A tornado has low pressure at its center and a powerful updraft. As a result air rapidly rushes inward and upward, sometimes carrying things with it.
depends on the strength of it. if your sheltered, you should be fine. but if your outside during a tornado it's possible. **The odds are good if you are caught without cover underground in a F3 tornado. You do not actually get sucked up but blown away in the strong wind. Reports say that the actual danger does not come from being carried away by the winds but having being hit by large flying stuff picked up also.
The famous pair who were sucked up in their house by a tornado in their sleep are the characters Dorothy and Toto from the movie "The Wizard of Oz". In the movie, they were swept away to the magical land of Oz.
Dorothy and Toto
The dirt and debris picked up by a tornado are often referred to as the tornado's "debris field" or "debris cloud." This material can include soil, vegetation, pieces of buildings, and other objects that are lifted and carried by the tornado's strong winds.
Most tornadoes don't pick up, kill , or injure anyone. When it does happen it is usually no more than a few people; most tornado deaths are from being hit o crushed by debris. Exact figure are difficult to determine as this is not the sort of thing of which extensive records are kept.
The tornado sucked the car right up into the air. The vortex below those rapids sucked my canoe right out from under me!
Dorothy and Toto
depends on the strength of it. if your sheltered, you should be fine. but if your outside during a tornado it's possible. **The odds are good if you are caught without cover underground in a F3 tornado. You do not actually get sucked up but blown away in the strong wind. Reports say that the actual danger does not come from being carried away by the winds but having being hit by large flying stuff picked up also.
Air is continuously moving up in a tornado. This means that air surrounding the tornado must move in to replace the rising air.
The famous pair who were sucked up in their house by a tornado in their sleep are the characters Dorothy and Toto from the movie "The Wizard of Oz". In the movie, they were swept away to the magical land of Oz.
Air in and near a tornado spirals inward and upward very rapidly. The strong winds can pick up objects to carry with them.
Dorothy and Toto
Debris appears to be "sucked in" to a tornado due to the strong inflow winds leading into the tornado's vortex. The low pressure inside the tornado combined with the high wind speeds can lift and carry debris into the storm. This creates the illusion of objects being pulled into the tornado.
Objects get sucked up into a tornado due to the low pressure at the center of the vortex, which creates a strong upward suction force. This force can lift and carry debris, dust, and even larger objects into the funnel cloud.
Dorothy and her little dog, Toto.
The dirt and debris picked up by a tornado are often referred to as the tornado's "debris field" or "debris cloud." This material can include soil, vegetation, pieces of buildings, and other objects that are lifted and carried by the tornado's strong winds.
Most tornadoes don't pick up, kill , or injure anyone. When it does happen it is usually no more than a few people; most tornado deaths are from being hit o crushed by debris. Exact figure are difficult to determine as this is not the sort of thing of which extensive records are kept.