Severe Weather

Name the three necessary ingredients for thunderstorm formation.

• Lifting Mechanism, Fronts, Moisture
• Moisture, Lifting Mechanism, Instability
• Lifting Mechanism, Mountains, Oceans
• Stability, Moisture, Heat

An air mass is unstable when cool dry air is near the surface and warm moist air is aloft.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Where is terrain most likely to be a source of lift for thunderstorm development?

• Great Plains
• Corn Belt
• Rocky Mountains
• Coastal Plain

The first stage of a thunderstorm is the...

• Cumulus stage
• Mature stage
• Dissipating stage

The most likely stage for large hail and damaging winds is the...

• Cumulus stage
• Mature stage
• Dissipating stage
• Hail stage

The clouds in this image are most representative of what stage in the life of a thunderstorm?

• Mature stage
• Dissipating stage
• Growth stage
• Cumulus stage

Which state is not in tornado Alley?

• Kansas
• Florida
• Texas
• Nebraska

What kind of cloud is associated with a thunderstorm?

• cumulonimbus
• cumulus
• stratus
• nimbus

In order for thunderstorms to form, air must be __________.

• Stable
• Wet
• Unstable
• Cold

In which type of thunderstorm is warm air pushed up and over cold air?

• Cold Front Thunderstorm
• Warm Air Thunderstorm
• Immature Thunderstorm
• Mature Thunderstorm