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No. Tornadoes can cause ground scouring, but only in extreme cases, and the depressions created are generally in erratic patches that are wider than they are deep.
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When is a tornado considered a tornado?
A tornado is considered a tornado when it reaches the ground
What does it mean if a tornado touches down?
When a tornado touches down it means that it has reached the ground and can now cause damage. Prior to touching down a funnel cloud is usually visible, hanging fro the base of the thunderstorm. It does not qualify as a tornado until damaging winds reach ground level.
What is the part of the tornado that touches the ground called?
A tornado that doesn't touch the ground isn't a tornado; it is a funnel cloud. However if the funnel is pulling debris off the ground or making some other type of contact with the ground it is a tornado.
What is the difference between a funnel cloud and tornado?
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
What is a name for a funnel cloud touching the ground?
A tornado. a tornado
What causes a tornado to appear dark when it touches the ground?
A tornado often appears dark were it is touching the ground be cause the powerful winds of the tornado lift dirt from the ground.
What is a tornado touchdown?
When a tornado touches down it means it has reached the ground and can now cause damage. It is not a tornado until this occurs,
Can a tornado cause damage without touching the ground?
Yes and no. The funnel of a tornado does not have to reach the ground for damaging winds to occur at ground level. However, if those winds reach the ground then the tornado has touched down even if the funnel hasn't.
How much damage does a space tornado do?
A space tornado can cause serious damage, usually 2-4 miles wide if it touches ground. But most of the time, it doesn't touches ground
How is a storm categorized as a tornado?
A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. So in order to be categorized as a tornado, a storm must rotate, connect to both the cloud base and the ground, and have ground level winds strong enough to cause damage.
What characeristics does a storm have to have to be categoreized as a tornado?
To be considered a tornado, a storm mustRotateProduce ground level winds strong enough to cause damageBe in contact with both the ground, and the cloud base of a parent storm
When is a tornado considered a tornado?
A tornado is considered a tornado when it reaches the ground
Does a tornado start from the ground or the sky?
No. A tornado starts in the clouds and extends towards the ground. Until it reaches the ground it is not a tornado but a funnel cloud.
What do you call a tornado that does not touch the ground?
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
What is a dark funnle shaped wind storm that comes near the ground and can cause much destruction?
Tornado
Are trenches dug into the ground?
yes
When does a tornado actually become a tornado?
A tornado becomes a tornado when the circulation reaches the ground.
