Tornadoes

They aren't. Apart from the extremely deadly 2011 tornado season, annual tornado death tolls in the U.S. have actually been decreasing due to improved warning systems. However, some warn that tornado fatalities could rise as populated areas grow, giving tornadoes more targets in which deaths may occur.

Yes. The first record of a tornado appears in Ireland in 1054. But there is no doubt that tornadoes have been going on since long before humans walked the earth.

During the spring. The most active month for tornadoes in Kansas is May.

The main way in which a tornado might affect a large population is loss of property and loss of electricity. A relatively weak tornado can bring down power lines and cut off power to a large area depending on where it hits. When a violent tornado goes through a large population area hundreds, even thousands of homes may be destroyed or severely damaged.

A tornado is not likely to kill a significant portion of a large population. The deadliest tornado of recent years killed 158 after going through Joplin, Missouri, a city with a population of about 50,000. A more notable percentage, over 1,100 or about 2% of the city's population was injured. Since about a third of the city was directly impacted by the tornado, that means about 6-7% in the path were injured. Note, however that this was an extreme case as this was only the second tornado since 1979 to injure more than 1,000.

Average lead time for a tornado warning is about 15 minutes. In rares cases it can be over 30 minutes.

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There is no evidence of actual tornadoes on Saturn. However, there is an 8,000 km (5,000 mile) wide polar cyclone over Saturn's south pole.

It varies widely depending partly on whether or not the state has any partiuclarly deadly tornadoes or outbreaks. But on average (based on data from 1950 through 2011 tornadoes killed 4 people in Kansas every year.

Remember, though that this is just an average. In some years int his range Kansas saw no tornado deaths, while in 1955 a single tornado in Kansas killed 80 people.

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The Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado of April 27, 2011 killed 64 people, making it the second deadliest tornado in Alabama history.

Another tornado hit Tuscaloosa on December 16, 2000, killing 11 people.

That is the most common direction in which tornadoes travel, but they can move in any direction.

As of May 3, 2012 the last tornado to hit Oklahoma was on April 30.

Since record keeping began in 1950 until the latest finalized record in 2012, Texas experienced 8,117 recorded tornadoes. Note that in the earlier part of this period, most weaker tornadoes were missed. Because of this, there are likely several thousand tornadoes that occurred in Texas, but were never recorded.

The cloud of condensation the a tornado produces is funnel-shaped, wider at the top than at the bottom.

First a state's climate affects the number of tornadoes it get. Tornadoes form best when cool, dry air collides with warm moist air, generating thunderstorms, in an environment of strong wind shear and a temperature inversion a mile or so above the ground. Some areas, such as the Great Plains see such conditions more often than others. Other areas may be too cold, too dry, or don't see enough temperature variation.

The size of a state also matters. A large state has more area where a tornado may potentially occur.

A tornado.

Currently there is no known connection between human activity and tornado formation and intensity.

No. Rain does not cause a tornado. However, both rain and tornadoes are caused by thunderstorms.

Not really, but probably somewhat safer juxtaposed to being on the ground. If a tornado is coming you should not be outside. Take cover in a sturdy house or building, preferably in the basement if it has one.

To a limited degree, yes. However, very strong tornadoes will destroy just about any structure they hit, including truss bridges.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama has been hit by a number of tornadoes, but the most recent and most devastating tornado to hit the city was the EF4 that struck on April 27, 2011.

Yes. Joplin, Missouri was under a tornado warning for 19 minutes before the tornado hit. That actually may have worked against them as after a while some people left shelter thinking the warning was a false alarm.

Tornadoes can happen in Kansas at any time, but they are most common in the months of April, May, and June.

There was never a Super Tuesday Tornado. However there was the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak, which was a series of 86 tornadoes that struck the U.S. on February 5 and 6 of 2008. Tornadoes in the outbreak impacted Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. Arkansas and Tennessee were hit by the worst tornadoes of the event.