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Tornadoes of 1912. Tornado outbreak of April 20–22, 1912; Tornado outbreak of April 27–29, 1912; Tornadoes of 1913. 1913 Easter tornado outbreak; Tornadoes of 1916. Tornado outbreak of June 5–6, 1916; Tornadoes of 1917. March 1917 tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917; Tornadoes of 1918. 1918 Tyler tornado ...
Completed Tornado Diagram. Tornado diagrams, also called tornado plots, tornado charts or butterfly charts, are a special type of Bar chart, where the data categories are listed vertically instead of the standard horizontal presentation, and the categories are ordered so that the largest bar appears at the top of the chart, the second largest appears second from the top, and so on.
However, tornadoes are capable of both much shorter and much longer damage paths: one tornado was reported to have a damage path only 7 feet (2.1 m) long, while the record-holding tornado for path length—the Tri-State Tornado, which affected parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925—was on the ground continuously for 219 ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
A diagram showing the contributing weather systems to Tornado Alley in the United States, a loosely-defined area that is prone to tornadoes. Tornadogenesis is the process by which a tornado forms. There are many types of tornadoes, varying in methods of formation.
For a tornado to form in this manner, a rear-flank downdraft enters the center of the mesocyclone from the back. Cold air, being denser than warm air, is able to penetrate the updraft. The combination of the updraft and downdraft completes the development of a tornado. Tornadoes that form in this method are often violent and can last over an ...
A diagram of tornado alley based on 1 tornado or more per decade. Rough location (red), and its contributing weather systems. Tornado Alley, also known as Tornado Valley, is a loosely defined location of the central United States and Canada where tornadoes are most frequent. [1]
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