Things To Know About Tornadoes - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Area from Texas to North Dakota most succeptible to tornadoes.	Tornado Alley	92%
Tornado over ocean, lake or sea.	Waterspout	90%
Large ice balls that accompany many twisters.	Hail	87%
'Enhanced' tornado damage scale named for this Japanese-American meteorologist.	Fujita	82%
Missouri town hit by EF-5 in May, 2011; Largest U.S. death toll since 1955.	Joplin	81%
U.S. State Dorothy Gale lived in before twister took her to Oz.	Kansas	79%
Number of U.S. states impacted by March 18, 1925 twister that killed nearly 700.	Three	77%
Tornado when it's not in contact with the ground.	Funnel cloud	76%
Color of cloud that would indicate ice, severe conditions.	Green	67%
Oklahoma City suburb hit by EF-5 in 1999, 2013.	Moore	64%
Lowering cloud base from mesocyclone that produces tornadoes.	Wall Cloud	49%
Tornadoes can also spawn inside these much bigger storms.	Hurricanes	48%
Ohio town levelled by F-5 in 1973 Super Outbreak	Xenia	44%
This U.S. state has the highest number of tornadoes per square mile.	Florida	41%
It is believed a tornado saved this capitol from being destroyed by the British in 1812.	Washington D.C.	40%
Religious holiday that saw tornado outbreaks in 1920, 1965 and 1995.	Palm Sunday	32%
1912 'cyclone' destroyed this Saskatchewan city.	Regina	24%
Baby Elvis Presley survived the 1936 ______(MS)-Gainsville, GA Tornado Outbreak.	Tupelo	22%
Michigan and Massachusetts were impacted by the 1953 _____-Worcester Tornado Outbreak.	Flint	21%
UK tornado intensity scale or office that oversees British twisters.	TORRO	19%

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