hide in your basement and stay away from windows
It can get quite, but not always. On a number of occasions people have reported an eerie silence before a tornado strikes. However, in other cases, the storm keeps on raging even as the tornado strikes.
Hide in a basement that has no windows in it
Yes, normally this happens to planes on the ground when a tornado strikes an airport.
Yes. In most cases a warning is issued before a tornado strikes.
A coastal tornado is a tornado that strikes a coastal area. If the tornado moves over water at any point it is called a waterspout for that time.
No. It is not uncommon for conditions to become unusually calm before a tornado strikes.
Currently average warning time is close to 15 minutes before a tornado strikes. Sometimes there is over an hour of warning, while other times a tornado strikes with no warning.
No most tornado strikes happen in the Midwest in tornado valley but they can happen any where but mainly in middle March to early October
When tornadoes strike, you should get underground immediately, eg. cellar
Air at ground level will then spiral into the tornado and reach great speeds. Any buildings or trees the tornado hits will be damaged or destroyed by the winds.
Known to storm watchers as 'The cone of silence', where a Tornado retreats into the sky, however, this is not strictly after a tornado, more during, as it usually strikes down soon after.
Lightning can be considered more dangerous that a tornado because there is no warning. A lightning bold strikes and is gone in a fraction of a second. By contrast it usually takes at least a few minutes for a tornado to form and it is often possible to see or detect one before it strikes.