WHAT IS A TORNADO?

• Funnel-shaped cloud that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground with whirling winds that can reach 300 miles per hour.
• Source: eschooltoday.com

HOW DO TORNADOES FORM?

• Most tornadoes form from thunderstorms
• 1. Air rotates because of wind shear.
• 2. Faster spin makes a funnel cloud.
• 3. The funnel rotates and touches down.
• Source: moodle, eo.ucar.edu

FUJITA SCALE

EF1 TORNADO DAMAGE

• Moderate damage
• Surface damage to roofs
• Mobile homes pushed of foundation
• Moving vehicles pushed off the road.
• Source: tornadfacts.net

EF5 TORNADO DAMAGE

• Incredible damage
• Most structures severely damaged or completely destroyed
• Vehicles can become flying missiles.
• Source: tornadofacts.net

5 INTERESTING FACTS

• Tornado warnings have a 70% false alarm rate.
• About 80% of all tornadoes that occur in the United States are EF0 and EF1 on the enchanted Fujita scale,
• Source: tornadofacts.net

5 INTERESTING FACTS

• The word tornado originally came from Spanish word tronar ( thunder) and tronada (thunderstorm) together that formed the word tornado.
• Source: Google

5 INTERESTING FACTS

• Tornadoes occur usually during the daytime, from mid-afternoon till about early evening
• There is an average of 800 tornadoes that hit various parts of the USA, every year.
• Source: eschooltoday.com

PROTECT YOURSELF DURING A TORNADO INSIDE A BUILDING

• Go to the basement
• Not have a basement go to an interior room without Windows on the lowest floors.

PROTECT YOURSELF IT YOU ARE OUTSIDE