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Is Montana at Risk?
Identified Hazards for the State of Montana

Basic Disaster Information:



The Four Phases.

Hazardous Materials.

Severe Weather.

Flooding.

Earthquakes.

Wildland Fires.

Tornados.

Dam Failures.

Drought.

Volcanic Fallout.

Soil failure.

Violence and Terrorism.

Avalanche.

Landslide/Mudflow.

Vector-Borne Diseases.

Chemical/Biological Warfare.

Nuclear Attack.

Miscellaneous.

TORNADOS


Tornados are extremely violent localized windstorms. A tornado is characterized by a funnel cloud that reaches to the ground with wind velocities inside the funnel as high as 200 miles per hour. Tornados are formed by violent thunderstorms. They appear as a vertical funnel cloud reaching to the ground, and creating an incredibly loud roar. Tornados almost always travel from the southwest to the northeast. Tornados are usually part of a severe thunderstorm and may be accompanied by lightning, high winds, floods, and flash floods from extremely heavy rainfall.