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tornadoes

tornadoes. By Kenny . The book the earth pack by the national geographic society. The beaufort scale 0. less than 1 mph and 1 mph calm 1. 1-5 mph and 1-3 mph light air 2. 6-11 mph 4-7 mph light breeze 3. 12-19 mph gentle breeze 4.20-28 mph 13-18 mph moderate breeze

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tornadoes

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  1. tornadoes By Kenny

  2. The book the earth pack by the national geographic society • The beaufort scale • 0. less than 1 mph and 1 mph calm • 1. 1-5 mph and 1-3 mph light air • 2. 6-11 mph 4-7 mph light breeze • 3. 12-19 mph gentle breeze • 4.20-28 mph 13-18 mph moderate breeze • 5.29-38 mph 19-24 mph fresh breeze • 6. 39-49 mph 25-31 mph strong breeze • 7.50-61 mph 32-38 mph moderate gale • 8. 62-74 mph 39-46 mph fresh gale • 9. 75-88 mph 47-54 mph strong gale • 10. 89-102 mph 55-63 mph whole gale • 11.103-118 mph 64-73 mph storm • 12. 119-220 mph 74-136 mph hurricane force

  3. Tornadoes and super storms by Gary Jeffery • Tornadoes occur the most in the united states, Where some 1,000 tornadoes touch down every year. They cause death and around $850 million of damage.

  4. The fajita scale • F0 light: 40-72 mph (64-116 kph) chimneys and windows damaged shallow rooted trees pushed over. • F1 moderate: 73-112 mph (117-180 kph) surfaces peeled off roofs ;mobile homes pushed off their foundations or overturned trees snapped or broken. • F2 Considerable 113-157 mph (181-253 kph)Roofs torn off some houses mobile homes demolished light objects. • F3 severe: 158-206 mph (254-332 kph) roofs and some walls torn off well-constructed houses;trains overturned;most trees uprooted. • F4 Devastating: 207-260 mph (333-419 kph). Well constructed houses leveled cars thrown and demolished ;trees carried away. • F5 Incredible:261-318 mph (420-512 kph) strong frame houses carried away and demolished; automobile sized missles airborne

  5. Different types of tornadoes • Tornadoes: over land • Dust devils • Water spouts: over water • Dust devil tornado water spouts

  6. Sources • http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2005/arch05/050322dustdevils.htm • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/tornadoes/ • http://www.mahalo.com/answers/what-does-a-water-spout-look-like-does-it-stay-in-one-location

  7. Diagram of tornado

  8. Signs of tornados • A way to discover that a tornado might form is if the clouds in the sky turn very dark of different colors such as green,purple,redor just really dark. • Winds start to get really strong that it becomes really hard to walk. • Also watch out for the season of tornadoes that your location has them.

  9. Safety • Watch the news for the weather. • Go in the basement if you have one if you don’t have a basement like if you live in a trailer home go to your tornado shelter. • Go in doorways or under tables. • Stay away from windows. • Stay away from breakable objects. • If your driving get out of the car immediately and find some good cover.

  10. What happens during a tornado • What usually happens in a tornado is that it sucks up everything in sight you can only see a tornado if there is some debris in it it will tear up everything send things flying at people if you get hit by a log that is in a tornado it would most likely kill you. Also if you ran into a tornado you would most likely be killed by it or be blown into another place example you could be in a tornado in Missouri you could be put down in Oregon . So that’s what usually happens in a tornado.

  11. The most terrible tornado type • An f5 is the most terrible because a lot of times they create a whole tornado which is very big and also very powerful.

  12. Key terms that describe a tornado • Dangerous • Terrible • Horror • Scientific • Dramacating • Wind storm • Deadly • Funnel • Funnel of death • Twister

  13. Tornado meteorologist Dr.Fujita: Dr.Fujita actually created the whole fujita scale that measured tornadoes by they’re size they’re power and they’re destruction. Josh Wurmans: Josh Wurman actually chased tornadoes and took pictures of them and got them on radar so that scientist’s could actually get a better understanding of how tornadoes are formed and the full extent of they’re power.

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  15. Tornado alley • These are the states that are in tornado alley, • Missouri, Illinois , Indiana , Arkansas, Texas, Kansas , Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota

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