Essay on Tornado

Sort By:
Page 12 of 50 - About 500 essays
  • Decent Essays

    Essay on Tornadoes

    • 1266 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Tornadoes I. Introduction A. Facts 1. Definition 2. Wind Speeds 3. Damage 4. Number Of Tornadoes Per Year 5. Deaths And Injuries B. Types Of Tornadoes 1. Weak 2. Strong 3. Violent C. Average Tornado 1. Variation a. Waterspout 2. Distance Moved D. Frequency Of Tornadoes 1. Southern States 2. Northern States II. Where Tornadoes Come From A. Energy 1. Thunderstorm III. Where And When Tornadoes Occur A. North America 1. Rocky Mountains

    • 1266 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Stormchasers Essay

    • 814 Words
    • 4 Pages

    constantly scared of one of nature’s most feared storms, the tornado. This storm can happen anywhere and anytime if the conditions are right. Some people are willing to risk their lives to see this! It is a thing of beauty in their eyes. The first thing that starts a tornado would be the winds. The wind updraft can form a funnel. This funnel is called a Mesocyclone and when the mesocyclone touches the ground it is considered a tornado. Clouds play an important role in forming tornadoes too. Some

    • 814 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    my gosh! look at that twister it’s huge. Despite the similarities of a tornado and a hurricane. They both vary in differences. These two have the same wind speeds, damages, and locations. They are different because of its size and causes. To begin with the wind speeds of a tornado and hurricane can be up to 100 mph and up. When a weak tornado hits its only 40-70 mph. When a stronger on hits it is 100 mph and up. A tornado has many wind speeds, but it can be dangerous. A hurricane has to have

    • 539 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    them so unique. Hurricanes and tornadoes share a quality of high winds, tornadoes have been recorded to have winds that vary from 65 mph to 318 mph. Depending on the speed of a tornado it is given a number on the Fujita scale. An F0 being the most minor form with a wind speed between 40-72 mph. The most severe tornado is an F5 with wind speeds reaching 261-318. The saffir simpson hurricane wind scale is a 1 to 5

    • 352 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Greensburg Tornadoes

    • 388 Words
    • 2 Pages

    A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that spins while in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. This is what hit a little town called Greensburg Kansas, no bigger than 785 people. The tornado ripped through the town like a child goes through their present on Christmas morning. From this day on Greensburg will never be the same, dreams and hopes scattered everywhere. But, Greensburg came back and hit the tornado

    • 388 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    A tornado is a massive and violent spinning column of air that comes into contact with the ground and produces strong winds. Tornadoes are formed when a number of things all happen together to create their destructive power. Tornadoes can happen in many places around the world but the most are in tornado ally in the U.S. Most tornadoes are short lived and don’t last more than a few minuets but have lasted for a couple hours. In the late 1980s, a tornado swept through Yellowstone leaving a path

    • 884 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Better Essays

    to inform people on the importance and demographics of tornadoes. While doing research I discovered that a tornado is a narrow, rotating column of air which rotates violently and extends from the bottom of a thunderstorm to the ground (NOAA, 2014). The winds are so violent that they can destroy entire houses and buildings. You cannot see wind, sometimes this makes it impossible to see a tornado because they are started from wind. They become visible when they form a condensation funnel from water droplets

    • 1714 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Tornadoes Research Paper

    • 516 Words
    • 3 Pages

    as a tornado. An emergency kit could be used to treat wounds or abrasions in case you or a loved one is ever injured in such state of emergency. Another tactic to prepare for a tornado is to prepare your home. This includes boarding up windows and fastening any loose objects to the ground. This could prevent objects from hurling through a window. Another procedure to prepare for a tornado is to sign up for notifications at the nearest public

    • 516 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Good Essays

    Science 10 November 2017 Tornadoes A tornado, by definition, is a violently rotating column of air that extends from the ground to a thunderstorm above in the sky. Tornadoes are created through many factors, one of which is instability-when the air closer to the ground is warmer than the air that is higher up. If the unstable air contains water vapor that is able to turn into water, then raindrops or hail will form. Another factor that determines whether or not a tornado will form is wind shear. When winds

    • 1228 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    My class just read Night of the Twisters which was a series of bad tornados, speaking of tornados, the worst recorded was the 1925 Tri-State Tornado. The Tri-State Tornado included details common to tornados and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. The Tri-State tornado has many common details that I have collected from many websites, www.tornadofacts.net, discoverhistorictravel.com, and lastly www.britannica

    • 274 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays