Extreme Weather

When the static charge in a cloud builds up, it can produce...

• Funnel cloud

• Lighting

• Tornado

• Hurricane

How does a tornado form

• from grass

• From moist dry air mixed with cool

• From ice

• By a whirlpool

A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm 

• True
• False

Some weather conditions are shown.

Weather Conditions

• Cold front moving in behind warm, moist air

• Heavy, constant winds

• Sudden hail

• Unstable atmosphere

Which type of severe event is MOST likely to occur during these weather conditions?

• blizzard

• hurricane

• tornado

• drought

Before a hurricane reaches "hurricane status" it is called...

• ...a tornado.

• ...a tropical storm.

• ...a tropical thunder.

• ...a twister.

When the static charge in a cloud builds up, it can produce...

• Funnel cloud

• Lighting

• Tornado

• Hurricane

What is a storm that ocur in the southeastern states that include freezing rain, sleet and snow?

• Lake effect storms

• nor'easter

• ice storms

• blizzard

Hurricanes can also be called________ or __________

• Twisters

• Tornadoes

• Tropical Cyclones

• Typhoons

The best way to be safe in a Hurricane is to ............

• Board up your windows

• Have an evacuation plan

• Secure or bring in items that might fly away

• All of the above

Lightning can bounce from one cloud to another cloud.

• False

• True