Okay,so Tropical Storm Debby had a hard time hitting Miami.'She' struck Ft.Lauderdale,Kissimmee,Panama City,Orlando,etc.Most of Florida.Now I saw yesterday that Miami had a tornado watch.So I wondered how it forms and how often it strikes.I mean at about 5:00 in the morning in Golden Beach a tornado hit.And this morning there was a 5-6/10 chance.So my question is,how often does a tornado hit Florida and what places get struck the most and how do they form and how to stop one:PPlease Answer because next week I'm supposed to drive up to orlando until Debbie showed up
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Florida averages around 50 tornadoes per year. This is mainly due from tornado spawned from tropical storm systems. Southern Florida is most likely to be affected by tornadoes. Tornadoes can not be stopped by mankind. It is impossible.
Tropical storm systems are made up of strong storms such as thunderstorms. It takes a thunderstorm to produce a tornado. Thunderstorms are created when cold dry air from the north interacts with warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Warm moist air rises as the cold dry air sinks. This can help create atmospheric instability.
Currently, there are two seperate ways a tornado is formed. Supercell thunderstorms will often have storm scale rotation which is called mesocyclone. It is known that there is air underneath the storm that is rotating horizontally. When the updraft of the storm strengthens, with the help of inflow winds, the horizontal rotating air can be tilted into the vertical. If the rotation is strong enough, a lowering from the base of the storm cloud can form and make a wall cloud. Sometimes, the wall cloud can be rotating as well.If the updraft, downdraft, and rear flank downdraft are present, this can strengthen the rotation and can create a funnel cloud. If the rotation remains strong and eventually reaches the ground, then a tornado has formed.
A non-supercell tornado does not form from organized storm scale rotation. They form from a vertically rotating air that is already occurring near the ground. This is caused by wind shear from a warm, cold, or sea breeze front, or a dryline. When an updraft moves over the rotating air and stretches it, a tornado can form.
Tropical storm systems are made up of strong storms such as thunderstorms. It takes a thunderstorm to produce a tornado. Thunderstorms are created when cold dry air from the north interacts with warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Warm moist air rises as the cold dry air sinks. This can help create atmospheric instability.
Currently, there are two seperate ways a tornado is formed. Supercell thunderstorms will often have storm scale rotation which is called mesocyclone. It is known that there is air underneath the storm that is rotating horizontally. When the updraft of the storm strengthens, with the help of inflow winds, the horizontal rotating air can be tilted into the vertical. If the rotation is strong enough, a lowering from the base of the storm cloud can form and make a wall cloud. Sometimes, the wall cloud can be rotating as well.If the updraft, downdraft, and rear flank downdraft are present, this can strengthen the rotation and can create a funnel cloud. If the rotation remains strong and eventually reaches the ground, then a tornado has formed.
A non-supercell tornado does not form from organized storm scale rotation. They form from a vertically rotating air that is already occurring near the ground. This is caused by wind shear from a warm, cold, or sea breeze front, or a dryline. When an updraft moves over the rotating air and stretches it, a tornado can form.
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THis isn't tornado alley, but we have had a few. A tornado can spawn anywhere at any time but mostly in a storm front, We get quite a few right here in Chiefland, west of gainesville, they get spinning in the gulf and come ashore, I have lived here 24 years and have seen 25., I haven't seen them, I have seen the damage, and they always find mobile homes and tear them to pieces. We had our little ghetto leveled one time, only one death. That was the storm of the century, we got a few tornadoes that day. All within a mile of my house. Right now we are getting our butts kicked by this storm. We haven't had any heavy rain in years, the whole state was about to dry up. Now it is under water. I wouldn't worry about going to Orlando, We all are still going to work everyday.