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Do tornadoes start at the bottom?

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No, Tornadoes start inside the clouds of their parent thunderstorms and descend towards the ground. Somtimes they can appear to form up from the ground because the vortex is just swirling air when it reaches thr ground and therefore cannot be seen until it starts picking up dust from the ground.

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