Tornadoes

A tornado is defined as a “violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.” The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year, eight hundred tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in eighty deaths and over one thousand five hundred injuries. The average …

…be precise about who will or will not be struck. Some clues to look for in the environment that could give you an idea that a tornado is coming are that the sky gets dark and sometimes green, there are walls of clouds everywhere, even close to the ground, large hail comes down, and loud roars, like a freight train. These are all things that help us to determine if we may experience a tornado.