TORNADOS

A TORNADO IS A VIOLENT ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR EXTENDING

HOW THEY FORM

• Air rotates because of wind shear
• Faster spin makes a funnel cloud
• The funnel rotates and touches down
• Tornadoes form from thunderstorms that often grow to over 40,000 feet.
• A column of warm humid air will begin to rise very quickly

DAMAGE FROM TORNADOS

• Take out houses
• Pull out trees
• Take down power lines
• Throw vehicles around like a stick
• Tornados can kill and are very dangerous

Tornadoes are mostly found in tornado alley. Tornado alley is found in parts of these states: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota

Damage paths of tornadoes can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long