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Understanding Cold Fronts and Severe Weather: Hail, Tornadoes, and Thunderstorms

Cold fronts are associated with severe weather phenomena, including hail and tornadoes. Cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds, characterized by vertical development, often precede these events. Hail stones can reach sizes comparable to golf balls or chicken eggs, causing significant damage to vehicles and properties. Tornadoes, such as F3 and EF4, can devastate areas, leaving only fragments of structures. This overview highlights the dangers posed by these atmospheric features and emphasizes the importance of monitoring weather patterns to stay safe during severe storms.

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Understanding Cold Fronts and Severe Weather: Hail, Tornadoes, and Thunderstorms

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  1. cold fronts (shown in blue)

  2. Cumulus clouds

  3. cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds

  4. vertical development clouds are common to cold fronts

  5. 1. base of a cumulonimbus cloud

  6. 2. circulation in cumulonimubus cloud

  7. Cumulonimbus cloud and descending wall cloud

  8. Mammary clouds-rotating air

  9. small hail

  10. hail stones

  11. hail ball

  12. 6 inch hail ball

  13. hail storm

  14. Large hail of various sizes.

  15. hail damaged car

  16. circular hail

  17. skylight broken by hail

  18. hail covered road

  19. Large hail compared to a chicken egg.

  20. golf ball size hail

  21. Windshield broken by hail

  22. Hail is common to cumulonimbus clouds.

  23. hail damage

  24. hail damaged cars

  25. tile roof damaged by hail

  26. hail storm

  27. hail covered highway

  28. approaching cold front (cumulonimbus cloud)

  29. Approaching cold front and cumulonimbus cloud.

  30. 3. wall cloud forms

  31. 4.funnel of the tornado

  32. 5.tornado is on the ground

  33. tornado

  34. Tornado damage to houses north of Madison, Wisconsin

  35. F3 Tornado Damage (winds in excess of 206 m.p.h.)

  36. Tornado damage in Iowa

  37. Only the basement remains from an F4 tornado

  38. Tornado damage in Georgia

  39. EF4 tornado destroyed appartment

  40. tornado

  41. House destroyed by a tornado.

  42. tornado on the ground with debris

  43. tornado on the ground

  44. Tornado on the ground.

  45. cloud to cloud lightning

  46. cloud to ground lightning

  47. cloud to cloud lightning

  48. Cloud to ground lightning

  49. cloud to ground lightning

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