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Tornadoes

Tornadoes. Jessica Brewer Nick Banman. The Forming of Tornadoes. Abundant low level moisture is necessary Air will rise and become saturated If atmosphere is unstable the wet air will rise and produce a cumulonimbus cloud. Parts of a Tornado. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERmcJQnvEmM.

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Tornadoes

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  1. Tornadoes Jessica Brewer Nick Banman

  2. The Forming of Tornadoes • Abundant low level moisture is necessary • Air will rise and become saturated • If atmosphere is unstable the wet air will rise and produce a cumulonimbus cloud

  3. Parts of a Tornado http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERmcJQnvEmM • Multi vortex • Eye • Inflow tail

  4. Fujita Scale • F0, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 (F2-F5=causing fatalities) • Introduced by Tetsuya Fujita in 1971 • EF scale introduced 2007

  5. Safety Procedures • If in a shelter, get to the lowest level of the place andget under a table. • Stay away from windows! • If in a vehicle, abandon it and lie in a ditch or culvert. • Main thing is get underground and under a table.

  6. Joplin Tornado • Peak winds at over 200 miles per hour • Killed 162 people • Caused and estimated 2.8 billion dollars in damage • Estimated that 17,000 people were affected • After two years the town is still rebuilding http://www.weather.com/video/surveillance-video-of-joplin-tornado-28609

  7. Daulatpur-Salturia Tornado • Deadliest tornado in world history was recorded in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989. • It killed approximately 1,300 people.

  8. Super Outbreak • The most extensive tornado outbreak was the Super Outbreak that went through a large area of central United States and southern Ontario in Canada on April 3 & 4, 1974. • There was 148 tornadoes in 18 hours; Seven of them were F5s and 23 were F4s.

  9. Super Outbreak Cont. • However this record was broken during the April 25-28, 2011 tornado outbreak. • This one featured 358 tornado touchdowns.

  10. Test Questions • What is the scale called that measures how strong a tornado will be? What is the updated version? • What is one way a tornado can form? • What is one part of a tornado? • Name two safety precautions you should take. • T/F: The eye of a tornado is nearly the same as the eye of a hurricane?

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