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A swirling column of wind has to be touching the ground to be called a tornado?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes, it must extend from cloud base to the ground.
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What is a swirling storm of sand in the desert?
In North America a swirling column of sand is called a dust devil. It resembles a tornado in appearance but does not extend to a cloud base and the winds are not nearly as strong.
What is a rotating storm called that is shaped in a column?
Tornado
Violently rotating column of air?
A violently rotating column of air is called a tornado.
What is a voilently rotating column of air that touches the ground called?
It is a tornado.
A rotating cone shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado?
A rotating cone shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado
A rotating cone-shaped column of air extending downward from a cloud when it touches the ground it is called a tornado?
Correct, it is a tornado.
A violent windstorm that forms a rotating column of air called a vortex is a?
tornado
What does a vortex look like in a tornado?
A tornado is a vortex and may also contain vortices. A vortex is a rotating body of liquid or gass. In a tornado, the vortex is made visible by condensation or dust and debris. It may look like a cone, tapering appendage, or column attatched to the clouds, or may take the appearance of a tube or swirling mass of dust.
What is a rotating column of air that touches that ground?
A rotating column of air is known as a whirlwind. If it is violent and connects to both the ground and the cloud base of a thunderstorm, it is considered a tornado.
Why is it that the middle spiral of a tornado form?
A tornado usually forms from a large column of rotating air called a mesocyclone. A tornado therefore has quite a bit of angular momentum, so air spirals into the it.
What is a tornado made of air?
A tornado made of air is a tornado. Part of the definition of a tornado is "a violently rotating column of air."
What is the term use for a tornado like column of air that draws water from the surface of an ocean or lake?
This is called a waterspout
