Call for help periodically if you can. Under such circumstances there will be search and rescue teams.
First, it is impossible to know how exactly strong a tornado is before it hits. But if a strong tornado is approaching you should be in your basement or storm cellar which is the safest place to be. Even if the tornado is an EF5 the portion of it with EF5 winds may still easily miss you.
The tornado is a twister before it hits the ground, it just spins in the sky, kind of
The warning system for tornadoes has improved, giving people a better chance to get to safety before a tornado hits.
No. There is absolutely no way for people to control anything about a tornado.
It varies but most often it stops raining a few minutes beforehand. A break in the clouds may be seen, a sign of a downdraft that helps the tornado form. A number of tornado survivors recall it being unusually quite just before the tornado hits.
You probably won't have time to do much of anything since tornados move so fast. You should take cover and protect yourself, and do what you can for your animals afterward. You can't help your animals if the tornado kills you.
If you have a basement get there imedently, if not get to the center of your home and cover with a mattresse, or get into a bathtub and cover with matresse A.S.A.P
F1 tornadoes can kill, but they rarely do. So an F1 tornado is unlikely to kill you, but you should still take safety precautions to reduce your risk, especially since you can't tell how strong a tornado is before it hits.
Yes... It's a Tornado, but the difference of a waterspout hits a body of water. And a Tornado hits a body of land.
Nothing happens. The lightning will not affect the tornado.
First of all, tornadoes are not quiet. It may be quiet before a tornado hits, but not in the tornado itself. Second, it is impossible to predict when or where the next tornado will hit.