Visible parts of a tornado include the condensation funnel, which is formed by the pressure drop condensing water vapor, and the debris cloud which is caused by the winds of a tornado picking up soil and/or debris. The tornado itself is a rapidly spinning vortex of air with a powerful updraft. Some tornadoes also have a downdraft in their centers which forms a calm, clear area similar tot he eye of a hurricane. Tornadoes like these may also have smaller subvorticies or suction vorticies circling inside of them, which can produce more severe damage. These are called multiple vortex tornadoes.
Most tornadoes descend from a lowering of the cloud base called a wall cloud. Although this is not a part of the tornado itself it plays a role in tornado formation.
The body, the part of the tornado that tends to do more destruction, and the eye which is the calmest part of the tornado.
A tornado becomes a tornado when the circulation reaches the ground.
There is no particular temperature at which tornadoes form. Tornado formation depends on many factors, of which temperature in different parts of the atmosphere is just one. However, tornadoes almost never form in temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius.
A tornado made of air is a tornado. Part of the definition of a tornado is "a violently rotating column of air."
It destroys property in two ways. First of all, the intense winds of a tornado can damage or destroy most property. Secondly, it picks up objects like furniture and parts of buildings, turning them into high speed projectiles.
The body, the part of the tornado that tends to do more destruction, and the eye which is the calmest part of the tornado.
Tornado ally
Tornado Alley does not have exact boundaries. Some maps include North Dakota, or parts of it, in Tornado Alley while others do not.
No part of any country is a tornado. A tornado is a weather event, not a place. However all parts of the US can get tornadoes except, perhaps, for northern Alaska.
Nowhere. The deadliest tornado in U.S. history had a death toll of 695. That tornado tore across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
The Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This tornado tore through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
It is a weather feature in some parts of the world.
No country really calls a cyclone a tornado. Some parts of the U.S. a tornado a cyclone, though a tornado and a cyclone are two different things. In the U.S. however a strong tropical cyclone is called a hurricane.
The deadliest tornado to hit the U.S. occurred on the afternoon of March 18, 1925. This tornado tore across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. It is known as the Tri-state tornado.
The Tri-State tornado was the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. On March 18, 1925 this mile wide F5 tornado traveled a record 219 miles across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
Oklahoma is in Tornado Alley. Tornadoes are not as frequent in Georgia, though some parts of it could still be considered a part of "Dixie Alley", a secondary hotspot for tornado activity.
The deadliest tornado in United States history was the Tri-State tornado of March 18, 1925. This F5 tornado traveled 219 miles across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, devastating a multiple towns and killing 695 people.