Tornadoes: The Link To The Experience

Basic Definitions

• Cloud - A visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes ranging up to several miles above sea level
• Storm - An atmospheric disturbance manifested in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning
• Rain - Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops
• Tornado - A rotating column of air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud
• Wind - Moving air, especially a natural and perceptible movement of air parallel to or along the ground
• Warm Front - A front along which an advancing mass of warm air rises over a mass of cold air
• Cold Front - The leading portion of a cold atmospheric air mass moving against and eventually replacing a warm air mass

Tornado Links

How Tornadoes Form
How To Measure Tornadoes
Predicting Tornadoes Game
Where Do Tornadoes Occur
Tornado Tear Up Game
Twister Trailer
Tornado Records
Bibliography

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