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Tornado Study Guide for Students

Tornadoes form from rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped clouds that extend from storm clouds down to the earth's surface. They usually occur in thunderstorms and areas with conflicting air masses, where warm moist air meets colder dry air. The Tornado Alley region of the central United States has the most frequent tornado activity. Weather services issue tornado watches to warn that conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.

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Tornado Study Guide for Students

Tornadoes form from rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped clouds that extend from storm clouds down to the earth's surface. They usually occur in thunderstorms and areas with conflicting air masses, where warm moist air meets colder dry air. The Tornado Alley region of the central United States has the most frequent tornado activity. Weather services issue tornado watches to warn that conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.

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Name_____________________________

Date____________________

Tornado Guided Notes


1. A _____________________ is a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud
that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earths surface.
2. What kind of clouds do tornadoes develop in?

3. Tornadoes usually occur in ________________ and


___________________________.
4. Tornadoes form when there is a ____________________________________
that moves north from the _______________________________ and a
_____________________________ that moves south from ____________________
into the ____________________________.
5. ____________________________________ is the area of the United States
where tornadoes are most frequent.
6. The __________________________________ measures the intensity of a
tornado.
7. A ______________________________________ is when weather conditions
are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms that
are capable of producing tornadoes.
8. A _______________________________________ is an alert issued by weather
services to warn that severe thunderstorms with tornadoes may
be likely to occur.

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