Tornadoes Ashley Gifford Jordan Nickle TaylorAnne Parkinson James

Tornadoes Ashley Gifford, Jordan Nickle, Taylor-Anne Parkinson, James Tambourine

The beginnings… • Tornadoes are normally spawned from severe thunderstorms called a supercell. • Supercells cause warm air and cold air to meet, they then move respectively depending on their temperatures. • The warm air from above starts swirling, due to the coriolis effect. • FUN FACT! • The sky will turn a very dark green before the tornado begins its destruction. • Tornados on average last only a few minutes and travel between 4 -5 miles.

Formation

Fun Fact! • The EF scale used to determine how deadly, costly, damaging tornados are is used all over the world! • Two of the highest concentration of tornadoes outside the U. S is in

Why do tornados form where they do? • Tornados form mostly in Bangladesh and the US. • They from because of the position upon the Earth • Relative Latitude and Longitude • Between about 30˚-50˚ north or south • The landscape/terrain • Weather Conditions

Terrain Tornado Alley, USA 38. 4500° N, 96. 5333° W (Kansas) Bangladesh 23. 8511° N, 89. 9250° E

Weather Conditions • Most storms are produced in the spring and summer times of the year. • Thunderstorms are an essential part of creating a tornado. • FUN FACT! • Tornados happen on every continent on the planet except Antarctica. • England has the same amount of tornados as the US comparative to its land mass.

Comparing Tri-State Tornado Daulatpur-Saturia • Traveled through Missouri, • Costliest and most deadly Illinois, and Indiana. tornado in Bangladesh on record. • Single deadliest US tornado, killing 695 people. • Daulatpur-Saturia holds the record for most • Was the fastest tornado persons killed at roughly on Earth at 73 mph. 1, 300 people. • Ranks 3 in the scale of • Ranks first in worlds worst tornados.

Comparing Cont… Tri-State Tornado • Was part of a tornado outbreak. • Was said to have lasted 3. 5 hours while traveling 234 miles (377 km) • Estimated cost of damages including inflation rates is $1. 4 billion. Daulatpur-Saturia • Storm estimated to be 1 mile long with a path of destruction estimated to be about 50 miles long. • Bangladesh Observer stated that "The devastation was so complete, that barring some skeletons of trees, there were no signs of standing infrastructures"

Fun Fact • Every 3 out of 4 tornados occur in the US. • Some tornados are silent. • The color of the tornado almost always matches the ground.

Videos

Works Cited • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Daulatpur-Saturia_tornado • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Tornado_records • http: //www. cnn. com/2013/03/22/world/asia/bangladeshtornado • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=a_Mua. WDg 5 Z 0 • http: //www. tornadoproject. com/toptens. htm • http: //www. spc. noaa. gov/faq/tornado/downtown. html • http: //www. erh. noaa. gov/cae/svrwx/when. htm • http: //www. ncdc. noaa. gov/oa/climate/severeweather/torn adoes. html