A tornado is an extremely violent weather formation. It consists of rotating columns air that descend from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes are strong enough to tear apart large buildings lift railroad cars off their tracks and drive blades of grass into trees.

When a tornado is in the area, all that you can do is leave the area and hope you have already put together a good bug out bag list!

Tornado is very in their size, strength, speed and how long they last. An average tornado travels between 100 and 2.6 miles. Occasionally a tornado can travel for up to 15 miles. Most of the time a tornado will last only 10 minutes, however tornadoes can last anywhere between 10 minutes and 1 hour. Most tornadoes move from Southwest to Northeast at a speed of nearly nothing to more than 70 miles an hour. 

Majority of tornadoes occur between April and June normally on very warm afternoons between 3 p.m. 9 p.m.. Tornadoes have a tendency to occur in the Deep South and in the flat open states in the West what can occur in any state.

Tornadoes come from energy that’s released during a thunderstorm. This energy is concentrated in a small area which is what makes them so deadly. Wind speed in a tornado can be as high as 300 miles an hour. Wind speed that high can flip cars rip homes apart and turn glass and other debris into flying missiles. The biggest threat to humans is the flying debris.

Tornadoes can be predicted but only to a limited extent. When forecasters see tornado conditions they do their best to notify the local authorities. These normally come in the form of weather watches and warnings.

A tornado watch is an area where tornadoes and other kinds of severe weather are possible within the next several hours. A tornado warning means that a tornado has been seen, or the radar shows a thunderstorm would cause a tornado. If you happen to be in an area where a tornado warning has been issued you should seek shelter immediately.

A good storm shelter is normally Underground, made of concrete, it has a means to solidly secure the door.

Natural obstacles like rocks Hills and trees haven’t been shown to have much of an impact on the speed or power of a tornado. In fact, areas of rough ground have been shown to both increase or decrease wind speed. There is some correlation between when a tornado changes from one type of terrain to another. In this case the tornado would be going from a smooth to rough surface or a rough to smooth surface. In these instances it has been shown to increase the intensity of a tornado.

People who’ve experienced tornadoes first-hand and up close say that they sound like a train or a jet engine. They’re so loud that it hurts their ears.