{"id":6636,"date":"2021-01-22T00:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=6636"},"modified":"2021-02-20T17:09:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T17:09:48","slug":"what-is-a-tornado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a tornado?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6636\" class=\"elementor elementor-6636\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4318cee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4318cee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-467ba5a\" 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data-id=\"a9a66d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Tornadoes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c424818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"c424818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-tornadoes-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6638 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-tornado\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a tornado?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6618 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-do-tornadoes-form\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How do tornadoes form?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6644 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/profiles-of-tornadoes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Profiles of tornadoes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6653 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-impact-of-tornadoes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The impact of tornadoes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6662 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/before-during-and-after-a-tornado\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Before, during, and after a tornado<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6674 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/tornado-refuge-area\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Tornado refuge area<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-6689 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/interesting-tornado-tips\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Interesting tornado tips<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6383f81 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6383f81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06652a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f06652a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is a Tornado?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4532c32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4532c32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Tornadoes are violent storms that strike as a powerful rotating mixture of wind and thunderstorm clouds, extending from the clouds to the ground in a funnel shape. They are known to be the most powerful and destructive atmospheric generated phenomena (wind systems), and are very common in the USA, particularly from the middle belt extending to the east coast.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_8220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8220\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8220\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/what-is-a-tornado.jpg\" alt=\"What is a tornado?\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/what-is-a-tornado.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/what-is-a-tornado-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What is a tornado?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Every year, there is an average of 800 tornadoes that hit various parts of the USA. Even though many of them are very mild and could be seen as just strong winds, there have been a few tornadoes that have been very devastating and flattened many homes, schools, and structures along its path.<\/p><p>Tornado incidents are distributed all year through, forming particularly in late spring (March), with the most incidents occurring in the summer (May and June), and reducing in numbers and strengths in the fall.<\/p><p>Tornado features:<br \/>Tornadoes occur usually during the daytime, from mid-afternoon till about early evening. Their movement is usually from the southwest to the northeast. Sometimes they move in any direction and the general path of the thunderstorm. The spinning winds cover an area of about 300 \u2014 400 yards and can travel on a path for about 5 miles (some tornadoes travel for over 80 miles), at a speed of about 5 \u2014 60mph.<\/p><p>Sometimes tornadoes develop in a very short time frame, leaving very little lead time for warning and preparation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24c9328\" data-id=\"24c9328\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f0d349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2f0d349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async 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