A tornado can range in height from as little as 5,000 feet to as much as 60,000.
cumulonimbus clouds can grow to the tropopause
The bathroom is generally the other safest place to go during a tornado.
You should not even need to go outside during a tornado. Let's say you forgot something outside and a tornado is there. Should you go out? NO! Because it is very scary to go outside during a tornado. But you should gather your family together, and then go in a basement or closet. Try to keep safe.
Contrary to popular belief, the size and shape of a tornado is not a very good indicator of intensity. In 1995 an elephant trunk tornado struck the outskirts of Pampa, Texas. Using video analysis, tornado expert Thomas Grazulis estimated the wind speed to be approximately 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).
Originally winds in an F4 tornado were estimated to be 207-260 mph, but this was found to be far too high and revised to 166-200 mph for an EF4 tornado. A tornado of this strength can completely level well-built houses, peel asphalt from roads, and turn large objects into high-speed projectiles.
The Joplin, Missouri tornado of 2011 was what is known as a rain-wrapped tornado, meaning it was surrounded by heavy rain. This rain obscured the tornado from view and may have contributed to the extremely high death toll.
A typically tornado is between 5,000 and 20,000 feet tall.
Absolutely. A tornado usually follows the path of the storm in which it results. So, if a storm is going south, the tornado has a high priority of going south. It is also possible for a tornado to go in a different direction than the storm in which it forms. For example, if a storm is headed west, a tornado could develop and go north. Hope this is helpful.
No, adding high heat in the area of a tornado, or even directly into a tornado, would not stop it.
they can only form in the lower atmosphere/troposhpere, the same as a regular tornado.
No. You want to go down in your basement or somewhere there isn't any windows and strong walls
Tornado sirens go off when a tornado warning is issued and during their monthly test.
Yes. Contrary to popular belief hills do not hinder tornadoes.
A tornado prone zone is an area that has a relatively high chance of getting hit by a tornado.
If you are too high to get to the bottom floors, go to an interior hallway or better yet, a stairwell towards the middle of the building. The idea is to put as many walls between you and the tornado as possible. Stay away from windows as the greatest threat in a high rise building in a tornado is flying glass.
A tornado prone area has a relatively high incidence of tornadoes.
Yes, wind near a tornado spirals in towards the tornado.
A tornado can go up a mountain across rivers, and even go out into the the ocean or sea.