadoes

A tornado is something that rarely occurs, usually only occurring in 1% of thunder storms. A tornado is classified as a small swinging column of air in the shape of a funnel. A funnel cloud will eventually become a tornado when it touches the ground. For a tornado to occur there has to be a large amount of strange environmental conditions. There will have to be a trigger such as a cold front as well as a low level of moisture in the atmosphere. Tornadoes are very powerful so you wouldn’t want to be stuck in the middle of one. The winds are very strong, reaching between 40 to over 300 miles per hour, according to the Fujita scale. The winds turn in height and will always turn in a clockwise form. Tornadoes can also reach a maximum of one mile high and can stretch out to a length of 50 feet long.

Where They Occur

Tornadoes usually occur in the southern states and also the northern states. When tornadoes happen in the southern states they will usually occur in the early to late spring. Colder air will move into the southern states for tornadoes to often happen in these months. When tornadoes will happen in the northern states they will usually occur in the summer time. They will usually happen in the summer time because air would move up north so it would be very hot and tornadoes would be at a very high peak. The southern states that will usually get the most tornadoes are Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. While the northern states that will get the most is Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri. The tornadoes will usually occur anywhere from four in the afternoon to eight at night. Areas that get the most tornadoes are called Tornado Valley. There has been over hundreds of eart...

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...will usually occur in the spring to summer time but this is something that can occur at anytime of the year. When ever a tornado will happen there is no way that you are 100% safe when you are stuck inside your house. A tornado is something that can cause death but that is highly unlikely to happen. When a tornado is happening the worst thing you could possibly do is open up the windows. This will allow all of the air to come in, and the objects in your house will be going all over the place. Most of tornadoes that occur will not be extremely dangerous and the winds will be less than 100 miles per hour. When tornadoes are very strong they will last for more than 20 minutes and the winds will be over hundreds of miles per hour. There is unlikely for a tornado to be violent. These winds can reach up to 300 miles per hour and the tornado can go for over an hour.