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Tornado season starts in the American Midwest as early as February each year. The following links lead to sites related to tornadoes. The links are provided only as information and do not constitute endorsement of the sites or the information contained at those sites. Tornado Chase Day http://www.chaseday.com/chaseday5.htm Tornado Project Online http://www.tornadoproject.com All About Tornadoes (National Weather Service) http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/torn.htm http://www.nws.noaa.gov/pa/secnews/tornado Owlie Skywarn http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/owlie.htm Current Tornado Warnings http://www.crh.noaa.gov/sgf/products/torsgf1.htm Tornado Forecast and Warning (American Meteorological Society) http://atm.geo.nsf.gov/AMS/policy/tornado.html USA Today Tornado Information http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwist0.htm Central Illinois Tornadoes (4/19/96) http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/arch/cases/960419/home.rxml Safety Rules for Tornadoes http://www.phlab.missouri.edu/~wxcat/nws/tornado.html http://www.co.ha.md.us/EOC/EmerPlan/tornado.html http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/tornados.html FEMA Information: Tornadoes http://www.fema.gov/library/tornadof.htm Twister® Tornado Information Site http://www.movies.warnerbros.com/twister/cmp/tornadointro.html Tornadoes http://www.windows.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/earth/Atmosphere/tornado.html&sw=false& cdp=/windows3.html&cd=false&fr=f&frp=/windows3.html&edu=mid ROTATE-99 http://aaron.ou.edu/rotate-99.html Tornado Simulation http://redrock.ncsa.uiuc.edu/PATHFINDER/aisrp93/storm_research/tornado.html Turn, Turn, Turn! (Scientific American) http://www.sciam.com/explorations/052096explorations.html Planet Diary: Tornado http://www.phschool.com/science/planetdiary/background/torn.html Tornadoes are rotating columns of air that descend to the ground from thunderstorm clouds. The wind speeds of tornadoes range from 75 to 300 miles per hour. Tornadoes can toss 13-ton vehicles thousands of feet and send pieces of straw through wood. In the United States, they are most prevalent during the spring and summer in the infamous "Tornado Alley" between Nebraska and Texas. Tornadoes almost always make the news because they are so destructive.