Hurricane or Tornado

This extreme weather event forms over warm oceans and weakens when it hits land.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event forms over flat land.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event can be hundreds of miles wide.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event is usually not more than 1/4 mile wide.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event can last 3 weeks.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event usually lasts from 3 minutes to one hour.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event has winds from 75mph - 180mph.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

This extreme weather event has winds that can reach 300 mph.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

There are usually around ten of these every year in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Hurricane
• Tornado

There are usually around 800 - 1,000 of these in the United States each year.  Most of them form in the great plains.

• Hurricane
• Tornado