TORNADOES
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A tornado is a destructive vortex of violent wind in a funnel shape cloud.

WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE STORM

• You can expect very strong winds
• You can also expect lightning

CAUSES

• For it to occur it usually is warm and humid outside.

LOCATION AND TIMING

• Tornadoes happen a lot in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas.
• They happen here because of its climate.
• The time that tornadoes are most likely to occur is March through May or also called "tornado season"
• This happens because there are different types of temperatures and the wind mixes them all together.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• The average amount of money we spend per year to fix damage is $1,086,575,000
• 4,715 people are killed per year by tornadoes.
• Take cover in the basement or cellar
• Stay away from windows

SEVERITY OF THE STORM

• Watch- Possible tornado. Be alert
• Warning- Sighted tornado, get to safety.
• Fujita tornado scale
• F0- light damage
• F1- moderate damage
• F2- considerable damage, etc.

TRI STATE TORNADO

• March 18, 1925
• It went through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
• Killed 695, injured 2,027
• Rated F5 on the Fujita scale.
• Deadliest recorded tornado in U.S history.
• $1.4 million dollars worth of damage

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/tornadoes.asp
• http://www.aikenstandard.com/news/strong-tornado-straight-line-winds-cause-...
• http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7t.html
• http://discoverhistorictravel.com/the-great-tri-state-tornado-of-march-1925...
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_Tornado