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Cloud types |
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Severe weather |
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Tornadoes |
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Hail |
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Lightning |
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Flash floods |
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Forecasting |
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Cirrus – High Clouds |
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Alto – Middle Clouds |
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Stratus – Flat Clouds |
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Nimbo – Rain |
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Cumulus – Puffy |
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Mix and match to make your favorite cloud |
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The average flash could light a 100-watt
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Most lightning occurs within the cloud |
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Your chances of being struck by lightning are 1
in 600,000 |
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Most lightning deaths occur outdoors |
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Air near lightning is heated to 50,000 F |
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Hotter than the surface of the sun! |
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Hail is formed when raindrops freeze |
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The updraft in the thunderstorm keeps the rain
in the cloud and more drops freeze to it |
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Hail can sometimes be larger than a softball |
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Large hailstones can fall at speeds over 100
MPH! |
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Over $1 billion in damage every year |
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Over 1000 tornadoes are reported every year |
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Some tornadoes can be over 1 mile wide |
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Most last for under 5 minutes |
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Some can last over an hour |
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Wind speeds can reach over 250 MPH |
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Ranked on the Fujita scale F0-F5 |
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Flash floods kill more people every year than
any other type of severe weather |
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Most flash flood deaths occur in cars |
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Cars can begin to float with less than 2 feet of
water around them |
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Covers 90% of the US population |
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Monitors the weather 24 hours per day |
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Sounds an alert when a warning is issued for
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Current weather & forecasts |
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Weather information |
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Meteorologists to contact who answer your
questions |
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Check out: http://www.everythingweather.com |
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E-mail us at: |
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weather@everythingweather.com |
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