AMSTI L #2: Storms Puzzle #3

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Across
  1. 2. Three-fourths of all tornadoes in the U.S. develop from ____.
  2. 5. Hurricanes travel at speeds of 5-15 mph and sometimes they can become nearly ____.
  3. 6. Tornadoes can stand still or move more than ____ mph (number word).
  4. 10. A massive rotating storm that forms when warm, moist air rises over tropical waters.
  5. 12. A hurricane is normally 300-400 miles in ____.
  6. 14. If a hurricane causes so much death and destruction then that name is ___ from the list of names.
  7. 15. The hurricane name ____ has been retired from the list due to all the death and destruction caused by the massive storm.
Down
  1. 1. Tornado strength and damage is measured on the ____ scale.
  2. 3. A rotating storm is called a hurrican when it forms north of the equator in the _____ and eastern Pacific Oceans.
  3. 4. A rotating storm that forms in the Indian Ocean and off the coast of Australia.
  4. 5. The WMO has ___ lists of hurricane names.
  5. 7. A hurricane can bring on ____.
  6. 8. The _____ tornado wind on recorded is 301 mph.
  7. 9. A hurricane rarely gets bigger when it hits land because it gets most of its ____ from the warm ocean water beneath it.
  8. 11. Hurricanes can have wind ____ of 74 to >156 mph.
  9. 13. The WMO hurricane name lists are ____ every 6 years.