| A | B |
| saguaros | tall cactuses native to the southwest |
| jagged* | having a sharp pointed edge or outline |
| lightning* | flash of light in the sky - electricity |
| prairies* | flat open grasslands |
| conditions | the way something is |
| sizzling* | crackling with intense heat |
| occupation | job a person does to make a living |
| tornadoes* | rotating columns of air causing destruction |
| collide* | bump into another mass with force |
| severe* | serious or extreme |
| funnel cloud* | tornado cloud - wide at top-narrow where it touches the ground |
| rotate* | to swirl in a circular motion |
| updraft | upward moving current of air |
| vortices | whirlpools of rotating air or water plural of vortex |
| multivortex | having many vortices at once |
| fortunate | lucky |