Severe Weather

4. Cloud associated with thunderstorms.
5. Electricity discharged within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
8. An intense tropical storm with winds exceeding 119 km/h.
9. This causes molecules to bump into each other, creating tiny electric changes.
10. Large amounts of water that rise quickly, without warning and cause major destruction.
11. As a hurricane approaches land, its winds can push ocean water higher along the coast creating a _______________.
12. The safest place to be when a tornado is in your area.
15. A violent, whirling column of air in contact with the ground. Sometimes called a twister.

1. The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs.
2. A period of below average precipitation in an area that can last for several months or years.
3. Tornados tend to form here more frequently than anywhere else in the United States.
6. A weather event that includes rain, strong winds, thunder, and lightning.
7. The scale used to determine the severity of a hurricane.
13. Located at the center of a hurricane.
14. The ocean that hurricanes move across that impact the east coach of the United States.