tornados

what causes a tornado
when warm southern air tries to rise and northern air block them as this happens the airs hit each other causing the warm air to twist around horizontally which makes a funnel its not a tornado until it touches the ground

a wall cloud is a huge cloud that is at the base of a storm that has a swivel to it
a funnel cloud extends from a wall cloud it rotates but its not a tornado until in touches ground

catogories

• F0- 65-85 mph
• f1 86-110
• f2 111-135
• f3 136-165
• f4 166-200 and an f5 is anything over 200 mph

tornado alley
north Texas
oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas

environmental effects of tornados
it disrupts the food chain when killing animals
water contanimation
it can destroy trees
which take years to grow

the worst tornado in the us was the tri state tornado
it went through three states Indiana Missouri Illinois there was over 1.4 billion dollars worth of damage it killed 695 people and injured 2027 and destroyed 15000 homes

local
the worst tornado in whitney history was in 1953 with 114 deaths

tornado season
tornado season is april may june