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No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoNo. A tornado is on land. A cyclone is over water.
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What is a violent cyclone of small diameter over land?
This most closely describes a tornado, though a tornado technically is not a cyclone.
What is a violent thunderstorm that can lead into dangerous tornado?
A supercell is the kind of thunderstorm most likely to produce a tornado.
What is a violent thunderstorm that can lead to a dangerous tornado?
Most tornadoes form in violent thunderstorms called supercells.
Which characteristics of a tornado are the most dangerous?
In a violent tornado the worst features are flying debris and suction vortices, small whirlwinds that have stronger winds than the rest of the tornado.
What is the smallest and most dangerous storm?
The world's most dangerous storms include:hurricanestyphoonstornadoesheavy rainNOTE: These are NOT 'storms': flooding, landslides, earthquakes
Where is the most dangerous part in a tornado?
Flying debris is the most dangerous part in a tornado.
What is the most violent 1 tornado?
an f5
Where did the most violent tornado happen ever in August occur?
The most violent tornado and only F5 tornado recorded in the month of August struck Plainfield, Illinois, southwest of Chicago, on August 28, 1990.
Are tornadoes in tornado alley violent?
A tornado anywhere is a violent event. If you mean by the technical definition of a violent tornado, one rated EF4 or EF5, such tornadoes do occur fairly regularly in Tornado Alley, but make up a very small minority of the tornadoes that occur there. As with most places, most of the tornadoes in Tornado Alley are rated EF0 or EF1.
Is EF5 the second dangerous tornado?
No. EF5 is the strongest tornado on the Enhanced Fujita and therefore the most dangerous type.
Is a tornado most dangerous when it is over water?
No. Tornadoes are most dangerous when they hit a city or town. Then as the tornado starts destroying buildings it generates flying debris, which is what causes most tornado deaths and injuries.
Is a tornado smaller than a tropical cyclone?
Yes. A tornado is orders of magnitude smaller than a tropical cyclone. Most tornadoes are no more than a few hundred yards wide and rarely over a mile. By contrast a tropical cyclone is usually hundreds of miles wide.
