Tornadoes

There are various ways to protect yourself from a storm. You can leave the area where the storm is happening or is going to happen, and go somewhere else. For tornadoes, people often seek shelter in a basement. Tornadoes are a form of strong wind, but they do not include a lot of rain so the basement won't flood. With hurricanes, it would not help to go into a basement since there is likely to be heavy rain and flooding. People often install shutters on their windows to protect against breakage from objects that are flying in the wind. If the storm is not too severe, it is sufficient to remain indoors.

Yes. Tornadoes occur during thunderstorms that produce rain and often hail.

The rules of tornado safety are to get to low ground if you live in a mobile home get out and go to a safer place. If you don't have a basement then get under a sturdy piece of furniture like a table or under a mattress. If you have a basement go down ,but make sure that you have a good supply of food and water. Get out of cars, and stay inside.

As of December 29, 2011 there have been 235 recorded tornadoes in Ohio in the years 2000-2011.

The Joplin tornado caused about $2.8 billion worth of damage to the city of Joplin.

It varies. Many days go without a single recorded tornado, while in some major tornado outbreaks, over 100 tornadoes may touch down in a day. To further complicate the issue, many tornadoes in developing nations or in sparsely populate areas go unreported. Based on tornadoes that are recorded though, there is an overall mean of 3 to 4 tornadoes per day, though few days actually see that number of tornadoes.

Temperatures in the Midwest were in the 80s. A low pressure system generated a slow-moving cold front over the Great Plains. Thunderstorms developed ahead of this front, fed by the warm, moist air. Many of these storms spawned tornadoes, including one which spawned the devastating Joplin tornado.

There wasn't enough technology at the time so they were not able to tell the citizens that were a witness of it. So it will still remain a mystery.

As of December 13, 2012 there have been 47 confirmed tornadoes in Florida in 2012.

The most recent of these was an EF1 that struck a trailer park near the town of Edgewater on December 10. It traveled on land for a little over half a mile. It badly damaged several dozen mobile homes, tearing the roofs from some of them, and toppled over 100 trees before moving onto water. The tornado may have crossed over to a nearby barrier island. Two people suffered minor injuries

Two significant tornadoes also touched down on June 24 in the storm bands of Tropical Storm Debby.

The first was an EF2 in the area of the Venus community. It destroyed several trailers and downed several telephone poles. One woman was picked up and hurled to her death and another person was injured.

A second EF2 tornado near Winter Haven damaged a number of homes and tore part of the roof from a store. One person was injured.

Usually, but not always. A large tornado can certainly damage a large area. Larger tornadoes also tend to be stronger as well, but this is not always the case.

Yes. Tornadoes, including some killer tornadoes, do occur in the Philippines.

Considering that this question was posted on December 11, 2012 the most likely candidate was the F2 tornado that hit Hobsonville in Auckland, New Zealand on December 6, killing 3 people.

Dangers include extreme winds, flying debris, shattered glass, falling trees, and the possibility of collapsing buildings. In the immediate aftermath downed power lines are also a danger.

If you can see the tornado

Many areas conduct tornado drills so that people know what to do when one strikes. Towns in tornado prone areas have sirens that go off if a tornado is in the area. Some people have installed storm shelters in or near their houses and in trailer parks..

No!

Tornadoes come from thunderstorms, usually, powerful rotating storms called supercells. However, tornadoes can sometimes form with squall lines, hurricanes, and in rare cases, single cell storms.

They do. Tornadoes are not uncommon in Kentucky, and some of them are quite violent. A few have been rated F5. However, because of the hilly terrain it can be difficult to see a tornado coming.

Yes, Piqua was hit by an EF0 tornado on May 14, 2011.

Nobody knows how to control a tornado. Such a thing is impossible.

No, tornadoes do not cause floods. The most dangerous thing in a tornado is flying debris carried by the wind.

Tornadoes do not occur every year in Alaska. There have only been 4 tornadoes recorded in Alaska since official record keeping began in 1950. That works out to a mean recurrence interval of 1 tornado every 16 years.

yes

convection cell

Yes. The Enhanced Fujita scale has six intensity categories ranging from EF0 for the weakest tornadoes to EF5 for the strongest. This identifies different levels of strength rather than actual types of tornado. As far as actual types, there are classic supercell tornadoes, which form from a larger mesocyclone, and weaker landspouts, which form as a result of processes beneath a thunderstorm.