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Storms Word Search

Storms grow where warm moist air rises quickly into colder air above it. Weather services track them with radar and issue watches before warnings.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • blizzard
  • cloud
  • downpour
  • flood
  • forecast
  • gust
  • hail
  • lightning
  • rain
  • shelter
  • siren
  • snow
  • squall
  • thunder
  • wind

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Words in the Storms word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

rain
Liquid water falling from storm clouds to the ground
wind
Moving air, often strongest just before a storm arrives
thunder
Loud boom from air expanding around a lightning stroke
cloud
Mass of water droplets where storms take shape
flood
Water covering land that is normally dry
hail
Ice balls tossed up and down inside a thunderstorm
snow
Ice crystals falling when the air stays below freezing
gust
A short, sudden burst of stronger wind
siren
Outdoor horn that warns a town of dangerous weather
shelter
Safe place to wait out a severe storm
lightning
Electric spark between cloud and ground or cloud to cloud
downpour
Very heavy rain falling in a short time
squall
Sharp burst of wind and rain that passes quickly
blizzard
Snowstorm with strong wind and badly reduced visibility
forecast
A prediction of what the weather will do next
pressure
Weight of the air; it drops as storms approach
warning
Alert that severe weather is happening right now
radar
Tool that bounces radio waves off rain to map storms
debris
Broken pieces of trees and buildings left after wind
barometer
Instrument that measures air pressure changes

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