If the sky is a funny yellowish-greenish colour, and there's a VERY large dark (nearly black) cloud that also goes up like a tower, and you swear to god you can see a swirl in it- that's the storm cell that can provide a tornado.

"A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and pendent from a cumulonimbus cloud." So says the U of Illinois's website.

Also, and this is going to sound weird, but check the local animals and wildlife. They usually know if something's coming down. Use your instincts. When one hit around here, I woke up that day with an awful feeling that Something Was Going to Go Wrong that day, and it really just persisted until the storm hit. Luckily, I only ended up with hail and a broken window- but some were no so. Nobody died, though, so it's okay.

thanks that was awsome advice!!!

Hello. I'm a 21-year-old psychology student (go me!) and part-time museum grunt. (Which means I'm essentially doing whatever the museum wants me to do- it's one of those small community ones, so I'm a combination secretary, exhibit designer, conservator, tour guide, public relations, graphic designer, program planner... sigh.) I like just about everything, but my favourite things in the world to do are: reading, collecting rocks and bone fragments for my garden, gardening, feeding wild grey jays, working, going to school, and taking lazy Sunday drives around the countryside. Feel free to ask me any questions, although please be aware that I might disagree with you- and state it.

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