A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the groun,d often made visible by a funnel or cone shaped cloud. Tornadoes are capable of causing very severe damage.
A tornado is a whirlwind of extremely fast moving air. Even the winds of relatively weak tornadoes can damage roofs and topple trees. The strong ones rip buildings apart, sometimes completely obliterating them. In the strongest of tornadoes wind speeds may exceed 300 mph. Tornadoes are often made visible as moisture in the air they suck in condenses to create a funnel shaped cloud, and as the violent winds pick up soil and sometimes larger objects. Although all tornadoes extend from the cloud base of a thunderstorm to the ground, their width varies greatly, ranging from just a few yards wide to, in rare cases, over two miles.
A tornado is a violent, whirling windstorm that crosses land in a narrow path. It can result from wind shear and updrafts inside a thunderstorm. The usual form is a funnel-shaped cloud with destructive spinning winds, that descends from a cloud to the ground over a relatively short period of time.
Powerful tornadoes create the highest wind speeds on the surface of the Earth, which may be in excess of 200 mph (320 kph). The winds and debris will destroy houses and similar structures, and may cause numerous fatalities. Tornadoes are spawned by mesocyclones, and also form as tropical cyclones come ashore.
According to the Glossary of Meteorology (AMS 2000), a tornado is "A violently rotating column of air, pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud." Literally, in order for a vortex to be classified as a Tornado, it must be in contact with the ground and the cloud base. Weather scientists haven't found it so simple in practice, however, to classify and define Tornadoes.
Tornado is sometimes referred to as "twister". A tornado is a rotating column of air in contact with the ground and looks like a funnel cloud.
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground, often made visible by a condensation funnel.
The formation of tornadoes is complicated.
First, a condition called wind shear, in which the speed or direction of the wind changes with altitude. If the shear is strong enough it can essentially tilt a thunderstorm, this separates the updraft and downdraft of the thunderstorm, preventing them from interfering with one another. This allows the storm to become stronger and last longer.
Additionally, if the wind shear is strong enough it can start the air rolling in what is called horizontal vorticity. This horizontal vorticity can then be turned vertical by a thunderstorm's updraft. When this happens, the thunderstorm may start rotating. The rotation is especially strong in an updraft called a mesocyclone. If the storm intensifies rapidly enough, a relatively warm downdraft called a rear-flank downdraft or RFD can wrap around the bottom part of the mesocyclone. This can then tighten and intensify its rotation and bring it down to the ground to produce a tornado.
a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris
a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground
Tornadoes damage or destroy buildings and trees that are struck by their powerful winds. People and animals caught in tornadoes can be killed or injured.
Yes
Violent Destructive Dangerous Deadly Unpredictable
it can stop the tornado
Since a tornado is a form of weather, it would be studied in the field of meteorology.
Yes, there is nothing about an island that would prevent a tornado.
I would not inform the public about an approaching tornado with the internet and phone messages. I would not because usually if there is a tornado coming you lose power in the phone and internet lines as a tornado can go into the power critic. hope that helps.
A tornado's path is narrow and usually relatively straight.
F2 or EF2
Cataclysmic tornado trampling everything in its pathCatastrophic, towering tornado overwhelming the small townTurbulent tornado, tossing houses like twigs
A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm cloud to the ground. It is often characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud and can cause significant damage to structures and vegetation due to its high winds. Tornadoes are most commonly seen in severe thunderstorms and are capable of reaching speeds exceeding 200 mph.
Tornado country,a bit bumby terrain.
"Light damage" is the term used to describe the damage caused by an F0 tornado.
a tornado warning would be issued if it is in your county and a tornado watch if it is out of your county.
Violent Destructive Dangerous Deadly Unpredictable
Strong, quick, mighty, gargantuan, enormous
No, you cannot stop a tornado with another tornado. The two tornadoes would simply merge and form a larger tornado.
The place with the most tornado sirens would have to be tornado alley
The formation of a tornado is called tornadogenesis.