Notes 3-3
Tornadoes
- The U.S. has more tornadoes than anywhere in the world corn board
- any where around 1000 tornados hit the ground
- for every tornado that hit the ground 5 more stay in the air
- 90% of all tornados follow low areas
- average tornado has rotational wind speed of 235 mph.
- 9 out of every 10 tornadoes are first reported by people who see them on the ground
- average tornado has a funnel shaped like a cloud.
- moves across the ground at average speed of 45 mph
- average tornado stays on the ground for around 10 mins, record time is 8.29
- many travel over land or water with equal ease.
- eye only about 33 yards wide
- suction spots – micro tornadoes in the eye wall, appear to occur 100 mph in multiples of 2.
- average spot lasts between 13-18 seconds, disappears and returns when it finds a whole in the clouds.
- The U.S. has more tornadoes than anywhere in the world corn board
- any where around 1000 tornados hit the ground
- for every tornado that hit the ground 5 more stay in the air
- 90% of all tornados follow low areas
- average tornado has rotational wind speed of 235 mph.
- 9 out of every 10 tornadoes are first reported by people who see them on the ground
- average tornado has a funnel shaped like a cloud.
- moves across the ground at average speed of 45 mph
- average tornado stays on the ground for around 10 mins, record time is 8.29
- many travel over land or water with equal ease.
- eye only about 33 yards wide
- suction spots – micro tornadoes in the eye wall, appear to occur 100 mph in multiples of 2.
- average spot lasts between 13-18 seconds, disappears and returns when it finds a whole in the clouds.