TEST YOUR TORNADO KNOWLEDGE

TAKE A MOMENT TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.   SKYSCRAPERS DISRUPT TORNADOES.

                  ______ TRUE        _______ FALSE

2.   LAKE MICHIGAN PROTECTS DOWNTOWN AREAS.

                  ______ TRUE        _______FALSE

3.   OPEN WINDOWS TO PREVENT A BUILDING FROM EXPLODING.

                  ______TRUE         _______ FALSE

4.   GO TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BASEMENT.

                  ______TRUE         _______ FALSE

5.   IT SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN.

                  ______ TRUE         _______ FALSE

6.   FORCASTERS CAN PINPOINT WHERE THE TORNADO WILL STRIKE.

                  ______ TRUE         _______ FALSE

7.   HAIL IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO.

                  ______ TRUE          ______ FALSE

8.   ALL TORNADOES HAVE A CLASSIC WALL CLOUD.

                  ______ TRUE          ______ FALSE

9.   THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PLENTY OF WARNING OF A TORNADO.

                  ______ TRUE          ______ FALSE

10.  IN A HIGHRISE, SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY.

                  ______ TRUE          ______ FALSE

   Answers

1.      False.  Tornadoes are much larger than high rises

2.      False.  Although water tends to slightly weaken a land formed tornado, a tornado over a large body of water becomes a Water Spout and still contains deadly high winds.

3.      False.  The winds of an smaller tornado can be over 100 mph.  It has been shown that most windows are shattered by flying debris.

4.       False.  Although this was originally thought to be correct, the practice of going to any corner of a basement is discouraged due to floors from collapse fall into the edges of the lower basement levels.

5.      True.  A large number of tornado survivors have described the sound of an approaching tornado as sounding like a fright train.

6.      False.  Although new Doppler radars are getting close to forecasting a possible  track of a sever thunder storm, a tornado is still unpredictable in its path.

7.      False.  Hail forms in the high levels of thunderstorms and is a good indicator of a severe thunderstorm.

8.      False.  Although a good indicator of a tornado, not all tornadoes have what is referred to as a “classic” wall cloud.

9.      False.  As previously stated, Doppler radars are getting very good at getting the word out to an approaching storm, tornadoes sometimes form very quickly  and still catch forecasters by surprise.