There is a good chance that your house will be damaged by high winds and debris.
You still have a decent chance of survival. Go to a room or hallway in the center part of your house on the lowest floor. Stay away from windows.
Outside a tornado air gets pull inward rapidly.
It depends on how strong the tornado is. A sod house could probably survive a hit from a weak tornado, but probably nothing stronger than an EF1 or EF2.
Damage is done to varying degrees depending on the intensity of the tornado on the Fujita scale.
they get thrown everywhere
House Tornado was created in 1988.
No house can offer 100% protection from a tornado. The best option is a house with a basement to go to in case of a tornado.
If your house is hit by the full force of an F4 (now EF4) tornado it will probably be completely leveled. Even if you escape the worst of it (which can be surprisingly likely depending on the tornado) there will still likely be severe damage. The best place to be in an event like this, or any tornado, is in a storm cellar or basement.
in tornado alley which is in Texas and states close to it
The area in which the tornado happens can erode the area away cause the animals that lived there to have no home or die of the tornado
Get to a nearby sturdy building if possible. If you have no access to shelter and the tornado is in the distance driver perpendicular or diagonal to the tornado's path depending on what the road allows. If the tornado is getting close get out of the vehicle and lie down in a ditch or depression. Do not seek shelter under a bridge.
The house is invading the tornado's natural habitat, so of course the tornado will fight to keep its territory.
You cannot accurately identify a tornado based on the sound. That said, if you can hear a tornado it is probably already very close. You must take cover immediately. Heat to you basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of your house.
The safest place to be in your house during a tornado is in the basement.
A tornado can hit a house, but cannot happen indoors.
You still have a decent chance of survival. Go to a room or hallway in the center part of your house on the lowest floor. Stay away from windows.
The safest place to be in your house during a tornado is in the basement.