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Nature At Its Most Violent
published by the American Weather Service
This website focuses on the tornado. The page explains how tornadoes are classified, how they form, how their strength is measured, and why they are so destructive.  Also included is an activity to model a tornado with water spinning in two plastic bottles.
http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/schools/wx_mania/042903.htm
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- Meteorology
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- Lower Undergraduate
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2007
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Keywords: Tornado, Vortex, activity, fujita scale, severe weather
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 19, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated: Jul 19, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 April 29, 2003
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AIP Format
Nature At Its Most Violent (American Weather Service, Germantown, 2007), WWW Document, (http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/schools/wx_mania/042903.htm).
AJP/PRST-PER
Nature At Its Most Violent (American Weather Service, Germantown, 2007), <http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/schools/wx_mania/042903.htm>.
APA Format
Nature At Its Most Violent. (2003, April 29). Retrieved May 25, 2013, from American Weather Service: http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/schools/wx_mania/042903.htm
Chicago Format
American Weather Service. Nature At Its Most Violent. Germantown: American Weather Service, April 29, 2003. http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/schools/wx_mania/042903.htm (accessed 25 May 2013).
MLA Format
Nature At Its Most Violent. Germantown: American Weather Service, 2007. 29 Apr. 2003. 25 May 2013 <http://www.aws.com/aws_2001/schools/wx_mania/042903.htm>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {Nature At Its Most Violent}, Publisher = {American Weather Service}, Volume = {2013}, Number = {25 May 2013}, Month = {April 29, 2003}, Year = {2007} }
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