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TORNADOES ARE RAPIDLY ROTATING WINDS THAT BLOW AROUND A SMALL AREA OF INTENSE LOW PRESSURE DIAMETERS ARE BETWEEN FEET BUT SOME ARE ONLY A FEW FEET WIDE TO MORE THAN ONE MILE WIDE

90% OF THE TIME THEY MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BUT THEY CAN COME FROM ANY DIRECTION GROUND SPEEDS CAN BE OVER 80 MPH BUT OFTEN ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE

LAST ONLY A FEW MINUTES HAVE PATH LENGTH OF ABOUT 4 MILES DEADLIEST TORNADOES OCCUR IN FAMILIES

SUPER OUTBREAK 1974 XENIA, OHIO 148 TORNADOES LASTED 16 HOURS 13 STATES 307 DEATHS

TRI-STATE TORNADO MISSOURI-ILLINOIS-INDIANA OCCURRED IN 1925 WITH 7 TORNADOES 695 PEOPLE WERE KILLED SOME TOWNS WERE WIPED OFF THE MAP

TORNADO ALLEY IN CENTRAL PLAINS TEXAS OKLAHOMA KANSAS NEBRASKA MISSOURI

WHEN DO THEY OCCUR? 3/4 OCCUR FROM MARCH TO JULY 4PM TO 6PM IS PRIME TIME WHEN SURFACE AIR IS MOST UNSTABLE CAN OCCUR ANY DAY OF THE YEAR AND AT ANY TIME

TORNADO WINDS CAN: DESTROY BUILDINGS UPROOT TREES PICK UP OBJECTS DRIVE OBJECTS THROUGH METAL OR TREES CAUSE CHICKENS TO LOSE THEIR FEATHERS

MYTH OR FACT? OPEN WINDOWS CLOSE WINDOWS LEAVE WINDOWS ALONE

MYTH OR FACT? GO TO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BASEMENT GO TO ANY CORNER OF THE BASEMENT GO TO THE CENTER OF THE BASEMENT

MYTH OR FACT? DRIVE YOUR CAR AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE STORM TO ESCAPE A TORNADO DRIVE STRAIGHT TOWARD THE TORNADO GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND GET INTO THE NEAREST DITCH

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? MOBILE HOME? (BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE) MALL? GYM?

FUJITA SCALE F0 = MPH F1 = MPH F2 = MPH F3 = MPH F4 = MPH F MPH

INTERACTIVE TORNADO CAN YOU GUESS THE FUJITA NUMBER & WHEN WILL THE COW FLY THROUGH THE AIR?

CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH TORNADOES WALL CLOUD MAMMATUS FUNNEL CLOUD - ELEPHANT TRUNK, WEDGE, CONE, CYLINDER, AMORPHOUS SUCTION VORTICES

SEVERE STORM WATCH ISSUED BY STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MEANING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE

SEVERE STORM WARNING MEAN THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN VISUALLY SPOTTED BY OBSERVER OR BY RADAR

TORNADO WATCH ISSUED BY STORM PREDICTION CENTER MEANING CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE

TORNADO WARNING ISSUED BY LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE MEANING ONE HAS BEEN SPOTTED VISUALLY OR BY RADAR

TORNADO PROJECT

HURRICANES INTENSE WARM CORE CYCLONE THAT DEVELOPS OVER TROPICAL WATERS ALSO KNOWN AS CYCLONES OR TYPHOONS

STORM SURGE WALL OF WATER THAT LIFTS UP IN FRONT OF HURRICANE AS STORM APPROACHES SHALLOWER WATER MOST DEVASTATING ASPECT OF THE HURRICANE

WIND CLASSIFICATION WINDS LESS THAN 39 MPH = TROPICAL DEPRESSION WINDS BETWEEN 39 AND 73 MPH = TROPICAL STORM WINDS GREATER THAN 74 MPH = HURRICANE

HURRICANE CATEGORY WITH STORM SURGE 1 = MPH 4-5 FEET 2 = MPH 6-8 FEET 3 = MPH 9-12 FEET 4 = MPH FEET 5 = 155+ MPH 18+ FEET

HURRICANE CAMILLE AUGUST 17 TH, 1969 HIT MISSISSIPPI COAST 200 MPH WINDS 24.2 STORM SURGE ABOVE M.S.L. 258 DEATHS WITH 68 MISSING AND PRESUMED DEAD RICHELIEU APARTMENTS – 24 PEOPLE AT HURRICANE PARTY

HURRICANE ISABEL OFF COAST

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