Tornadoes are infrequent at the coast but do occur, however the frequency at which they occur in inland portions of Gulf Coast states is much greater.

Geneva's sports teams are called the Golden Tornadoes.

* 2007 – Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 ; eight of the deaths are at a high school in Enterprise, Alabama.

Tornadoes are rare in Maine, with the state averaging fewer than two per year, mostly occurring in the southern part of the state.

Tornadoes are extremely rare but have happened with the most notable one happening just outside of Yellowknife that destroyed a communications tower.

Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but they are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust.

Tornadoes occurring in these conditions are especially dangerous, since only weather radar observations, or possibly the sound of an approaching tornado, serve as any warning to those in the storm's path.

Tornadoes emit widely on the acoustics spectrum and the sounds are caused by multiple mechanisms.

Tornadoes are also not the only source of such sounds in severe thunderstorms ; any strong, damaging wind, a severe hail volley, or continuous thunder in a thunderstorm may produce a roaring sound.

Tornadoes vary in intensity regardless of shape, size, and location, though strong tornadoes are typically larger than weak tornadoes.

Tornadoes are most common in spring and least common in winter, but tornadoes can occur any time of year that favorable conditions occur.

Tornadoes are focused in the right front quadrant of landfalling tropical cyclones, which tend to occur in the late summer and autumn.

Research programs, including field projects such as the VORTEX projects ( Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment ), deployment of TOTO ( the TOtable Tornado Observatory ), Doppler On Wheels ( DOW ), and dozens of other programs, hope to solve many questions that still plague meteorologists .< ref name =" field programs history "> Universities, government agencies such as the National Severe Storms Laboratory, private-sector meteorologists, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research are some of the organizations very active in research ; with various sources of funding, both private and public, a chief entity being the National Science Foundation.

Tornadoes come in many shapes and sizes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, whose narrow end touches the earth and is often encircled by a cloud of debris and dust.

Tornadoes can be found along waves within a line echo wave pattern, or LEWP, where mesoscale low pressure areas are present.

Tornadoes and hurricanes often inflict serious damage on trailer parks, usually because the structures are not secured to the ground and their construction is significantly less able to withstand high wind forces than regular houses.

Tornadoes are rare, but severe thunderstorms can bring strong winds which can down trees and power lines, as well as cause hail.

Tornadoes are a constant danger during the spring, summer and fall ; the city's tornado activity is slightly below the Alabama state average, but 79 % above the U. S. average.

Tornadoes are a more common occurrence in the area, although not usually as severe as the those that occur in the midwest United States.

Tornadoes that are this disastrous are very rare in the Netherlands.

Tornadoes are possible from spring to fall.

The City of Lamesa is served by the Lamesa Independent School District, which includes Lamesa High School, and Lamesa Middle School, whose school mascots are the Golden Tornadoes and the Whirlwinds, respectively.

Tornadoes that form in this way are often classified as weak tornadoes and last for less than 10 minutes.

Tornadoes that form in this method are often classified as violent and are capable of lasting for more than one hour.

The eclectic Born to Laugh at Tornadoes ( 1983 ) had even more guest musicians, including Ozzy Osbourne rapping over electro, Mitch Ryder belting out a techno-rockabilly number, Mel Tormé crooning an odd ballad about asphyxiation, and an abstract funk piece called " Man vs. the Empire Brain Building ".

Tornadoes in winter may be more dangerous, since they tend to move faster than tornadoes at other times of the year.

* Tornadoes swept through four districts of East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh, killing more than 250 people.

The modern sports nickname of Golden Tornadoes commemorates the " Golden Tornado " of May 11, 1914 when a major tornado struck the college, most notably taking the gold colored roof from the top of Old Main, which was the origin of the associated color.

Tornadoes normally rotate cyclonically ( when viewed from above, this is counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern ).

Tornadoes often develop from a class of thunderstorms known as supercells.

The film Metal Tornadoes depicts an attempt using HAARP-like technology to harvest energy from solar flares that turns into disaster when the stored energy leaks.

Tornadoes have struck the county four times from 1950 – 1995, all F1s.

Marcus Dupree played high school football for the Philadelphia High School Tornadoes from 1978 to 1981.

The Orange Tornadoes and Newark Tornadoes were two manifestations of a long-lived professional American football franchise that existed in some form from 1887 to 1971, having played in the National Football League from 1929 to 1930, the American Association from 1936 to 1941, the Atlantic Coast Football League from 1963 to 1964 and 1970 to 1971, and the Continental Football League from 1965 to 1969.

The Orange team became an extablished independent pro team from 1919 until 1928, under the nickname the Orange AC Golden Tornadoes.

In 1929 Ole Haugsrud, the owner of Duluth Eskimos, sold his defunct franchise rights to Piggy Simandl, a wholesale meat salesman and sports promotor from Orange, who named his franchise the Orange Tornadoes.

This time however, the Tornadoes lost 6-0 by way of a 4 yard touchdown run from Boston's Tony Latone.

The 1930 Dodgers, built largely from the roster of the 1929 Tornadoes, finished fourth in the NFL with a 7-4-1 record.

And the Tornadoes ' Flaco Jiménez is a genuine conjunto hero, a third-generation accordionist whose grandfather learned the instrument from German settlers in Texas.

In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Red Tornadoes are created by Doctor Morrow to defend Japan from war between Amazon and Atlantean forces.

Although there had been a few sporadic British successes in the U. S. charts prior to 1964, notably The Tornadoes ' hit instrumental " Telstar ", the British Invasion began in earnest in January 1964 when The Beatles ' " I Want to Hold Your Hand " single reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.