Tornadoes

When a hurricane makes landfall it weakens rapidly, with the winds at lower levels weakening faster than those at upper levels. This difference in wind speed creates wind shear, which can cause the thunderstorms in the rain bands of a hurricane to start rotating. This rotating can then tighten and intensify to form tornadoes.

Strong updrafts and warm air sinking cause thunderstorms to form and intensify. The updrafts help to lift moist air to higher levels, where it cools and condenses, forming clouds and eventually precipitation. The sinking warm air then helps to stabilize the atmosphere and maintain the storm's intensity.

Tornadoes can destroy structures and vegetation for several miles within their path, with the most intense damage typically occurring in a concentrated area of around one mile wide or less. The total extent of destruction can vary widely depending on the tornado's intensity and duration.

There is a cold ocean current off the coast of Oregon that tends to stabilize the atmosphere. Tornadoes need strong thunderstorms to form. Such storms form best when there is a layer of warm, moist, unstable air in the lower atmosphere. The cold water makes it difficult for such a pattern to arise. Hurricanes have a similar need, only, much greater. The amount of moisture that a hurricane needs can only be found over very warm ocean water. Any hurricane heading in the direction of Oregon would quickly degenerate over the cold water, making it virtually impossible for the state to get a hurricane.

Less than 1% of tornadoes earn a violent rating (F4 or F5) on the Fujita Scale. The same applies the the Enhanced Fujita scale with EF4 and EF5 tornadoes.

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EF4 most likely refers to the second highest category on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which is a system of rating how strong tornadoes are. Scientists use the damage a tornado causes to estimate its wind speed and then use the highest estimates to rate the tornado on the scale, which goes from EF0 to EF5.

An EF4 tornado has estimated winds of 166 to 200 mph (267 to 322 km/h).

Typical EF4 damage includes well constructed houses leveled and left as piles of debris, with poorly built houses removed from their foundations. Some trees may be stripped of their bark and be left with only stubs of their largest branches while others are uprooted and thrown.

Tornadoes themselves are typically too small for satellites to directly observe. However, the atmospheric conditions that can lead to tornado formation, such as severe thunderstorms and rotating cloud patterns, are often visible from satellites. Meteorologists use satellite imagery in combination with ground-based observations to track and monitor the potential development of tornadoes.

A tornado is a relatively small, but violent windstorm that typically forms over land. They range in size from a few yards wide to two and a half miles wide and last from a few seconds to a few hours. They are produced by strong, rotating thunderstoms called supercells. Winds in a tornado range from 65 mph to around 300mph.

A tropical storm is a large cyclonic weather system that forms over warm ocean water. They are typically a few hundred miles across and usually last a a few hours to a few days. They are not produced by a larger weather system for they are themselves a type of large weather system. Winds range from 39 to 73 mph, anything higher is a hurricane.

The fastest winds ever recorded in a tornado were 301 mph +/- 20.

However, other tornadoes may have been stronger, but had no measurements taken.

It is not possible to stand in the middle of a tornado. The winds would be too strong to even get there. People have been know to be picked up by a tornado and thrown several miles away without being killed.

Tornadoes are typically associated with thunderstorms, not snowstorms. The atmospheric conditions that support tornado formation, such as warm, moist air interacting with cooler air, are not usually present during snowstorms. However, extremely rare instances of tornadoes occurring during snowstorms have been reported, but they are highly unusual.

First, you need a special kind of thunderstorm called a supercell.

A supercell is a thunderstorm with a powerful, rotating updraft called a mesocyclone.

As the storm gets stronger a downdraft may descend from the back of the storm. This is called a rear-flank downdraft or RFD. The RFD wraps around the mesocyclone causing it to tighten, intensify, and extend towards the ground, becoming a tornado.

This is a somewhat simplified explanation. There are other factors that scientists still don't fully understand.

There are a few possible explanations for this. First of all, the winds of a tornado can be focused on a very small spot, strong enough that the winds can destroy one house, but small enough to miss one across the street. This is especially true of multivortex tornadoes where the strongest winds are found in realtively small subvortices that form within the main vortex. In tornadoes such as these the subvortices may have very destructive winds while the rest of the vortex is only strong enough to cause minor damage.

Quality of construction also matters. Often trailer homes are destroyed by winds that would only cause moderate damage to a sturdy house.

No because a tornado only hits a few areas before it disappears. A hurricane kills Thousands and it destroys to.

NOT TRUE. Tornados are far more violent and intense than a hurricane. They only affect a small area, but if your in that area you better start praying. It's easy to survive a hurricane, but if your too close to a violent tornado, you will most likely get beheaded. Hurricanes do more damage than tornados because they are far larger, but tornados are far faster and violent. i'd much rarther have a hurricane on top of me than be anywhere near a big tornado. The only reason hurricanes kill more people is because they are far larger, and they cause flooding.

The state with the greatest yearly average number of tornadoes is Texas. The central part of the state, known as "Tornado Alley," experiences the most tornadoes in the country due to its unique geographical and weather patterns.

Waterspouts typically occur over warm tropical or subtropical waters, often in the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and parts of the Mediterranean Sea. They are most common in regions with high humidity and warm water temperatures.

Yes, tornadoes can and do occasionally hit New Jersey. While they are not as common as in the central plains states of the U.S., New Jersey does experience tornadoes, typically during severe weather outbreaks or from tropical systems. It's important for residents to be prepared and have a plan in place in case a tornado does occur.

They both are formed in strong thunderstorms.

Both hail and tornadoes are forms of severe weather that originate from thunderstorms, most often an especially powerful class of thunderstorms called supercells. It is fairly common for hail to accompany tornadoes. If any thunderstorm produces hail at least 1 inch in diameter, winds of 58 mph or greater, or a tornado it is classified as severe.

Tornado watchers are people who monitor weather conditions to identify potential tornado formation. They work to provide accurate and timely warnings to the public so that they can take necessary precautions and stay safe in the event of a tornado. These individuals often work for national weather services or organizations dedicated to tracking severe weather.

Tornadoes can affect various regions around the world, but they are most common in the United States, particularly in "Tornado Alley" in the central part of the country. Other regions prone to tornadoes include parts of Canada, Australia, and countries in Central Europe, East Asia, and South America.

The average tornado lasts 10-15 minutes. But duration may last anywhere from a few seconds to, in rare cases, over an hour.

The longest lived tornado on record was on the ground for 3.5 hours.

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Supercell clouds are usually associated with tornadoes. These are large, powerful thunderstorms with a rotating updraft that can spawn tornadoes under the right conditions.