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  1. A hurricane is an independent storm system while a tornado is dependent on a parent storm cell.
  2. A hurricane is typically several hundred miles wide while a tornado is usually no more than a few hundred yards wide.
  3. Hurricanes can only form over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land.
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