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"The majority of all the tornadoes in the entire world occur in the middle of the United States."
"Tornadoes can clear a path as long as 50 miles and as wide as a mile."
"The most powerful tornado ever recorded in human history... produced exceptionally powerful F5 class wind speeds measured at a staggering 301 miles per hour."
"Literally, we're looking at possibly two tornadoes back to back."
"The United States of America is a hotbed for tornadoes."
"Perhaps the strongest winds produced on the face of the earth is associated with tornadoes."
"No amount of vigilance or insight could stop the deadliest tornado in US history."
"Maybe the best way to understand tornadoes is to understand probability."
"The original Fujita Scale was designed to correlate damage to tornado intensity."
"A scientifically bound scientist is convinced that tornadoes are, in fact, serial killers."
"The El Reno tornado wasn't a testament to storm chasing being dangerous, but rather a testament to the fact that this tornado was so dangerous and anomalous that even the best of the best professionals couldn't chase it safely."
"Now, not all meso vortices within QLCSes produce tornadoes."
"The forecast was for a significant outbreak with multiple strong to Violent long track tornadoes and that didn't really happen."
"The plans to rebuild Moore would incorporate a more tornado-friendly and safe city, which is a very good thing because moving forward, we know that Moore would experience and two more violent tornadoes and an F4 from 2003 and of course the EF5 in 2013."
"Money for Tornado Intercept research increased."
"Sometimes big tornadoes exhibit this motion as they first form."
"So that's going to wrap things up for this video. There's so much more we could have covered, including how the 1974 event compares to other historic tornado outbreaks."
"It's been 50 years since the 1974 Super outbreak yet it remains the gold standard for tornado outbreaks in the United States."
"Large tornadoes very large tornadoes seemed like just about every thunderstorm cloud that formed eventually produced a tornado."
"Oklahoma City is among the most tornado-prone cities in America."
"Tornadoes and hurricanes are incredibly powerful storm events. They're like someone took a normal storm, cranked the wind speed up to 11, and forced the whole thing into a giant torpedo of Destruction."
"Tornadoes don't just happen during any storm. They happen during supercell thunderstorms. Cool science word: super thunderstorms."
"Germany experiences more tornadoes on average than any other country in Europe."
"One of the things that's on my bucket list is going to Kansas and doing a tornado tour."
"April alone there were over 770 tornadoes making it the most active tornado month in the United States recorded history."
"QLCS tornadoes have been in the news the last few years."
"Not all mesovortices within QLCS's produce tornadoes; however, the stronger, long-lived, and deeper mesovortices are more likely to produce tornadoes."
"The data collected by these radars has revolutionized our understanding of tornadoes and lengthened warning times."
"Streamwise vorticity is much more favorable than crosswise vorticity in aiding in tornado Genesis in supercells."
"We're in a climate where we really don't see tornadoes where we're exactly at normally."
"We should name tornadoes. 'Hey, what happened to your house, dude?' 'Doug!'"
"One of the greatest threats today is going to be strong tornadoes."
"Tornadoes are terrifying like more so than other natural disasters floods are actually way deadlier way more dangerous than tornadoes but a flood warning doesn't really strike the fear in you like a tornado warning does."
"Tornadoes honestly really aren't that different from Michael Myers in the Halloween franchise a dangerous dark and mysterious figure that slowly makes its way towards you he doesn't run he just slowly moves towards you."
"The truth about the Grand Island tornadoes of 1980 is that they are beyond fascinating, captivating, and honestly horrifying."
"The Tri-State Tornado simply was and remains the worst tornado in American history."
"Tornadoes come with lightning, thunder, and killer hail."
"Tornadoes are a force of nature that need to be taken seriously."
"Tornadoes really are a real life version of a monster."
"Tornadoes are fascinating. They can be both beautiful and terrifying and tragic all at the same time."
"That's the problem with tornadoes, man. Like, they're so cool to look at, but they're so dangerous."
"...the chances for strong tornadoes were definitely there."
"The suck zone, it's the point basically when the twister sucks you up."
"These tornadoes are just so captivating to look at; here we're throwing the audience right into the middle of them."
"This outbreak on March 31st actually is the fourth all-time tornado outbreak as far as tornadoes in a 24-hour period."
"I can't imagine what tornadoes are like. I've never seen one in real life."
"I'm not messing around with tornadoes, y'all."
"The deep south and Dixie Alley are in a lot of ways a lot worse for tornadoes because they're HP, high precipitation supercells, they're rain-wrapped, oftentimes they're nocturnal."
"Up until recent history, tornadoes have been an object of mystery, a particularly elusive and terrifying phenomena."
"Wind shear is kind of what makes it or breaks it, particularly setting the environment as to whether or not you can expect tornadoes that day."
"Since the early 20th century, perceptions and myths surrounding tornadoes have continued to change before our very eyes."
"We could see a few potentially violent long-track tornadoes across the region this afternoon."
"A supercell is a very large thunderstorm that can produce large hail, strong winds, intense lightning, and when the conditions are just right, tornadoes."
"Tornadoes actually form from thunderstorms when warm moist air rises and mixes with cool dry air and wind shear."
"That video that Clem shot is now used to educate people on how dangerous tornadoes really are."
"Strong tornadoes have ripped through towns destroying entire neighborhoods."
"Tornadoes are one of the world's most fascinating natural phenomena."
"Tornadoes are truly an amazing spectacle; the raw power they emit make them one of Earth's most amazing geographic phenomena."
"Multiple vortex tornadoes produce nature's most violent winds."
"Our goal is to try to get a 3D x-ray of what's happening inside a tornado to better understand the complexities."
"Hurricane Ivan spawned over 120 confirmed tornadoes, meaning it now effectively held the record for the largest tornado outbreak to have ever been spawned from a hurricane in the United States history."
"I would make it so that tornadoes never touch the ground."
"Tornadoes or food? And I will take tornadoes over food every day."
"This thing is really, really, really been very productive, much more than we had expected with tornadoes today."
"We need to heed those warnings and respect the power of tornadoes."
"Tornadoes actually form from thunderstorms when warm air rises and mixes with cool dry air."
"We have two main tornado alleys: the classic Tornado Alley and our Dixie Alley."
"A tornado or two turned into 18 different tornadoes."
"Not all tornadoes are created equal."
"Tornado Alley is a large geographic area of the United States known for its frequent and violent tornadoes."
"Moore, Oklahoma is a bit of a tornado magnet and it has featured some of the most infamous tornadoes in history."
"Tornadoes manifest themselves in all sorts of shapes and sizes."
"Cells that are out by themselves we call these supercells, and these are the ones that can produce tornadoes often when they're out by themselves."
"Sometimes thunderstorms can and do produce tornadoes without much warning."
"We've had multiple tornadoes, lots of gusty winds, reports of hail, heavy rainfall this evening."
"Intense storm lines can occasionally produce brief tornadoes and widespread significant wind damage."
"The convergence of cool, dry air from the Rocky Mountains, warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and warm, dry air from Texas, combined with the region's mostly flat terrain, create the ideal conditions for tornado formation."