Tornado
With our recent severe weather, I decided to look into tornadoes and what exactly causes them. I know that cold front mixing with a warm front cause severe weather, but why? While researching on google, all sites confirmed that in order to have a tornado, you must have instability (warm and cold temperature) and high wind in the lower atmosphere. There are many instances where a tornado can form, so we must stay alert and listen to the warnings that the weather channel gives out.
Tornadoes can cause a lot of damage to houses, buildings, cars, trees, power lines, and pretty much anything that gets in their way! Severe weather can bring tornadoes, but also heavy rain, high winds, hail, and lightning. These can all cause major damage!
There are different types, or levels of a tornado based on how fast the wind was blowing and the amount of damaged caused. This is measured on the Fujita-Pearson Scale. Tornadoes can be rated from an F1-F6, with F6 being the worst. A tornado's intensity cannot be told by the size of it, but by the strength. Small tornadoes can cause a lot of damage, while sometimes bigger tornadoes aren't as strong.
This is very interesting. I am very aware of how tornadoes evolve, but you put it in a very understandable way. In honor of all the tornadoes that happened this weekend we should be praying thanks to God that no one has gotten hurt so far. I haven't heard of any deaths yet. I have just seen pictures of Starbucks and schools pretty much flattened. I am so happy that I live close to Greenwood, IN and that I didn't have to duck for my life last night. =]
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