TORNADO

WHERE IT HAPPENS

• A tornado can happen in Florida, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
• It also may happen in cites.

DEFINITION

• Tornadoes form in thunderclouds.
• Wind makes air in the cloud spin.
• This forms a funnel cloud.

WHY IT’S DANGEROUS

• The storms and cloud makes a tornado.
• The air makes the tornado spin really fast.

PREDICT/PROTECT OURSELVES

• A Doppler radar tracks storms.
• It helps scientist predict tornados.
• You can make your own safety kit.
• Fill a plastic bin with things such as a flashlight, a radio , batteries, blankets, some bottles of water, a can opener, and canned food.
• The shelter safe under ground there walls are thick there are no windoes.
• This protects people from thunderstorms debris.

INTERESTING FACTS A

• Tornados are called supercell thunderstorms.
• Tornados that form over ladles are called in 2015,.
• A tornado blew the roof off a house in Australia.
• In 2013, a tornado cut a path of destruction though a city in Oklahoma.
• After a warning, people often have only a few minutes until the tornado comes.