Tornado passages in the rural areas of Água Santa and Coxilha-RS

Abstract

The cities of Água Santa and Coxilha, both located in the Northeast of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, were both terrified by a tornado that occurred on June 12, 2018, affecting mainly the rural area of these cities. This shows us that in the Northern and Northeastern part of the state, it is very likely to occur these natural climatic phenomena. These happens mainly because the cities are found on the Southern Plateau, where the hot air front is unstable and the cold front, coming from Argentina, isalso present. Thus, this article has as objectives describe tornadoes and storms through specific bibliographic references, examining this phenomenon on the basis of the comments of the images and interpretations of weather data and also contextualize the passages of the tornadoes in the towns of Água Santa’s and Coxilha.