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Which term is used to reference the area of US which tornadoes are most frequent?
"Tornado Alley" is the term commonly used to reference the area in the United States where tornadoes are most frequent. It includes parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska.
Is it tornadoes or tornados?
Tornadoes is the preferred plural form of tornado.
Was the name Dixie or Denyse ever used as a tornado name?
No. Tornadoes do not have names.
What is the scientific name for tornadoes?
The scientific name for tornadoes is "tornado." Tornado is the widely accepted term used by meteorologists and scientists to describe a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.
What does tornado rated mean?
A tornado's rating is an assessment of its intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Damage is analyzed to give an estimate of the tornado's peak wind speed, which is then used to assign it a rating ranging from EF0 for the weakest tornadoes to EF5 for the strongest tornadoes
Will there be a super tornado?
That depends, as there is no real definition for a "super tornado" and it is not a term that you will find in any storm expert's vocabulary. If by super tornado you mean an F6 tornado, then no, as such a rating is not and never will be used. A 2004 documentary used ther term supertwister to apply to F4 and F5 tornadoes, of which over a thousand have been recorded since 1900. More of these will inevitably occur. Some tornadoes, such as the Jarrell tornado of 1997 have cause particularly extreme damage. If such tornadoes have happened before, then it is inevitable that they will happen again.
Why is a tornado bad for the economy?
Tornadoes destroy property and money must be used to restore property.
What type of instruments are used to detect a tornado?
Meteorologists use weather radar, such as Doppler radar, to detect tornadoes. These instruments can detect rotation within storms, which can indicate the presence of a tornado. In addition, storm spotters on the ground can visually spot tornadoes and report them to the National Weather Service.
What is the Fujita Tornado Scale used for?
The Fujita scale uses the damage done by tornadoes to estimate their intensity.
Is it F5 or B5 that means the finger of god aka tornado?
F5 refers to the highest rating a tornado can achieve. Such tornadoes have occasionally been referred to as the "Finger of God." In terms of tornadoes B5 doesn't mean anything at all. However, in some tornado outbreaks supercells (the thunderstorms which produce most tornadoes) are labeled with letters and their tornadoes labeled with numbers. So B5 would indicate the fifth tornado produced by the second supercell. This says nothing about a tornado's traits.
How big is an F7 tornado?
There is no such thing as an F7 tornado. The maximum rating is F5. Even then, ratings for tornadoes are based on damage, not size.
What is the name of the equipment that they use to track tornadoes?
The main piece of technology used to track tornadoes is doppler weather radar, which can detect the wind signature of a developing tornado.
