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Tornadoes are produces by cumulonimbus clouds. Often a wall cloud and/or funnel cloud are seen before or during a tornado.
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What is the cloud formation called before a tornado funnel forms?
A wall cloud
What is the characteristic cloud of a tornado?
Tornadoes are often made visible by a funnel cloud, which forms as a result of the pressure drop inside the tornado.
A serve storm that forms as a rapidly rotating funnel cloud is called?
A tornado.
What is the name of the cloud of dust and broken materials that forms at the bottom of a tornado?
It is usually just called a debris cloud or dust whirl.
Can A Tornado Happen With No Clouds?
No, it can not happen. You will always need a cloud to form a tornado. The kind of cloud that a tornado uses is a cumulonimbus cloud.
What type of cloud is in a tornado?
The cloud that forms the visible part of a tornado is called a funnel cloud.
What is the cloud formation called before a tornado funnel forms?
A wall cloud
What is the characteristic cloud of a tornado?
Tornadoes are often made visible by a funnel cloud, which forms as a result of the pressure drop inside the tornado.
What is the strong tornado that forms a cloud of dust when it makes contact with the ground?
It is simply a tornado and even a tornado that is considered "weak" by tornado standards can produce a cloud of dust at ground level.
When a storm turns into a tornado what type of cloud does it become?
A storm does not become a tornado; it produces one. The rest of the storm remains largely unchanged as a cumulonimbus cloud. The tornado itself forms a funnel cloud.
Where does the of a tornado came from?
it forms from a super-cell in a huge cloud.
What type of clouds grow during a tornado?
When a tornado forms it often produces a funnel cloud.
What is a wall cloud on a tornado?
A wall cloud is a lowering of a cloud base that is often seen before a tornado forms. It marks the most intense portion of the mesocyclone, the rotating updraft from which a tornado forms. The links below shows picture of what wall clouds often look like.
A whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud?
The whirling wind forms a tornado.
Is a funnel shaped tornado a mesocyclone?
No, the mesocyclone is the larger circulation that the tornado forms from. It can sometimes be seen as a lowering of the cloud base called a wall cloud.
Is a tornado a type of cloud that forms circles around twists rotates and or circulates?
To a degree. A tornado is often made visible by a cloud known as a condensation funnel or funnel cloud. The tornado itself is not a cloud, however, but a violent rotating windstorm. The condensation funnel is sometimes absent in a tornado.
What severe storm that forms as a rapidly rotating funnel cloud?
A tornado is often visible as a funnel cloud.
