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Tornadoes are a product of severe thunderstorms, most often a type of rotating storm called a supercell.
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What type of cloud can spawn a tornado?
Cumulonimbus clouds can spawn a tornado.
Can tornadoes make another tornado?
Yes, in some instances one tornado may spawn a smaller satellite tornado.
Why do tornadoes occur in tornado alley?
Tornadoes occur there because warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cool dry air from the Rocky Mountains or Canada, this creates the thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes.
What would happen if we had no tornadoes?
Fewer homes would be destroyed in tornado-prone areas and we would not have storm cellars or tornado sirens. Severe thunderstorms would not be considered as dangerous as they are. Fewer people in the US would die from storms. Thunderstorms that would spawn tornadoes would expend their energy in some other way.
Can a hurricane and tornado form and come together?
They can't combine into a single storm, if that's what you mean, as tornadoes and hurricanes operate on different levels of magnitude within the atmosphere. Howevere, many hurricanes spawn tornadoes in their outer storm bands.
What type of cloud can spawn a tornado?
Cumulonimbus clouds can spawn a tornado.
What does spawn a tornado mean?
When a storm spawns a tornado it produce a tornado.
Which of these clouds is the one that can spawn a tornado?
Cumulonimbus
Can tornadoes make another tornado?
Yes, in some instances one tornado may spawn a smaller satellite tornado.
What is a tornado warned storm?
A tornado warned storm is a thunderstorm for which a tornado warning has been issued, meaning that the storm is producing rotation that can spawn a tornado.
What other catastrophic events can a tornado lead to?
A large, intense tornado can sometimes spawn a second smaller tornado that circles it and is called a satellite tornado.
A violent thunderstorm that can spawn a dangerous tornado?
Such storms are called supercells
Can a tornado spawn in the rain forest?
Yes. Tornadoes have hit rainforests.
Can tornadoes have a tornado after that storm just finished?
If you mean to ask if one tornado can form after another has dissipated, yes. Supercells, the storms most likely to produce tornadoes, often go through cycles. They can spawn can spawn multiple tornadoes one after another in what is called a tornado family.
Can there be a tornado that ends but then have another tornado at the same time?
If you mean to ask if one tornado can form after another has dissipated, yes. Supercells, the storms most likely to produce tornadoes, often go through cycles. They can spawn can spawn multiple tornadoes one after another in what is called a tornado family. Sometimes the next tornado in the family will form before the current one has dissipated, resulting in there being two tornadoes at the same time.
What color are tornados?
Tornado's are the same Color as the cloud they spawn out of, it's when a tornado has picked up debris,(Ex:Dirt) when it's apperance changes to a darker, or other color.
Does a tornado spawn off the ocean?
Not usually. Tornadoes generally form on land. Kansas is one of the most tornado prone area in the world and it is nowhere near the ocean.
