What Is Tornado Threats?

Tornados are one of the most destructive and devastating natural forces on Earth. When a tornado is fully created, wind speeds can reach up to more than 300 mph (483 km/h). Most tornadoes that occur are between the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains, but tornados can happen where ever the conditions are right. 90% of tornadoes that happen in the United States, happens in the Central United States. Even though scientist have not yet understood how tornadoes are formed, they’ve developed a theory that consist of the process and conditions of which a tornado must have to form.

Hurricanes and tornadoes are both severe weather events that can potentially cause a great deal of damage to property. Both of these storms can threaten human life and in severe events with either a hurricane of a tornado there may well be a loss of life. They may be quite different in how they form and what they actually do but on the other hand those storms are both potentially devastating so they fall into the same category of potential severe weather danger. People who live in areas where hurricanes and tornadoes are known to appear during certain seasons of the year are always urged to be alert to weather warning systems. Those same residents know from experience to keep their radios tuned to weather emergency stations and they are in many cases prepared for the brunt of a storm by building basement shelters.

The first thing that starts a tornado would be the winds. The wind updraft can form a funnel. This funnel is called a Mesocyclone and when the mesocyclone touches the ground it is considered a tornado. Clouds play an important role in forming tornadoes too. Some other clouds are called, Wall Clouds. These clouds protrude from the sky and look like a giant waves coming down about to crash on earth. When wall clouds form the sky might turn to a greenish color or some other color. This wall-cloud

A tornado watch when issued is just a reminder that the weather does have the potential to produce a tornado and that caution should be used when traveling and doing outdoor activities. However, when a tornado warning is issued this is a warning to take cover in a cellar, basement or other safe places; away from windows and other places where one may be harmed.

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,

A tornadoes form when it is humid but the ground is wet and slower winds are by the ground as the fastest wind are higher in the sky. Because of this the wind starts to circle around when the slow wind moves up higher. Rain will fall and so will a funnel which is the tornado. The reason twister in Florida left extreme damage and many houses were being fixed or covered with tarp. Today they are cleaning up the damage or debris all over town. Other places tornadoes have touched down resonantly are Virginia and North Carolina the worst one was the one in Carolina taking three lives. To not be one of those three you must find shelter once you hear the word "WARNING." if you hear "watch" then prepare to go into "WARNING." Pleas remember that.

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.

A tornado is a very complex and complicated type of outdoor vacuum. The various types of tornadoes are caused when a great size of particles become part of cloud and start releasing heat rapidly which makes it rise and create a vacuum underneath it. The air that quickly goes into the vacuum creates the center of the tornado or the tornadoes vortex. Then when the air temperature changes it causes a sudden drop in the air pressure. When the heat is being released in the vacuum it causes precipitation. The rain released is equal to the amount of heat absorbed.

     A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes can produce massive destruction with wind speeds of 250 miles per hour or more. The typical tornado moves from southwest to northeast, but they have been known to move in any direction. The average forward speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour but it may vary from stationary to 70 miles per hour. Although tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, they are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains during the spring and summer months. In an average year, 800 tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in 80 deaths and over 1,500 injuries.

Tornadoes are an extremely important topic in today’s society, because they can occur anywhere at any time and be extremely dangerous. The purpose of this paper is to inform people on the importance and demographics of tornadoes. While doing research I discovered that a tornado is a narrow, rotating column of air which rotates violently and extends from the bottom of a thunderstorm to the ground (NOAA, 2014). The winds are so violent that they can destroy entire houses and buildings. You cannot see wind, sometimes this makes it impossible to see a tornado because they are started from wind. They become visible when they form a condensation funnel from water droplets, dust and debris (NOAA, 2014). This means that a person wouldn’t be able to see some tornadoes form, but once they begin moving and picking up debris and dust that’s when the tornado becomes visible. Picking up this debris which can include sticks, rocks and even cars and animals can make these storms pretty dangerous. Actually, out of every storm that happens in the atmosphere, tornadoes are the most violent of all atmospheric storms (NOAA, 2014). On average there is around 1000 tornadoes per year that scientist report. These one thousand tornadoes cause approximately 80 deaths and over 1500 injuries that are caused from tornadoes (NOAA, 2014). Tornadoes are extremely dangerous and should be taken

Any F3’s of a tornado can flatten trees and can also take down any weak or metal buildings. A sign for when a tornado is coming is when the sky is turning a green or greenish black color and is also really cloudy. A way to stay safe during or if a tornado is gonna happen is to do underneath any basement, stairs, or a solidly built kind of building. What a tornado is is a powerful twisting column of air and when it touches the dirt or sand it becomes a lot more and easily is visible. They can be called different kinds of things for instances twisters, dust devils, whirlwinds and even can be a

A question that is asked is, “What is a tornado”? Tornadoes are destructive to people and things. Tornadoes are a result to patterns of changing weather (FEMA). Dry air from the southwest and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico meet the warm dry air come through tornado alley that creates a wind sheer. A tornado can move up to 113 to 200 miles per hour. Tornadoes are very destructive to communities and people (Erased by a Tornado). Another general question is, “How do scientists measure the tornado”? Scientists measure tornadoes with the Fujita scale. The Fujita scale uses three second wind gusts. Scientists check the air patterns a day before. There has been five units measured for tornadoes (noaa.com).

Tornados create devastating destruction throughout their path and leave behind horrifying stories. Higher rated tornados tend to lead to multiple casualties and staggering records of injuries. When a tornado descends

In the beginning, tornadoes are very destructive. But, not all tornadoes are destructive. In the text it says “ Tornadoes classified as "weak" are generally mildly destructive, resulting in minor, localized damage to trees and building roofs. "Strong" tornadoes are significantly more destructive.” ( From the story “Tornados” paragraph 3 from Source 2) This shows that not all tornadoes are destructive.

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.