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Where does a tornado come most?
tornado alley
How does a hurricane change as you approach the eye of the storm?
As the eye of a hurricane approaches conditions will progressively get worse: the wind will get stronger and the air will get heavier. Eventually the eye wall, the strongest part of the storm, will reach you and then suddenly the winds will die down, the rain will stop, and the sun may even come out as the eye reaches you.
What is a large strong storm that has very high winds and lot of rain?
A hurricane is a large, strong storm characterized by powerful winds and heavy rainfall. These storms typically form over warm ocean waters and can cause widespread damage and flooding when they make landfall.
What direction do south winds come from?
South winds come from the south, or in other words, they blow in a direction from south to north.
What is category F-4?
A category 4 hurricane is one with winds from 131 to 155 mph. An F4 tornado is a tornado that levels most houses to the ground and strips the bark from trees. Estimated winds of 207 to 260 mph. Later adjusted to lower values of 166 to 200 mph on the Enhanced Fujita Scale
Where do the deadliest winds come from in a hurricane?
The strongest winds of a hurricane are in the eye wall.
Where does the damage come from the most in a tornado?
Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.
A tornado over the sea is called a toofan Can you think of another word for tornado or hurricane which you think might have come from toofan?
A tornado at sea is not called a "toofan," it is called a waterspout. You may be confusing this with "typhoon" which is a hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean.
Do a tornado come around 650 km across?
No, that would more likely be a hurricane. The largest tornado ever recorded was 4 km wide.
Where does tornado damage come from?
Tornado damage is mostly the result of powerful winds. Tornadic winds can easily exceed 100 mph and have been recorded in excess of 300 mph. The force of such wind can damage if not destroy buildings and trees.
Does a hurricane create a tornado?
Many hurricanes, but not all, produce tornadoes. However, most tornadoes do not come from hurricanes.
What way does the tornado wind blow?
The winds in a tornado spin, so the wind itself can come from any direction. Except for rare cases, tornadoes in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise while those in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.
What is siroccos?
Siroccos are hot winds, often dusty or rainy, blowing from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe. The winds come from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe.
Do tornado's hit Michigan?
"Hurricanes", do not travel that far north, and keep their strength, however, the remnants of a hurricane, can travel all the way into Canada and farther north. As a storm system runs into drier and cooler air, the Tropical winds of the Hurricane are eliminated. Let's say a Hurricane makes Landfall in Mississippi as a Category 3. As the hurricane makes its way inland, the wind speed gradually decreases. How ever far north "damaging hurricane winds" occur does vary depending on the size and strength of the hurricane. As it travels north-east ward, and it most always does, due to the West to East flow across the United States, the winds weaken considerably, usually around 30-35 mph, but the moisture is still tropical. As we saw with Ike in Michigan. A cold front from the northwest, acted as a blocking wall, funneling all that moisture northeastward, plus the regular moisture the cold front contained.
Where do the strongest tornadoes come from?
Strong tornadoes come from strong supercells. These storms can also produce very large hail, torrential rain, and damaging straight line winds. Contrary to popular belief you cannot determine the intensity of a tornado by its appearance. If the clouds are dark enough the tornado gets big, strong, fast, and, the most dangerous tornado of all.
Which speed does the wind have to travel to be considered a tornado?
The enhanced Fujita scale shows winds for an EF0 (the weakest level) beginning at 65 mph, while the original scale starts F0 at 40 mph. However it is important to note that winds traveling at over 65 mph do not make a tornado. A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air extending from he base of a thunderstorm to the ground. Meaning that if the wind doesn't rotate and does not come from a thunderstorm then it is not a tornado, regardless of wind speed.
Why do tornadoes cause trouble?
The powerful winds insider a tornado can damage or destroy homes and buildings. As buildings come apart potentially deadly debris goes airborne.
