Tornadoes

Question 1

A rapidly rotating column of air that blows around a small area of intense, low pressure with a circulation that reaches the ground

Answer 1

Tornado

Question 2

tornadoes form

Answer 2

In association with cumulonimbus clouds
Form when mT air masses and cP air masses, interact
Form after a meso cycle phone is produced

Question 3

vertical cylinder of rotating air that develops in the updraft of a severe thunderstorm

Answer 3

Mesocyclone

Question 4

Different wind speeds, or directions at different heights in the atmosphere

Answer 4

Windshear

Question 5

Differences in wind, speed or direction produce rolling motion about a horizontal axis

Answer 5

Mesocyclone stage one

Question 6

Strong updrafts tilt the horizontally, rotating air vertically

Answer 6

Mesocyclone stage two

Question 7

vertically rotating column of air, Tightens and spin faster

Answer 7

Mesocyclone stage three

Question 8

Area of rotating clouds that extends we need a thunderstorm from which a funnel may form

Answer 8

Wall cloud

Question 9

Tornado that hasn’t made contact with the ground

Answer 9

Funnel cloud

Question 10

tornado frequency

Answer 10

Tornadoes most common in Spring April to June
Contrast between mT and cP air masses, strongest
Tornadoes most common in late afternoon

Question 11

Month with most tornadoes

Answer 11

May

Question 12

Month with most tornado days

Answer 12

June

Question 13

Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska
States that experience more frequent tornadoes

Answer 13

Tornado alley

Question 14

Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee
Gulf coast states that experience more frequent destructive tornadoes

Answer 14

Dixie alley

Question 15

dimensions of a typical tornado

Answer 15

Diameter 500 to 2000 feet
Path length 1 to 4 miles
duration 10 minutes
Speed of storm 30 mph
Speed of wind 65 mph to 310 mph
Direction southwest to northeast ahead of cold front

Question 16

based on damage indicators
Used to estimate the strength of a tornadoes winds

Answer 16

enhanced fujita scale

Question 17

what percent of tornadoes are EF 0-1

Answer 17

69%

Question 18

what percent of tornadoes are EF4 -5

Answer 18

2%

Question 19

Where to predict tornadoes

Answer 19

Norman Oklahoma

Question 20

Conditions are favorable for tornado formation

Answer 20

Tornado watch

Question 21

Tornado seen or detected by radar

Answer 21

Tornado warning

Question 22

hook shaped on radar image, indicating tornadic rotation

Answer 22

Hook echo