Tornadoes

In a strong enough tornado the winds are spinning so fast that they cannot reach the center, otherwise they would get flung out. Instead air sinks in the center in a comparatively gentle fashion.

Florida and Kansas.

The population of Tuscaloosa was about 91,000 prior to the tornado and was pretty much the same after the tornado. The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011 killed 64 people, 44 of them in Tuscaloosa. This is not enough to make a real dent in the city's population.

The funnel cloud forms ins the very early stages as the vortex descends below cloud base. It pulls in moist air, and the pressure drop in side it cools the air, causing the moisture to condense.

Fireman and police get the people out and care for them and help them after

Yes. The most recent tornado to hit Tucson was an F0 on March 7, 1994.

Not in the sense that hurricanes are. Instead they are simply referred to by the places they hit, for example the Joplin, Missouri tornado or the Andover, Kansas tornado.

Tornadoes can occur in Tornado Alley at any time but are most common in the spring and during the late afternoon or early evening.

No earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis are in terms of what has happened in recorded history.

Tornadoes are can be extremely destructive on a localized scale, but compared with other disasters the area affected by a tornado is very small.

There were 101 tornadoes in Tennessee in 2011 and so far at least 22 in 2012.

A tornado usually forms from a mesocyclone, which occurs in the updraft or rear portion of some thunderstorms.

The funnel of a tornado always connects to cloud base and typically all the way to the ground (the circulation of a tornado can reach the ground even if the funnel does not). Cloud base height is variable but in a tornado supercell is usually about 3000 feet to a mile above the ground. The circulation of the tornado usually goes a great distance above cloud base and can reach heights of more than 4 miles.

Given the date, this question is most likely referring to the tornadoes that occurred in the Dallas-Forth Worth area on April 3, 2012. There were no deaths from those tornadoes.

After the first national system of weather radars was implemented in the U.S. tornadoes claimed an average of 82 American lives per year. After the upgrade to Doppler radar in 1991 that average holds at 80. However, this data is skewed by the extremely deadly 2011 tornado season which claimed 553 lives. If we exclude that outlier, the average is lowered to 57 deaths per year.

well if you are at your house you should go to your basement or your closet

if you are outside try to get under in the safe shelter

if you at a camp then go on the top hills and have a emergency kit

During the spring the lower atmosphere warms up faster than the upper atmosphere, and a warm lower atmosphere under a cold upper atmosphere is unstable as warm air is less dense and will tend to rise. Also during this time of year, even though the weather is warming up blasts of cold air regularly come through the U.S. These cold fronts combined with the unstable atmosphere can trigger strong thunderstorms. At the same time the jet stream, which remains strong at this time of year, provides plenty of wind shear to set these thunderstorms rotating. This rotation allows the storms to produce tornadoes.

Take cover immediately. Go to a basement or cellar. If you do not have one go to a room in the center part of your house or a bathroom on the lowest floor. Stay away from windows.

Yes. If a tornado is rain wrapped rain can be drawn into the circulation.

A funnel cloud is a funnel, cone, or trunk shaped cloud that extends downward from the cloud base and rotates. If dust or debris can be seen swirling beneath it, that means a tornado is con the ground. Below are pictures of some funnel clouds.

first, go to a basement. if you don't have one, get a mattress

and put it over a bath tub. put a blanket. and stay away from windows. or go to a public shelter. good luck!

There were 85 tornadoes confirmed on April 14, 2012.

As of October 28, 2013, Dallas was last impacted by tornadoes on April 3, 2012.

The highest number of tornadoes Alabama has recorded in one years was 145. This record was set in 2011.

There is no given appearance for a tornado of any given rating, though EF4 and EF5 tornadoes tend to be very large, typically taking on the appearance of large wedges or columns, but not always.

If there is enough visibility an EF4 or EF5 tornado will often show very violent rotation.

A tornado watch means that conditions a favorable to tornadoes to form. A tornado warning means that a tornado is present or has been spotted either by radar, spotter, law enforcement, etc.