Month: April 2022

Why tornadoes in december?

Kelsey Ellis, an associate professor of geography at the University of Tennessee, explained that December tornadoes are not unusual in the Southeast, and said these types of storms occur when cold, dense air interacts with warm air, creating unstable climate conditions. According to the National Climatic Data Center, the United States has 24 tornadoes in …

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Can a tornado go uphill?

Tornadoes cause greater damage when they travel uphill and less damage as they move downhill. Whenever possible, tornadoes tend to climb toward higher elevations rather than going downhill. When a region is surrounded by hills, tornadoes skip or hop over valleys beneath and between these hills, and damage is noticed only on the top of …

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Where tornado form map?

There were at least 44 reported tornadoes across nine states: Missouri Beshear said Sunday, “We’re going to have over 1,000 homes that are just gone.” The governor, choking up, spoke about. And, in Midwestern-Southeastern states, excluding Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas — also known as “tornado alley” — December tornadoes increased to 189 twisters, up 78% …

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