Are Tornadoes Good Or Bad

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, where tornadoes come from, where and when tornadoes occur, the damage they inflict, variations of tornadoes, and how to detect tornadoes.

In this paper, I will discuss what tornadoes are and how they form, what different forms of tornadoes there are, what tornado watches and warning are and give examples of tornadoes in Oklahoma and what destruction they caused, also while providing information about the Doppler radar.

How tornadoes form you ask? Tornadoes form when different winds from different places met and form this giant spinning destructive cyclone which can be powerful or only cause minor damage. Tornadoes form when hot air from different places and cold air from different places collides which can make a tornado at any speed,

It is vital for the survival of mankind that we respect and understand the severity and danger of natural forces and weather conditions. Although advances have been made in the predictions and warning systems of the National Weather Service, or NWS, we must be vigilant in our efforts to always respect what is coming. It is also imperative that we learn from the mistakes we have made in the past and grow from them. One such piece of literature which can help to do this is "Storm Warnings: The story of the a Killer Tornado", by Nancy Mathis, which depicts an amazingly horrific incident where mankind was not prepared for what was coming. The following is understanding of the events that took place on May 3rd, 1999, which showcased an amazing, and terrible, spectacle of tornadoes in Oklahoma. Furthermore we will delve into what has changed since this to better our understanding of upcoming weather related dangers as well as planning for said forces of nature.

Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s the usage of the word “tornado” in forecasts was prohibited by the Weather Bureau because it was “felt that mention of the word tornado provoked undue fear amongst the public” (Corfidi, 2010). While the ban was lifted eventually lifted, little research progress had been made until 1948 when two US Air Force weather officers successfully predicted a tornado in Oklahoma (2010). The prediction of this event is what led to the establishment of the US Air Force’s Severe Weather Warning Center and developed into what we know today as the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma (2010). Officially, 1948 was the beginning of tornado forecasting in the United States, and if we look at it from a prediction accuracy perspective it is still very much in its

Each tornado differs, but they do have some common patterns to their travel and types of damage, which allow for a set of general predictions and precautions. In the interest of the preservation of life and property and to reduce the destructive effect of tornado pressures and flying debris, we have developed the following procedure.

My name is Rachel Lee. What is severe weather? Is a tornado a type of severe weather? If you want to know, it is yes. A tornado is a type of severe weather. A tornado is a violent, and narrow row of air that moves fast in a circular way, which comes from a thunderstorm to the earth. Tornadoes are recognized or known as cyclones. Cyclones can also be hurricanes, typhoons, or more. They are storms that counts as severe weather and move quickly around in a circular way. A tornado happens during a bad thunderstorm. Winds up high blow faster than winds down and lower. They both go in directions, which makes a circular motion. Then it starts to rotate faster and faster until it creates a tornado. Before the tornado hits, it dangles

A tornado is a mixture between rising hot hair and falling cold air that causes a swirling column. It is first characterized by rotating air that looks like a funnel. As the funnel and storm develop, the funnel cloud drops down into a tornado that looks like a column. As the tornado picks up debris and dust its speed increases.

For a hurricane, you can see it coming, so the warning would be about 36 hours before. According to Document 4 'Warning and Predictabilities' it says that, "You have time to run from a hurricane, you want to get food and water to last several of days." A hurricane can last about a few hours to a few weeks. On the other hand, tornadoes you can not see coming, and you have very little time to hide. The warning is 13 minutes. They last several of

Tornados are an extremely interesting phenomenon. These natural disasters need a series of very precise activities to occur in order to materialize. For a tornado to form, it needs the same events as in a thunderstorm to occur. First a wind shear needs to take place; this is when two opposing gusts of wind on different levels make a horizontal vortex. One section of the vortex will rise because of the buoyant warm air, creating a storm. After this a supercell can form; a supercell happens when upper-level wind causes the storm to spin. The supercell can grow very large as long as warm air continues to be sucked through the vortex away from the cool air. In the picture to the left, the supercell is above the funnel like shape of the tornado.

Hurricanes are way different than tornadoes. The way I know is from Spencer Adkins, he told me. The way you can tell the difference is that if you see one and don’t know which one it is, just see how big it is. If it is small, don’t worry, it's just a tornado. If it is very large, you know what it is, of course. A hurricane, because they are very big and have a direction that the wind goes to. Now tornadoes, they aren't as bad as you think! They're a lot of differences, look in the sources and from Spencer

The U.S. gets about 800 Tornadoes a year (According to Spencer Adkins meteorologist on channel thirteen). Then there is this place called Tornado ally. That is were tornadoes form the most, and they get the biggest ones there to. The place called Tornado ally is in the Mid Western. Next, hurricanes form mostly near oceans. The reason they form there is they need warm water to help them form. Hurricanes are made from water and wind, so when the warm and clod water starts to be picked up it helps into form the hurricane. So that is why they form near. Or in the water.

I would like to start out by what we know about tornados and outbreaks, and what is said to be the cause of such catastrophic events, such as the outbreak that occurred November 17th in the Midwestern, portion of the United States. Tornado outbreaks occur when there are multiple tornados that are said to be produced by the same weather system. The classification of an outbreak can vary depending on interpretation. It is said that in order to be classified as a “tornado outbreak” there must be a certain number of tornados that touch down. It is said that the US has the most tornados of any country. This can be attributed the location with in the mid latitude. The Rocky Mountains, have the ability to block moisture and “buckle” the

The strongest tornadoes come from the kind of long-lasting fierce thunderstorms known as supercells. As the name implies, these are intense thunderstorms, which can produce large hail and downbursts in addition to tornadoes. Supercells are most common on the Plains in the Southeast and across the Midwest, but do occur elsewhere.

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, where tornadoes come from, where and when tornadoes occur, the damage they inflict, variations of tornadoes, and how to detect tornadoes.