Whats going on How could there be tornadoes in Colorado?? Im watching the news?

Question

How could this be in the west coast?

Answer 1

If you look at a map of tornados over the last 50 years, you will see that tornados have been reported in all 50 states.

(Yes, I know that Hawaii has only been a state for 49 of those years)

Tornados can occur whenever warm air meets cold.

Answer 2

The part of Colorado east of the Rockies has tornadoes and in fact part of Colorado is in "tornado alley".  Part of Colorado is in a tornado watch.

This is the time right now to plan what to do for a tornado and make sure you have a NOAA weather alert radio The radios can alert you when a tornado warning is issued at night while sleeping.

A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop and you should pay close attention to the weather. A watch it typically issued with in 2-3 hours of the event.

When a tornado warning is issued that means doppler radar has detected rotation in a storm or trained spotters have spotted a rotating wall cloud, funnel cloud, or a tornado on the ground.

If a tornado warning is issued for your area, do not panic. Go to a place of safety. Go to the lowest floor of your house like the basement. Once in the basement get under a sturdy piece of furniture or go into a bathroom in the basement. If no basement is available go in to an interior room such as a closet. If that is not available go in to an bathroom without windows. Stay away from outside walls and windows. Cover your head to protect from flying debris. Never try to out run a tornado in a car, if cought in a car and can not take no place of safety, lay down in a ditch and cover your head. Do not take cover under a over pass. Do not stay in mobile homes as they do not offer protection and can be flown as easily as cars can.

For local weather info. From the National Weather Service.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov

Storm Prediction center (responsible for issuing severe thunderstorm and tornado watches)

http://www.spc.noaa.gov

Answer 3

http://www.9news.com/

Answer 4

There can be tornado's anywhere as long as there is enough wind. Though i don't know about antartica

Answer 5

Where I live there was a actual touchdown of a tonadoe, it can happen. Though they may not be as bad they still can happen up in the mountains.