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Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Objectives
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 After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 10, you should be able to:
- Discuss the relative sizes and wind speed characteristics of tornadoes, hurricanes, middle-latitude cyclones, and thunderstorms.
- Describe the stages of development of an air-mass thunderstorm.
- Summarize the characteristics of severe thunderstorms, supercell thunderstorms, squall lines, and mesoconvective complexes.
- Discuss the atmospheric conditions that produce lightning and thunder.
- Outline the development, occurrence, destruction, and detection of tornadoes.
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