Statistics for Things To Know About Tornadoes

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HintAnswer% Correct
Large ice balls that accompany many twisters.Hail
90%
Area from Texas to North Dakota most succeptible to tornadoes.Tornado Alley
90%
Tornado over ocean, lake or sea.Waterspout
89%
U.S. State Dorothy Gale lived in before twister took her to Oz.Kansas
83%
'Enhanced' tornado damage scale named for this Japanese-American meteorologist.Fujita
81%
Tornado when it's not in contact with the ground.Funnel cloud
79%
Missouri town hit by EF-5 in May, 2011; Largest U.S. death toll since 1955.Joplin
79%
Number of U.S. states impacted by March 18, 1925 twister that killed nearly 700.Three
75%
Color of cloud that would indicate ice, severe conditions.Green
67%
Oklahoma City suburb hit by EF-5 in 1999, 2013.Moore
65%
Lowering cloud base from mesocyclone that produces tornadoes.Wall Cloud
53%
Tornadoes can also spawn inside these much bigger storms.Hurricanes
49%
It is believed a tornado saved this capitol from being destroyed by the British in 1812.Washington D.C.
42%
This U.S. state has the highest number of tornadoes per square mile.Florida
41%
Ohio town levelled by F-5 in 1973 Super OutbreakXenia
37%
Religious holiday that saw tornado outbreaks in 1920, 1965 and 1995.Palm Sunday
29%
1912 'cyclone' destroyed this Saskatchewan city.Regina
25%
Baby Elvis Presley survived the 1936 ______(MS)-Gainsville, GA Tornado Outbreak.Tupelo
20%
Michigan and Massachusetts were impacted by the 1953 _____-Worcester Tornado Outbreak.Flint
19%
UK tornado intensity scale or office that oversees British twisters.TORRO
15%

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