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What area has the most and biggest tornadoes?
- North America
- including Mexico
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What areas are included in Tornado Alley?
- Starts in Texas and Oklahoma and will proceed NE
- Ends in Southern Michigan and NW Ohio
- includes Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri
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What is the area of America that is most common to tornadoes?
Tornado Alley
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do tornadoes only happen at a certain time?
tornadoes can happen at any time of the day or year
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in the wintertime tornadoes can take place often, where?
in the South
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in the summertime tornadoes can take place often, where?
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when is the period of time that hurricanes occur most often?
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What month is the worst for tornadoes in the US as a whole?
May
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what is the worst month for tornadoes in Indiana?
April
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what month is worst for tornadoes in Michigan?
May
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Why are sometimes tornadoes most deadly at night?
because people aren't alert and awake
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what on average is the most common time for tornadoes during the day?
2-9pm
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What about the air occurs from 2-9pm?
it is charged
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what is an example of the force of a tornado?
it can put a piece of straw through a telephone pole
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where in the severe weather forecasting center located?
Kansas City, Missouri
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Who comes out with the official report about tornadoes?
the sever weather forecasting center
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what are the 7 ingredients to predicting a tornado?
- cold, dry air mass from the N (Canada)
- hot, moist air mass from the S (Gulf of Mexico)
- hot, dry air mass from the SW (AZ, NM)
- the jet stream is aloft
- 90% of tornadoes come out of a cold front
- temperature inversion takes place
- dew point temperature is 55 degrees or higher
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how fast is the jet stream?
150-250 mph
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what does it mean that the jet stream is aloft?
it is above where these air masses are colliding
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what does temperature inversion mean?
the temperature gets warmer as you go up into the atmosphere
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what does dew point mean?
that the air is fully saturated with moisture
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When the 7 ingredients are all together what is called?
a tornado watch
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what are some other characteristics of a potential tornado?
- clouds are purplish-green
- roosters don't roost
- crickets won't chirp
- frogs won't croak
- it gets deathly quiet
- it sounds like a freight train
- hail is often involved
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what is issued if a funnel cloud, tornado, or water spout are spotted?
tornado warning
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what is the name for a tornado that has not hit the ground?
a funnel cloud
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what is the name for a tornado over water?
water spot
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Who are the people who watch for tornados?
- volenteer policemen
- firefighters
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what electronic device is helping to predict tornados?
radar screens
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how can a radar screen detect a tornado?
you can see a little hook in the radar screen that represents a swirl in the clouds
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where is the best place to go during a tornado?
the basement
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what are the two biggest areas of injury for victims of tornadoes?
- head injuries
- eye injuries
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what is the danger of being near windows during a tornado?
they can burst and send shards
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if you can't get to a basement where is the next best place to go?
go to the smallest central room
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why is a smaller central room better than say a living room?
- is has smaller timber
- more nails
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why should you grab a pillow when hiding for a tornado?
to protect yourself from falling debry
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why should you open a window of your house during a tornado watch?
because if a funnel cloud goes over your house it can create a vacuum that could blow up your house
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if you live in an apartment building where are some of the best places to go?
- the lowest floor, central hallway
- under the stairwell
- the laundry room and hold onto a pipe
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what percentage of deaths related to tornadoes occur in trailers?
50%
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what college experienced 10 million dollars worth of damage in 1997 due to a tornado?
Hanover College
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where are some of the best places on campus to go in a tornado?
- Bergwall, Sammy, English basement
- DC dish room
- Basement of the Science building
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What place on campus is like a bomb shelter?
the basement of the science center
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where would we go if we were in Randell?
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if a tornado occurs while you're driving on backroads what should you do?
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where should you go if a tornado occurs while you're on the highway?
- a ditch
- under an overpass and hold onto the I beam
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how many instances has Dr. Jenkinson heard of where a torando hit while someone was in the car and the people lived?
twice
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What kind of radio should you buy that will warn you over coming tornadoes?
a NOAA weather radio
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What will the NOAA radio do?
- it will sound a super loud alarm
- it will tell you what is happening
- where the tornado is
- when it is coming
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