Tornadoes

Yes. Dallas is one of the most tornado-prone major cities in the country.

It depends. Some sources list four stages while other's list five. The differences concerns the later stages.If four stages are listed they are typically "dust whirl stage" "organizing stage" "mature stage" and "rope out stage"

However, some sources divide the rope out stage into a shrinking stage and a rope stage.

Most tornadoes narrow as they lose power in what some call the rope stage. However, the five step model makes note that it is typically in the final parts of the narrowing that the true rope stage takes place as the structure of the tornado breaks down.

However, not all tornadoes go through these exact stages. Some never make it past the dust whirl stage, while others never rope out, but gradually widen until dissipating.

It is impossible to predict a tornado so far in advance. While there is a risk of tornadoes across northern and central Illinois, we will not know where specific tornadoes will occur until they occur. Given the risk, though you should stay alert not just for tornadoes, but for destructive thunderstorm wind, hail, and lightning. Stay indoors if at all possible.

Go to a basement or cellar if you have one. If not, go to a room in the center part of the house. If you live in a manuafactured home, abandon it for studier shelter.

As of June 12, 2013 it appears that the last tornado in Mokena was an F1 on July 18, 1997.

Tornadoes are capable of producing the fastest winds of any storm on earth, with the winds of the very strongest gusting to over 300 mph, as most structures will be completely destroyed by a 200 mph gust. Very few things can withstand such winds. This is, in simple terms, a result of a large pressure drop being concentrated into what is a very small area in weather terms, thus exerting a large amount of force on the air.

Tornadoes with 300 mph winds are extremely rare, but winds of over 100 mph are not uncommon.

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.

In 2001 there were two tornadoes in the state of Washington and one in Washington D.C. None of these tornadoes resulted in any deaths.

So far there have been over 300 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in 2013. Major tornadoes occurred in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 10; Granbury, Texas on May 15; Shawnee, Oklahoma on May 19; Moore, Oklahoma on May 20; and El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31.

A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.

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The best source would be to have a battery-powered weather radio that gets advisories direct from the National Weather Service.

Yes. Texas gets more tornadoes than any other state. Tornadoes have been recorded in all parts of Texas.

There is no way to guarantee safety from a tornado, but there are many precautions you can take to preserve your own safety. The best thing to do when a severe weather warning or tornado warning is announced is to take shelter.

If you have access to a basement or cellar with no windows, such a place is the optimum place to be. If a basement is not available, a bathroom will work as well. The important thing is to remain away from windows that may blow out during the storm.

If you are in a mobile home, get out immediately and go to the nearest place with a sturdy shelter. Mobile homes offer little protection from tornadoes.

If you are driving, attempt to drive to the nearest place that can offer shelter. If your car is hit by flying debris, pull over and park the car on the side of the road. Place your head below the windows and cover your head with a coat or blanket. Do not park under an overpass or bridge, as you are safer in a flat, open area. If you can safely exit the car and get noticeably lower that the level of the roadway, do so and lie in that area, covering your head with your hands.

Always watch for flying debris, as this debris is the leading cause of fatalities caused by tornadoes.

Be sure to build an emergency kit with batteries, flashlights, a whistle, water, and a radio, and take that kit with you as you seek shelter.

You can also be a tornado spotter yourself. Look for signs in the sky: a dark, greenish tint to the sky, large hail, or a dark low-lying cloud that may or may not be rotating. You also may hear a loud roar, similar to that of a freight train.

if you are in a car and no shelter is available, stop and lie down in a ditch. if you are in a home go to the basement or cellar.

If no basement is available go to a central room on the ground floor away from windows. A bathroom or closet often provides good shelter.

Yes. Tornadoes are spawned by powerful thunderstorms and may be accompanied by large hail, lightning, strong winds, and torrential rain that can cause flooding. Some tornadoes are spawned by hurricanes.

Most tornadoes in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise.

Yes. It is actually fairly common for hurricanes to produce tornadoes as they make landfall.

The largest tornado on record ocurred near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. It was 2.6 miles wide.

people get injured or killed in a tornado whether they were close from the location of tornado or they have poor building anchorage so this poor building will destroy which will hurt or kill the people inside that building.

Unfortunately it is impossible to predict whether a location will be hit by a tornado more than a few minutes in advance. However, even if conditions favor the formation for tornadoes, the chances of any given location being hit are small.

Yes. A tornado is a type of violent windstorm.

Fortunately, even if you are hit by an EF5 tornado, your chances being affected by the strongest winds are fairly small. That said, if you are impacted by such winds, survival is unlikely if you are not underground or in a specially designed above-ground tornado shelter. If a tornado is approaching, seek shelter in a basement or cellar. If you do not have one, go to an interior room on the lowest floor of your house. Mobile homes should be abandoned for sturdier shelter. If you live in an area prone to violent tornadoes and do not have a basement, you should seriously consider getting a storm shelter.

Tornadoes are unique in terms of their violence and the behavior of winds inside them. Apart from hurricanes, tornadoes are the only storms that commonly produce ground-level winds well over 100 mph. Such winds are possible in other storms, but rare. Tornadoes, in rare cases, produce the fastest winds on earth which may exceed 300 mph. Tornadoes are also unsual in the motion of their winds. Other storms with damaging or destructive winds produce staight-line winds that are almost entirely horizontal. Hurricanes do rotate, but on a large scale, so the effect is essentially the same as stirgh-line winds. Tornadoes rotate on a small scale, typically less than a quarter of a mile wide, and may contain even small circulations within the main one. Wind in a tornado also travels upward rapidly rater than just horizontally. Both the rotation and strong vertical component make tornadic winds more damaging than straight-line winds of the same intensity. Tornadoes are also known for their distinct funnel shape.

That depends on where you are relative to the tornado. Most tornadoes travel in an easterly direction, so if you are watichng a tornado and are south of it, it will move to your right, and if you are north of it, it will move to your left.