Created by Dana Kickler, Doug Shudde,
and Karen Stevens
Quick, grab your radio and flashlight and crawl through the web! It's a thunderstorm warning! Have you ever wondered about lightning or tornados or hurricanes? Here you can learn all about these things and more! Surf the web with us and learn about severe weather!
Lightning!
How does it feel to be struck by lightning?
What
should you do to protect yourself from lightning?
Clouds
What are the three main types of clouds and give one fact about each?
Which types do tornados form from?
Try
to tell which clouds these are?
Tornados
What is the difference between a tornado warning and a tornado watch?
How do scientists rate the strength of a tornado and what is the strongest rating? (also click here)
Where should you go if a tornado is coming and you are in a car?
What is "Tornado Alley" and what states does it hit?
What
state has the most killer tornadoes?
Hurricanes
What can shrink a hurricane's size and force?
Watch
a video and tell about the hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900.
(click on "Real Video 28.8k")
Blizzards
What three things make a blizzard?
When
does a snow storm become a blizzard?
The Weather Today
What is the weather like today?
Is there any states that have severe weather today? Which ones?
How can you tell how much rain or snow is falling in each area on the map?
Resources
Animated
Tornado.[online image]available http://www.movies.warnerbros.com/twister/cmp/swirl.html
Jan. 27, 1999
Severe Weather Title and Raindrop background [online image] avaliable:http://www.txdirect.net/~msattler/ Jan. 27, 1999
Hurricane, lightning, clouds [online image] available http://www.whnt19.com/kidwx/index.html Jan. 27, 1999
Snowflake
[online image] available http://emall-online.com/personal/jenny/index.html-ssi
Jan. 27,
1999
Animated storm cloud [online image] available http://www.barrysclipart.com Jan. 27, 1999