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Can you outsmart a tornado? Take our quiz

/Elk City Daily News, John W. Cannon/AP
A funnel cloud is spotted in March 2010 near Foss Lake, Okla.

Every year, more than 1,100 tornadoes are spotted in the United States. If you see a funnel cloud, what should you do? Take our quiz.

  • By David C. Scott

1. A "tornado warning" means that ...

Wind speeds in a funnel cloud have reached more than 100 m.p.h.

A tornado has been seen on the ground by a person or radar

Conditions are perfect for a funnel cloud to form

None of the above
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