Tornadoes

A tornado is a quick but powerful whirlwind storm shaped in a funnel. They usually travel at about 45 mph and do alot of damage to people and property. A tornado’s winds usually blow from 75 mph to 300 mph. They can accelerate from nearly standing still to moving at almost 70 mph. Tornadoes become visible when a condensation funnel made of water vapor forms in extremely low pressure, or when a tornado lofts dirt, dust, and debris …

…On March 18, 1925, the Tri-state outbreak occurred killing 740 people with 7 tornadoes occurring in Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana. Another deadly tornado outbreak in the United States was the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974. It spawned 148 tornadoes and killed 315 people from Northern Alabama to Ohio. When organizing this report, I learned alot of interesting information about tornadoes and enjoyed doing my report on them. This information that I learned will surely help me in my future. the end