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The National Weather Service issues weather warnings, and each warning has specific criteria that must be met. Generally speaking, a weather w…

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The rankings tornadoes get are based on the damage they do. That damage is used to assess a wind speed to how strong the wind likely was insid…

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It takes more than just "hot air meets cold air" to form a tornado, which is why they happen so rarely. You also need wind shear, and there ar…

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Hurricanes are broken down by their strength into Categories 1-5 with one being the weakest and five being the strongest. There is no "categor…