Tornadoes

Not really. Although there were some attempts at warnings during that general time period, no warnings were issued for the Waco tornado, largely due to failures in communication. The Waco tornado served as a catalyst to develop a warning system.

Tornado acitivty in the United States is monitored primarily by the Storm Prediction Center and the National Climatic Data Center, both of which are branches of NOAA. Tornado activity in Canada is monitored by Environment Canada.

The official death toll is listed at 15, but analysis suggests that these deaths were actually from two separate tornadoes. The tornado that hit Water Valley killed 8 people, 7 of them in Water Valley. The other 7 deaths, farther to the southwest, were from a tornado that ocurred earlier from the same thunderstorm.

The statement "Hurricanes cover a larger area than tornadoes" is true.

"Hurricanes have strong winds" is also true unless there is a second part to it.

Both hurricanes and tornadoes kill people.

While tornadoes can be destructive, they play a role in nature by helping to maintain the balance of Earth's atmosphere. They can also bring valuable research opportunities for meteorologists to better understand severe weather patterns.

Bay City, MI, has had tornado warnings and severe weather alerts in the past, but there is no documented historical record of a tornado actually touching down in the city. However, tornadoes can occur in any location under the right conditions.

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.

There are more tornadoes in Alabama compared to hurricanes. Alabama is part of a region known as Tornado Alley, which experiences multiple tornadoes each year. Hurricanes are less common in Alabama, but the state can still be impacted by hurricanes that make landfall along the Gulf Coast.

On average, Utah experiences about 3 to 4 tornadoes annually. These tornadoes are generally weak in intensity and have a limited impact compared to those seen in other parts of the United States. Utah's mountainous terrain tends to inhibit the development of strong tornadoes.

Yes, tornadoes can impact the ecoregion known as the Texas Blackland Prairies. This area, characterized by tallgrass prairies and fertile soil, is prone to severe weather events like tornadoes due to its location in Tornado Alley.

There have been many tornadoes in Arkansas. However, given the timing, you presumeably mean the tornado that struck the towns of Mayflower and Vilonia on April 27, 2014.

That tornado killed 16 people.

It is usually called a tornado shelter. It may be called a storm cellar if it is underground.

Severe storms called supercells. Sometimes hurricanes even bring tornadoes. Most people don't know whether a storm will produce a tornado or not. Here are some signs:

large Hail, heavy rainfall, high winds, greenish skies are often associated with tornadoes. then, study the clouds. You will often see pouches hanging under the cloud base. These are called Mammatus clouds, and they are often associated with tornado production and other severe weather.

You will notice the storm's anvil. This is the part that extends out and turns flat once it stops at the top of the troposphere (the bottom layer of the atomsphere). Most of the time the top is flat. If you happen to see a big poof of cloud breaking through the stratosphere, this is sign of a poweful updraft possibly a mesocycone (a strong , rotating updraft in a thunderstorm from which a tornado may develop).

A major sign to look for is rotation if the clouds in a storm are rotating, especially in a lower-hanging section of clouds called a wall cloud, that is a sign that a tornado may develop.

Most tornadoes in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise due to the Coriolis effect, which causes the air to rotate around an area of low pressure. This rotation is typically more pronounced in stronger tornadoes.

The duration of Enigma tornado outbreak is 15 hours.

Since official record began in 1950, Lawrence has been hit by 5 tornadoes.

The duration of Tri-State Tornado is 3.5 hours.

It is uncertain at this point. If the storms approaching western North Carolina intensify, it will be possible.

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Second, it sure looks like it! The storms currently (as of 7:40 PM Eastern Time, 4/28/2014) moving accross Tennessee are showing on the weather radar in all shades of yellows, oranges, reds, purples and even scarier colors.

They don't really. Tornadoes are an erosive force, though significant erosion is rare. The soil or sediment picked up by a tornadoes does eventually get deposited, as does all eroded material, but not as a direct result of any process from the tornado itself.

Tornadoes can be devastating to vegetation and man-made structures, but the ground itself is usually not affected in any significant way except in the most violent tornadoes. In rare cases tornadoes can be stroung enough to scour away the soil.

The ideas is that the mountains would intereferew with and break up the tornado's circulation. In some cases mountains can interefere with the parent storm organizing, but once a tornado develops, it can pass over mountains unhindered.

Yes, extremely violent tornadoes can occur within severe thunderstorm watches. Severe thunderstorm watches indicate conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms, which can produce tornadoes with little warning. It is important to stay informed and be prepared for rapidly changing weather conditions during such watches.

An isolated tornado in Texas is little different from an isolated tornado anywhere else. An isolated tornado occurs with few or no other tornadoes in the region. Such tornadoes are usually, but not always, weak but are still dangerous. Like any other tornado, an isolated tornado will damage or destroyed trees and man-made structures in its path.

It doesn't really matter.

Although tornadoes tend to come out of the southwest, the direction of movement varies greatly. The strongest winds in a tornado are usually on its right side in the direction of the tornado's movement. However, since a tornado rotates and may have smaller circulations inside it, it is impossible to predict the wind direction for any given location. Violent winds may impact a structure from multiple directions in a short period of time.