Across
- 3. A large, severe, and powerful rotating thunderstorm.
- 6. An emergency alert indicating a tornado is either sighted or detected on radar; seek shelter immediately.
- 7. The Enhanced Fujita scale used to rate a tornado's intensity based on wind speed and damage.
- 8. The rapidly spinning mass of air.
- 9. A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.
Down
- 1. The family of puffy, cotton-ball-shaped clouds that can grow into massive thunderstorm cells.
- 2. Broken pieces of buildings, trees, and objects lifted by the storm.
- 4. The rotating cone-shaped cloud associated with a tornado.
- 5. A common, colloquial nickname for a tornado.
- 9. The old Spanish root word for tornado