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Yes. There have been many accounts of tornadoes crossing lakes and rivers, and sometimes moving into the ocean. If a tornado move onto water it is called a waterspout.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes, but it is typically referred to as a water spout.
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∙ 13y agoYes. A tornado that forms on water, called a waterspout, can move on to land and cause damage. Most are EF0 or EF1 strength.
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∙ 12y agoYes, there have been many cases of tornadoes on water (called waterspouts) moving onto land and causing damage.
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∙ 11y agoYes. A tornado that moves onto water is considered a waterspout.
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Can a waterspout go over land?
A waterspout can transition from water to land but becomes a tornado as long as it is touching land; if it is not touching the ground it would be called a "funnel cloud".
Would a tornado develop on land or in the water?
Tornadoes can form on both land and water, but are most commonly seen on land.
Do tornadoes form on water or land?
They can form on either on water or on land, but it is more common for them to form on land. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Was there ever been a tornado in Henderson lake?
If there ever was one on the lake it would be a water spout not a tornado. Tornadoes are on land not water. A water spout is on the water.
What is a tornado that doesn't occur on land?
A tornado that doesn't reach all the way down is a funnel cloud. A tornado on water is a waterspout.
What a tornado looks like?
A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.
Is the most dangerous tornado and violent tornado a cyclone?
No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.
Is a water spout classified as a natural disaster?
Yes... It's a Tornado, but the difference of a waterspout hits a body of water. And a Tornado hits a body of land.
Does a tornado move in a narrow path along the ground and over water?
A tornado moves in a relatively narrow path on land
What happens when a water spout tornado goes on land?
Fair weather (non tornadic) waterspouts usually dissipate once they hit land. A tornadic waterspout just continues on land as a regular tornado.
Can a tornado go on hills or just flat land?
Tornadoes can go over hills and mountains.
Why did tails build tornado?
so they could go to places faster or get across water that sonic cant go in and tornado is a plane
