A tornado infront of us at the mall!

Crazy weather video I took while driving down the road!

Weird weather to see on the road!...Pretty scary too!!!

Why do tornadoes and hurricanes twirl?

     Just like the other post below, the Coriolis Effect makes a huge impact on a hurricane, from all the winds blowing in from different directions. It takes it in the different winds, and as it goes longer and longer in the ocean, it gets bigger and bigger, causing it to twirl and move in the direction of the winds. The Coriolis effect plays a major role with the hurricanes, but what about a tornado?
     A tornado can be effected a little by the Coriolis Effect, but not like a hurricane. Instead, the rotation of tornadoes is mostly from wind differences in the speed and direction of the wind at different heights and angles. This causes wind and air to move in a horizontal way. The horizontal movement is turned into a vertical movement by thunderstorm updraft, and then it gets more intense, and forms a twirling tornado. 
     In all, the hurricane and tornado are both generally caused from the same thing, the Coriolis Effect, just not as much as each other.
The tornado wouldn't be possible if it didn't have winds and twirling, and a hurricane wouldn't be possible without the Coriolis Effect, winds, and twirling.
Below is a map of the places where different tornadoes have hit:

Most hurricanes that are big and make the most distruction form near the equator, why is that?

     The reason why, is because a hurricane is just a big mass driven by heat. The equator is very hot, so the waters near it get very warm , perfect for a hurricane. The tropics North and South of the equator are warmer places, where they will normally form. Without the Coriolis Effect though, this wouldn't be possible.
     What is the Coriolis Effect and what does it do for these types of hurricanes? Well, the Coriolis Effect is a force, that is close to the earth's surface, that causes the hurricane to go to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere due to the earth's rotation. The forces include global winds, ocean currents, and anything else that moves all across the Earth's surface. 
     If not for the spinning of the Earth, global winds would blow in straight lines running from the South to the North! Although really, global winds blow diagonally, like from the Northwest to the Southeast. The Coriolis effect goes in the direction of winds around the world. As in the Northern Hemisphere, it curves them to the right and in the Southern Hemisphere, it curves them to the left. 

     Below is a picture of a hurricane forming: 

  

   

When wicked weather occurs, what season will it most-likely be?

     Well, when the weather gets warmer, more and more storms will begin to appear. Because of the more hot and humid weather that's in summer and spring, it has most of the tornadoes and hurricanes. Some appear to be very wicked, but some do not.

     In more oceanic places, the cool ocean water will mix with warm air currents to form hurricanes. Some, and most hurricanes, will always form in a warm and humid place, like an ocean, which is during the summer, a more humid season. One of the most wicked hurricanes that hit the US, in terms of deaths, was the one that hit Galveston in 1900. It took up to 12,000 peoples lives, verrrryyy wicked and terrible weather! 
  Now, most tornadoes occur in the middle of the US. The states are Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois! These places are considered as "Tornado Alley." The reason why all these states are hit with so many tornadoes, is because cold and warm fronts meet each other and mix together, mostly happening in spring/summer. These fronts come from the mountains, deserts, and Caribbean Sea making  a swirling motion and sucking in debris, and it gets bigger and bigger.
 The below image is showing the "Tornado Alley" states in dark red.