Tornadoes

The energy that powers tornadoes ultimately comes from the sun. The sun heats the earth's surface which in turn heats the lower atmosphere. This heat can lead to thunderstorms, which, under the right conditions, can produce tornadoes.

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The tornado of February 13, 1995 was rated F1. It was short lived and caused a few million dollars worth of damage, but no deaths or injuries. Overall, it was a minor event.

Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.

No. A hurricane will produce more damage overall because it affects a larger area, though on a localized scale the damage from a tornado is often more severe.

This best seems to describe a multiple vortex tornado. This is a tornado that has smaller vortices, called suction vortices, circling inside the main vortex. The development of such a tornado is complicated. Let's start with a single vortex tornado. Contrary to popular belief the strongest winds in a tornado are at the edge of the funnel rather than at the center. However, the lowest pressure in a tornado is at the center. While air mostly moves up in a tornado, in some especially strong ones, the low pressure causes a downdraft to move down the center of the tornado. This is a process called vortex breakdown. When this downdraft reaches ground level the air must move outward, but it soon meets the air flowing into the tornado. This interaction creates and area of very strong convergence where the inflow and outflow meet, and some of the tornado's angular momentum gets converted into smaller vortices within the main circulation.

These suction vortices create looping swaths of more severe damage within the main damage path.

Trailer parks would last longer

Well, I speak Spanish and I know that in Argentina they call it a Tor-nud-o

the most tragic tornado in edinburgh was in 1813 and it was in the neigborhood of inglewood.

The winds of a tornado can severely damage or destroy property. Flying debris, collapsing buildings, and falling trees can cause injury or death.

Yes. The funnel of a tornado does not have to reach the ground for the circulation to touch down. If there is swirling debris on the ground beneath a funnel cloud then the tornado has touched down and, if it is more than just dirt being lifted, is probably doing damage.

Neither; they are the same thing. A tornado is known as a twister because they spin.

Tornadoes can occur in Missouri at any time of year but the highest activity by far is in the spring witht he most active months being April and May.

There are a number of reasons Tornado Alley gets so many tornadoes. The region is the site of frequent collisions of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, cool air from Canada, and dry air from the Rockies. These collisions result in very strong thunderstorms, with the moist air acting as their "fuel." Additionally, the region often has a layer of stable air called a cap that suppresses storms, allowing only the strongest to develop. As a result the strong storms don't have to compete with weaker ones for energy and so become even stronger. Finally, the region often sees strong vertical wind shear, or a variation of wind speed and direction with altitude. This tilts them in such a way that the updraft and downdraft portions becomes separated and don't interfere with one another, letting the already strong storm further strengthen and last longer. The wind shear also sets the storms rotating, turning them into supercells, the most powerful thunderstorms on earth. It is the rotation within these supercells that can develop into a tornado.

Other parts of the world do see such conditions and thunderstorms at least occasionally, but not with the same frequency as in Tornado Alley.

The particular region is named so because of the amount of tornadoes it receives annually, which is a lot. (:

Because of its small size Calhan is a small target and thus gets hit very infrequently. Only one tornado has hit the town since official record keeping began in 1950. So Calhan probably averages a tornado every 50 years or so.

There is no such thing as a F10 tonado. It only goes up to a F5.

Remain seated, buckle the safety belt, and put the seat in the upright position. Basically the same procedure for turbulence or the possibility of a crash. However tornadoes occur during severe thunderstorms and the pilot of an airplane should know to avoid such storms.

Tornadoes do not get names. The last confirmed tornado, as of December 1, 2012 was on November 28 in southern Italy.

It depends on the tornado.

A weak tornado of EF0 or EF1 strength might knock down a fence or two, damage or destroy a barn, or blow apart a few hay bales.

A stronger tornado of EF2 or EF3 strength could easily destroy a barn and badly damage or destroy a farm house. Livestock may be killed. At this point a farmer's life is in notable danger.

A violent tornado of EF4 or EF5 strength can completely destroy an entire farm. In some EF5 tornadoes, farms have essentially vanished, leaving the concrete foundations of buildings as the only evidence that they ever existed. In some cases tornadoes such as this have killed entire families.

Technically almost any place can be affected by tornadoes. Tornado Alley, which has a high rate if tornadoes, offers good farmland. Tornadoes are just one hazard, and your chances of taking a direct hit from a strong tornado are actually quite low. Your chances of getting injured or killed by a tornado are even lower. No place is without its hazards. For example: major cities, especially on the east coast of the U.S., have problems with pollution and high crimes rates and far more people in the U.S. are murdered than are killed by tornadoes.

Tornadoes are usually associated with especially powerful thunderstorms called supercells.

Worldwide records are unavailable, but the first tornado to touch down in the U.S. in the years 2000-2012 was an F1 that touched down at 6:22 AM on January 3, 2000 in Baxter County in northern Arkansas.

Worldwide records are unavailable, but the first tornado to touch down in the U.S. in 2000 was an F1 that touched down at 6:22 AM on January 3 in Baxter County in northern Arkansas.

Not in ratings. A tornado may be rated F2, EF2, or (in the UK) T2 but there is no scale with "A" ratings.

However, in a tornado outbreak A2 may refer to a specific tornado. Tornadoes are produced by thunderstorms called supercells, which can produce multiple tornadoes in succession. The National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma sometimes labels its tornado-producing supercells alphabetically if an even produces multiple supercells and the tornadoes they produce with numbers. So in such an event, A2 would refer to the second tornado produced by the first supercell. Such a label says nothing about the severity of the tornado.