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Do tornadoes form in the same type of cloud that a thunderstorm does?
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Yes. Tornadoes need thunderstorms to form.
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Why does hail and tornadoes usually occur at the same time?
Hail forms in the strong updraft of a severe thunderstorm, which keeps the hailstones airborne as they form. Tornadoes require a specific type of severe thunderstorm called a supercell. The tornado itself forms from a strong, rotating updraft which can also generate hail.
How do tornados form at night?
They form they same way as other tornadoes do. See the link below for information on how tornadoes form in general.
How many tornadoes can form at 1 time?
In a few cases there have been as many as 13 tornadoes on the ground at the same time in different locations.
How do tornadoes come to the ground?
Most tornadoes originate within a rotating mass of air in a thunderstorm called a mesocyclone. Under the right conditions, a downdraft can wrap around the mesocyclone, causing the circulation to tighten and intensify, while at the same time stretching toward the ground.
What does the relative humidity have to be far a cloud to form?
When the relative humidity and dew point temperature are the same they form clouds.
Do tornadoes form in the same cloud that bring thunderstorms?
Yes. The thunderstorm is actually what produces the tornado.
Is it true that tornadoes develop in the same type of cloud that brings thunderstorm?
True
Do tornadoes develop in the same type of cloud that brings thunderstorms?
To a point, yes. Storms that develop tornadoes are much more powerful and lower pressure than a "normal" thunderstorm, but both forms could be classified as a thunderstorm.
Are tornadoes and storms the same thing?
Not really. A tornado is a specific type of storm. So a tornado is a storm, but most storms are not tornadoes. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground often made visible by a funnel cloud.
Why does hail and tornadoes usually occur at the same time?
Hail forms in the strong updraft of a severe thunderstorm, which keeps the hailstones airborne as they form. Tornadoes require a specific type of severe thunderstorm called a supercell. The tornado itself forms from a strong, rotating updraft which can also generate hail.
Do tornadoes develop in the same clouds that develop thunderstorms?
Not only, that. The thunderstorm is what produces the tornado.
What is a twister?
A twister, more commonly called a tornado, is a violent, rotating windstorm that can develop during a severe thunderstorm. Compared to other types of storm tornadoes are small but incredibly violent. Tornadoes are usually made visible by a funnel or cone-shaped cloud and often produce a swirling cloud of dust and debris that they pick up from the ground. Tornadoes can range in size from a few yards (meters) to more than 2 miles (3 km) wide and in the worst cases can produce winds in excess of 300 mph (480 km/h).
Are tornadoes and hurricanes formed the same way?
No. Tornadoes and hurricanes form in completely different ways and operate on different scales. In very simple terms, hurricanes form when clusters of storms over tropical oceans gains strength and form an organized, large scale and violent storm system. Tornadoes form when rotation within an individual thunderstorm tightens and intensifies into a small-scale but very violent whirlwind.
Why are there tornadoes in the southern hemisphere?
Tornadoes form in the southern hemisphere for the same reason they form in the northern hemisphere. The mechanics are the same. See the related question for what causes tornadoes
What other severe weather can occur at the same time as a thunderstorm?
Large hail, flooding, straight line winds and tornadoes.
How do tornados form at night?
They form they same way as other tornadoes do. See the link below for information on how tornadoes form in general.
How do tornadoes go away?
How do tornadoes dissipate? The details are still debated by tornado scientists. We do know tornadoes need a source of instability (heat, moisture, etc.) and a larger-scale property of rotation (vorticity) to keep going. There are a lot of processes around a thunderstorm which can possibly rob the area around a tornado of either instability or vorticity. One is relatively cold outflow -- the flow of wind out of the precipitation area of a shower or thunderstorm. Many tornadoes have been observed to go away soon after being hit by outflow. For decades, storm observers have documented the death of numerous tornadoes when their parent circulations ( mesocyclones) weaken after they become wrapped in outflow air -- either from the same thunderstorm or a different one. The irony is that some kinds of thunderstorm outflow may help to cause tornadoes, while other forms of outflow may kill tornadoes.
