TORNADOES

WHAT IT IS

• A tornado starts of as a thundercloud and spins and spins and turns into a funnel cloud if it touches the ground it is a tornado.

WHERE THEY HAPPEN

• Hundreds of tornadoes touch down in north Americas tornado alley includes most of the central United States from Texas to Minnesota

DANGEROUS

• Tornadoes produce one of the strongest winds on earth in fact a big tornado can create speeds up to 300mph.

PREDICT

• We predict a tornado by this laboratory that’s called a Doppler Radar.

PROTECT OURSELVES

• Try to to make a tornado safety kit that will allow you to be prepared if by any chance a tornado occurred and the safest place to be is a room in a basement with no windows

INTERESTING FACTS

• If a tornado looks like it is not moving it is moving toward you.
• Tornadoes are one of the strongest winds on Earth.