A tornado often appears dark were it is touching the ground be cause the powerful winds of the tornado lift dirt from the ground.
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado.
tornado
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is commonly known as a tornado.
A tornado that touches the ground is simply a tornado. Before it touches down it is called a funnel cloud.
A tornado.
Yes. It is not officially counted as a tornado unless it touches the ground.
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is a tornado.
tornado clouds
A funnel cloud forms when a rotating column of air descends from a thunderstorm cloud but doesn't touch the ground. When the funnel cloud touches the ground, it becomes a tornado. The rotating air within the tornado causes it to appear as a funnel-shaped cloud.
the tornado kind
True. A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground, and when it touches the ground it is then classified as a tornado. The funnel cloud is the visible condensation funnel attached to the rotating column of air but becomes a tornado once it touches the ground.
A tornado is a rotating column of air that extends downward from a cloud and touches the ground.