Tornadoes

Yes. The states of New York gets a few tornadoes each year, most of them weak. New York City has also had a few tornadoes, at least one of which was a killer.

No. No tornado of such intensity came anywhere near Cleveland during that time. The strongest in the Cleveland area was an F2 in 1970. One tornado in 1965 may have been at F5 intensity when it hit Strongsville, southwest of Cleveland.

Most tornadoes are classified as weak, with peak wind speeds ranging from 65 to 110 mph. However, some tornadoes can reach incredible strengths, with wind speeds exceeding 200 mph, classified as violent tornadoes.

Yes, tornadoes can occur in the southwest US, particularly in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico. While tornadoes in this region may not be as common as in the central US, they can still pose a significant threat to life and property.

The state of Oklahoma is known for experiencing destructive storms, including tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, due to its location in "Tornado Alley." These storms can cause significant damage to the region and have a major impact on communities and infrastructure.

Tornadoes are most likely to hit in the spring and early summer months, during the late afternoon and early evening. However, tornadoes can occur at any time of the year and day. It is important to have a plan and be prepared for severe weather at all times.

Tornado winds range widely. Based on estimates of the Enhanced Fujita Scale winds for an EF0 tornado, the weakest category, start at 65 mph (105 km/h). The upper limit of tornado winds is believed to be just over 300 mph (483 km/h), though tornadoes this strong are extremely rare.

The average tornado is most likely a high-end EF0 with winds of about 80 mph (129 km/h).

The tornadoes that cause the most significant damage that often make headlines are in the categories EF3-EF5 with estimated winds over 135 mph (217 km/h).

If a tornado is coming and you are at home, seek shelter immediately in a small, windowless interior room on the lowest level of your house, like a basement or bathroom. Cover yourself with a mattress or heavy blankets to protect against flying debris. Avoid windows and doors, and if possible, have a battery-operated weather radio to stay updated on the tornado's location.

Tornadoes happen least frequently in areas with stable atmospheric conditions, such as in polar regions and over large bodies of water like oceans. These regions typically lack the necessary ingredients for tornado formation, such as temperature contrasts and wind patterns.

On average, there are about 1,000 tornadoes reported in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated that there are around 1,200 tornadoes reported each year. The actual number of tornadoes that occur worldwide may be higher, but many go unreported in uninhabited areas.

According to Wikipedia there have been two recorded tornadoes on Vancouver Island.

April 25, 1955: A tornado in Nanaimo, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, where few tornadoes occur, causes minor damage to the southern end of the city.

March 7, 1966: A tornado affected Ucluelet, British Columbia. Unknown but significant damage.

For a tornado to form, you need three main ingredients: warm, moist air close to the ground; cooler, drier air above it; and strong wind shear (a change in wind speed or direction with altitude). These conditions create a rotating updraft that can develop into a tornado under the right circumstances.

Tornadoes can cause destruction to buildings and infrastructure, leading to property damage and displacement of people. They can also result in injuries and loss of life due to the high winds and flying debris associated with them.

Depends on what town you're talking about. You first have to determine the chance of your town getting hit ONCE by a tornado. Oklahoma City has a much higher risk of getting hit by a tornado than Los Angeles, CA...So therefore the risk of Oklahoma City getting struck by 2 tornadoes would be much higher than Los Angeles.

In most cases in the northern hemisphere, air spirals counter-clockwise around a tornado and sucks upward in the core center of the tornado. This is typically clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Because warm and cold air alone won't produce the rotation needed for a tornado. First, the warm air mass must be moist so that when the collision occurs thunderstorms form.

Second, the speed and/or direction of the wind must vary with altitude in what is called wind shear. This tilts thunderstorms, separating the updraft from the downdraft and thus allowing them to become stronger last last longer.

Second, the wind shear creates rolling air masses that can start the thunderstorms rotating.

Under the right conditions a tornado can develop from this rotation. How exactly this happens is not fully understood.

On average, Florida experiences about 54 tornadoes per year. Tornadoes in Florida are mostly weak in intensity, but occasionally strong tornadoes can happen, especially during severe weather outbreaks.

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Change in air pressure causes the strong winds. In fact, most winds that we experience on Earth are caused by change in air pressure. Usually significant changes in air pressure occur over a large area and therefore it's only a slow change in pressure over distance making light winds. In a tornado, you get a significant drop in air pressure over just a few feet of land. This causes the winds to get excessivly high.

The worst thing is the damage caused by tornadoes. They can cause significant amounts of property damage as well as indirectly cause deaths by people getting struck by flying objects that have been damaged.

The deadliest tornado to hit the U.S. occurred on the afternoon of March 18, 1925. This tornado tore across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. It is known as the Tri-state tornado.

Tornadoes can occur in Texas throughout the year, but they are most common in the spring months of March, April, and May. However, tornadoes can also occur in other months depending on weather conditions.

There is no "category" for winds in a tornado. Tornadoes are measured by the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which simply is a rating based on the amount of damage done. It ranges from weakest EF-0, to strongest EF-5....250mph winds are "capable" of producing EF-5 damage, should it move over certain sturdy structures. However, a tornado over an open field with 250mph will not get an EF-5 rating because it has no sturdy structures for it to damage. Tornadoes are rated after the fact based on the amount of damage done. So while a 250mph wind "could" produce EF-5 damage, it's got to move over the right structures for that damage to be realized and the tornado given that rating.

The highest category on the Fujita scale is F5.

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