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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
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UPDRAFTS
WATERSPROUT
TEMPERATURE
MOISTURE
SUPERCELL
DOPPLER
DOWNDRAFTS
DOWNDRAFT
FLASHFLOODS
TORNADO
THUNDER
SOUND
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BENJAMIN
DEW
WINDS
ALLEY
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CUMULUS
LIGHT
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COLD

Down
2.  The falling precipitation and air being dragged down in a thunderstorm form ____.
3.  Some thunderstorms can produce damaging ___, tornados, and flash floods.
4.  The National Weather Service issues a tornado ____ before severe weather develops.
7.  This can be caused by intense rainfall, the failure of a dam, or the thaw of an ice jam. (2 words)
8.  A special type of radar, which has the ability to detect wind speed and direction inside of a thunderstorm.
10.  Strong tornados form in a low cloud that lies just below a thunderstorm, known as a ____ cloud.
11.  A tornado that touches down on water.
15.  For a thunderstorm to develop, plenty of ____ in the lower atmosphere is required.
17.  The sound emitted by rapidly expanding gases that has been heated by lightning.
18.  The National Weather Service issues a tornado ____ if a tornado has touched down, a funnel cloud is present, or if Doppler radar indicates the presence of strong rotation in a thunderstorm updraft.
19.  When upward air cools to its ____ point, condensation begins forming a cloud.
Across
1.  Thunder travels at the speed of ____.
5.  In 1722, ____ Franklin was the first to demonstrate that a thunderstorm generates electricity.
6.  Thunder and lightning usually start when the formation of a ____ cloud reaches about 25,000 feet.
9.  A region, known as "Tornado ____", with the most tornadoes in the United States extends from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain northward through eastern South Dakota.
12.  Winds that move vertically upward from the ground. If the winds carry enough moisture, they may condense to form a cumulus cloud. This is one of the first steps towards the formation of a thunderstorm.
13.  Lightning travels at the speed of ____.
14.  One condition for a thunderstorm to develop is a large difference in ____ between the ground and upper troposphere, which creates unstable air.
16.  Thunderstorms need something to give the air an upward shove. This shove can come from heating of air near the ground or by a ____ front, which forces warmer air upward.
20.  A severe thunderstorm that can produce large hail, damaging winds, and violent tornadoes.
21.  A severe thunderstorm requires both a strong updraft as well as a strong ____.
22.  A powerful, funnel-shaped, rotating column of air, which extends from the surface of the earth to a convective cloud.

 

Answer Key
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