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20.3 Severe Storms
Vocabulary
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Thunderstorm
Thunderstorm is produced by a cumulonimbus cloud and always accompanied by lightening and thunder.
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Tornado
• A tornado is a small, very intense cyclone storm with exceedingly high winds, most often produced along cold fronts in conjunction with severe thunderstorms.
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Hurricane
• Hurricane is a tropical cyclone storm having winds in excess of 119 kilometers per hour.
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Eye Wall
• Eye wall is the doughnut-shaped area of intense cumulonimbus development and very strong winds that surrounds the eye of a hurricane.
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Eye
• The eye is a zone of scattering clouds and calm averaging about 20 kilometers in diameter at the center of a hurricane.
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Storm Surge
• Storm surge is the abnormal rise of the sea along a shore as a result of strong winds.
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Key Concepts
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• A thunder storm is a storm that generates lightening and thunder
• Thunderstorms frequently produce gusty winds, heavy rain, and hail.
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• Thunder storms form when warm, humid air rises in an unstable environment.
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• Tornadoes are violent windstorms that take the form of a rotating column of air called a vortex.
• The vortex extends downward from a cumulonimbus cloud.
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• Most tornadoes form in association with severe thunderstorms.
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• Whirling tropical cyclones that produce winds of at least 119 kilometers per hour are known in the United States as hurricanes.
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• Hurricanes develop most often in the late summer when water temperatures are warm enough to provide the necessary heat and moisture to the air.