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noun - a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
noun - a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted
A rotating column of air usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud and having a vortex several hundred yards in diameter whirling destructively at speeds of up to 500 miles (800 kilometers) per hour.
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| On March 18, 1925 the most violent single one of these in U.S. history swept through Mo., Ill., & Ind., killing 695 |
| Julia Keller won in 2005 for her reporting on a 10-second event: the destruction of Utica, Illinois by this |
| A funnel is the narrow cloud of one of these violent storms |
| Its life cycle usually has 5 stages: dust-whirl, organizing, mature, shrinking & decaying |
| With a funnel more than a mile wide, one of the largest of these occured March 18, 1925 & killed 695 people |
| As one of these snapped fences and power lines in its path, Carsten Peter was there to get the photo for an article |
| Scientist Tetsuya Fujita who moved from Japan to Chicago was known as "Mr." this common Midwest wind event |
| Reaching 318 mph, the strongest winds ever documented were part of one of these in Oklahoma |
| Twister is an informal term for this type of windstorm |
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| A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. The windstorm is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the center around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern. Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, and they are often visible in the form of a condensation funnel originating from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. The most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for |
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