Tornadoes are some of the most unpredictable weather we have on earth. Tornadoes belong to the category of meteorology in earth science. Meteorology is the science that deals with the weather and conditions. A tornado is a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progress in a narrow path over the land, (Merriam-Webster, 2014). How are tornadoes created? Tornadoes are the result of an extremely large storm called a supercell. A supercell is a storm that has the
Tornadoes A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm cloud to the earth’s surface. They are sometimes nicknamed twisters because of their shape and because of what they do. The winds in the tornadoes are usually 100mph or less. In +F4's they can exceed 250mph. They usually stay on a track of a few miles or less and are less than 100 yds. wide. For the development of tornadoes there are a few conditions required. An abundant low-level of moisture and unstable
The tornado is one of mother earth’s most fierce forces of nature. The winds from a tornado devastate anything and everything in its path; even what isn’t in its path is effected from the projectiles tornadoes produce from anything in the area;being launched at lethal speeds, and covering miles in distance(ready.gov). Oklahoma is one of the places most effected by tornadoes, because they are so common. In Oklahoma, tornadoes are as serious as they come. Oklahoma is flush in line with tornado alley
narrow, violently rotating columns of air that extend from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. They can also be referred to as cyclones or twisters. (NSSL Tornado Basics). Tornados can occur in many parts of the world: all a tornado needs to form is a thunderstorm. The United States has about 1,200 tornadoes each year (NSSL Tornado Basics) with most of those hitting
Tornado Alley, an area through the Midwest and South where tornados are more prone to happen than anywhere else in the United States, and why does this happen in this area? This research paper will look at how Geology helps us understand this phenomenon. Tornado Alley is a nickname given to the area of the southern plains of the central United States that consistently experiences a high amount of tornadoes throughout the year. Tornadoes typically happen during the late spring months and sometimes
On May 4, 2007, the town of Greensburg, Kansas was devastated by an exceptionally strong tornado. With maximum winds estimated to be in excess of 205 miles per hour, and leaving a damage path as wide as 1.7 miles, the storm would go on to be rated a rare EF5, the first recorded in the United States since 1999. When the storm finally subsided, 95 percent of Greensburg had been destroyed, killing eleven people. The Setup May 4 began in much the same way as many other spring days in the Great Plains
Tornado Facts: What You Need to Know About the Spinning Air of Destruction Most people know what a tornado is, but not all of them know what a tornado really is. There is more to it than just a swirling mass of wind that only scares the bejeezus out of you or leaves destruction on its wake. What is a tornado? Also known as twisters, cyclone and funnel, a tornado is a tube of air that touches both the ground and clouds and spins rapidly. For a vortex of wind to be called a tornado, it must touch
A tornado is one of the most unpredictable works of nature; it can strike with very little warning. It is also very destructive and dangerous. Have you ever wondered how something like this forms or what causes it? Do you know what you can do to prepare yourself for a tornado? I’m going to answer all of this, along with other questions you may be asking yourself. First of all, I 'm going to give you some basic information on tornadoes. A tornado is a strong column of wind rotating around a center
of the deadliest tornado in recorded history. Have you heard of the Bangladesh tornado of 1989? The most deadly tornado known to humankind is the April 26, 1989 Daulatpur-Salturia Tornado. The estimated size of the tornado was 1 mile wide. In just a matter of minutes, the horrific twister claimed thousands of lives. The towns were completely destroyed and 80,000 were left homeless. This is a very poor country so the aftermath of this tornado was horrific. At the time of the tornado Bangladesh was already
actions in case of a tornado. According to http://www.homefacts.com/tornadoes/Illinois/Dekalb-County/Dekalb.html the last tornado in DeKalb was in May 2, 2011 and the force was a F1. It lasted for 26 miles and there were zero number of deaths. The worst tornado documented in DeKalb history was in 1990 the force was a F5. It lasted for 30 miles, killed 29 people, and injured 350 people. The F1-F5 stands for the Fujita Scale or “F scale” which measures the intensity of a tornado based on the amount
pirouetting across desert sands under clear skies, are not tornadoes. The definition of a tornado involves a vortex extending from a thunderstorm and touching the ground. In tornado construction, the wind speed, humidity, temperature, and pressure arrange an unusually violent event that is always alluring and sometimes deadly. About 750 tornadoes strike the United States each year. Wind speeds in a tornado vortex are difficult to measure directly. Early efforts used video footage of debris carried
A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be more than one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year, eight hundred tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in eighty deaths and over one thousand five hundred injuries. In the body of my essay, I will tell you about types of tornadoes
and high winds hurricanes already produce. Hurricane Danny in 1985 and Hurricane Ivan in 2004 produced many tor... ... middle of paper ... ...a list of items that could pose a problem should a tornado damage the building. Families should also have a plan to keep themselves safe. After a tornado strikes an area, there are hazards that people need to be aware of including downed electrical lines, debris from buildings and other structures, and potential for more storms. The desire for a lot
of minutes between when the tornado watch is given to when the tornado touches down. Every spring it is known that it is considered tornado season and society pays close attention to the weather and what the meteorologist is putting out on the weather report. When there is a tornado watch issued, it means that the weather conditions are just right for a tornado to form and to be ready to take shelter. When a tornado warning is issued, it means there has been a tornado sighted and to take cover if
the boundary of what tornado researchers call tornado alley. This is the area of the country that receives the most tornadoes every year. According to a 1995 brochure distributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Illinois averages 27 tornadoes a year. Also, nearly 5 people die every year in Illinois as a result of tornadoes [ AID]. In fact, according to Tornado Project Online!, a website hosted by a company that gathers tornado information for tornado re searchers, the deadliest
thunderstorm tilts the rotating air from horizontal to vertical. Then, the 2-6 mile wide area of rotation must be kept within the majority of the storm. The final step is for a low cloud base containing no rain to form a funnel cloud, creating the tornado. Tornadoes follow a very specific and definite life cycle. Global warming has been a continuous problem that has escalated over time on our planet Earth. The main cause of global warming is because Carbon dioxide and other warming pollutants are gathering
The weather condition I decided to focus on is tornados partly because they terrify me, and I wanted to learn as much as possible to see if it would lessen my fear of them. It did not. Tornados are the most violent weather systems, and most of them have a very short life span. Tornados are rotating column of air in contact with the ground that are usually produced by a severe thunder storm. Often funnel shaped tornados come in all shapes and sizes. Funnel clouds form in response to the steep air
A tornado is a rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado needs various factors to form, and is then formed by, warm moist air, and cool dry air. Once warm moist air and cool dry air meet, instability is formed, creating a change in wind direction. As a change in wind direction occurs, so does a horizontal spinning effect, that, with rising air, then tilts the air from horizontal to vertical, thus creating a tornado. Other factors included in forming a tornado
Even though such earthquakes occur the intensity that is recorded is very low. Luckily there are no volcanoes in the area. So there is no word for the volcanic eruptions to occur. But there is another disaster which is having a chance to occur is a Tornado. Some precautions must be strictly employed in order to get sustained from these types of situations. All the people living in the particular community must be given proper instructions on the type of disasters that are occurred and the care that
The “Tri-State tornado” was a tornado that occurred on March 18, 1925, that struck three different states beginning with Missouri then through Illinois, and ending in Indiana. (JOHNS, R. H., BURGESS, D. W., DOSWELL III, C. A., GILMORE, M. S., HART, J. A., & PILTZ, S. F. 2013). There were officially 695 people killed and approximately 2,000 injured from the deadly tornado. The destruction spanned 219 miles, destroying 15,000 homes and other massive destruction for three and a half hours (Pinkley