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| Aside from rain, what other hazards can be present during a severe thunderstorm? |
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| Hail, Lightning, Tornado, Blizzard conditions |
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| What hazard is more deadly than the other hazards? |
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| What hazard caused the crash of the DELTA L1011 aircraft at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport in 1985? |
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| What hazard causes damage patterns similar to a tornado? |
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| Who are at risk of suffering adverse impacts from a tornado? |
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| immobile and disabled people, mobile home residents, people unaware of tornado warnings, people staying in exterior rooms with windows. |
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| What is a tornado spotter? |
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| a person forwarding tornado information to the national weather service |
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| What are good sources for receiving timely and accurate warning information in case of severe weather are? |
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| Television, NOAA weather radio. |
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| What is the best way to protect yourself when living in a mobile home? |
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| Leave their home and seek shelter elsewhere. |
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| A mid-latitude cyclone with prevailing winds from the northeast. |
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| The "Storm of the Century" was what type of hazard? |
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| What event caused ALL major airports along the U.S. east coast to be closed for the first time ever? |
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| 1993 Blizzard (Storm of the Century) |
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| What key component in emergency management was lacking during the 2007 blizzard compared to the 1978 blizzard? |
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| Official tornado warnings often come too late by how many minutes before a twister strikes. And frequently, they are false alarms. |
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| In what state occured the deadliest tornado on record since 1950? |
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| According to Tim Marshall in "Hunt for the Supertwister", what are the factors that will cause an upswing in the number of tornado fatalities? |
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Definition
| Expansion of cities, no improvements in housing construction. |
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Term
| Doppler radars can sense what movement in terms of remarkable detail? |
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Only about 20 or 25 percent of supercell thunderstorms produce
tornadoes. And only perhaps ______ percent to ______ percent of
those produce what we call significant tornadoes, the large ones,
the long-track, the ones that do 90 to 95 percent of the damage
and fatalities. |
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"If we can increase warning times by five or ten minutes, that's
really significant. If we can push back the forecast of tornado to
_____ minutes before the tornado forms, people have _____
minutes to get to their shelters. Small increases of just 10 min,
15, min. 20. min., can have a great impact on the value of that
forecast." |
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| The Chinese hail storm of 1986 killed how many people? |
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How many people lost their life during the tornado outbreak from
April 25-30, 2011? |
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| April 25-30: est. 305 tornadoes, 327 deaths, est. $9 billio |
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A 250 or 300 mile an hour wind can only be compared to those
that might be experienced on the fringes of a nuclear explosion. A
300 miles per hour is not three times as strong as a 100 miles per
hour; it is ________ times as strong. |
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| Looking at all the damages of severe thunderstorms (including hail tornadoes, etc.) together, severe weather tends to cause much less damage than hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes in terms of monetary losses. |
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While strong tornadoes tend to be more deadly, weak tornadoes
can still kill people. |
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A tornado warning is issued when a tornado has been observed or
detected on radar. |
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A tornado watch is issued when conditions are favorable for
tornado formation. |
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Term
| SKYWARN is a network of storm chasers. |
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A winter storm warning indicates that severe winter conditions
have begun or about to set in throughout the warning area. |
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A winter storm watch indicates that severe winter conditions have
begun or about to set in throughout the warning area. |
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| False, that is a winter storm warning. |
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Term
Hypothermia occurs when the body absorbs too much heat and
cannot cool down. |
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Term
The presence of La Niña triggered the record-setting tornado
activity in 2011. |
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Definition
| False, the exit of La Nina helped it. |
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Term
Warned by the National Weather Service, the State of Alabama
activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) before a single
tornado touched down on April 27, 2011. |
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| Today's system relies in part on a network of Doppler radar. Doppler can sense the movement of what 2 things in remarkable detail? |
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