Landfalling tropical storms and hurricanes also generate tornadoes. Such tornadoes are most common to the right and ahead of the storm path or the storm center as it comes ashore.
In , Hurricane Beulah produced tornadoes as it made landfall in south Texas. A tornado hit downtown Atlanta in , shattering windows at CNN's headquarters and damaging the roof of the Georgia Dome during a basketball game. Folks who live in mountains or hilly terrain generally see fewer severe thunderstorms than their lower-lying counterparts, but the rough land doesn't provide blanket immunity from bad storms or even some tornadoes. Tornadoes can and do hit mountainous areas.
They're not the monstrous walls of black you'd see in Oklahoma, but even a small tornado can do damage. Have you ever heard someone say not to worry about a tornado because it can't cross a river, lake, or bay? It's not true. Cooler air near bodies of water can disrupt thunderstorms, which could in turn disrupt tornadoes, but the water itself has no deterring effect on a tornado.
Tornadoes easily cross rivers and lakes just as they would over land. In fact, the lower friction over the water might actually help a tornado's winds increase a little bit. The kind of carnage a tornado can do to a vehicle is no joke.
Tornadoes can twist cars and trucks into unrecognizable hunks of metal. Typically, if a funnel cloud is on the way, you can expect rain and hail to bombard the area before the actual event. The rain may fall rapidly, and then quickly stop in response to the wind changing course. Be extra careful when this occurs because the wind will also pick up and deposit debris.
Planning in advance is the best way to prepare for a tornado. For some people, a basement, storm shelter or an interior room offer the best places to used as a storm shelter. When a tornado warning has been issued, everyone in the family or workplace should know exactly what action to take.
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Then it extends to the ground. When it touches, it goes even darker as its ferocious whirling winds pick up dust, debris, and—if the windspeeds are fast enough—cows, cars, roofs, mobile homes, trees, and anything else not well-anchored in the ground. What makes a cloud create one of these powerful assaults to Earth's surface? How is it that a violent whirlwind can form in a cloud and then reach to the ground and make splinters and chaos of everything in its path?
On average, the U. A ten-state area of the Midwest has been named "Tornado Alley" in recognition of its attractiveness to tornadoes. However, tornadoes can occur in any state. In , Alabama was struck particularly hard, with tornadoes rated EF-5 the most intense on the Enhanced Fujita scale hitting Hacklesburg and Birmingham.
Imagery from GOES enabled weather forecasters to foresee the trouble that was about to hit Alabama. Click image for animation.
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