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No. A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air. A tornado can form on a body of water, in which case it is called a waterspout. Some water can get pulled up into it, but it is still primarily a vortex of air. Whirlpools, vortices that form in water, can look like tornadoes, but are not the same thing.

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