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What has to happen to a funnel cloud to be classified as a tornado?
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∙ 12y ago
Either the funnel cloud or the violent, rotating winds associated with it must reach the ground in order to be classified as a tornado.
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Is a funnel cloud that touches the ground a thunderhead or a supercell?
Neither. A funnel cloud that touches the ground is a tornado. A thunderhead is the sort of cloud that develops into a thunderstorm, and a supercell is the kind of thunderstorm most likely to produce a tornado.
What is the funnel of a tornado called?
tornado is often made visible by a distinctive funnel-shaped cloud. Commonly called the condensation funnel, the funnel cloud is a tapered column of water droplets that extends downward from the base of the parent cloud. It is commonly mixed with and perhaps enveloped by dust and debris lifted from the surface.
What is a funnel cloud that makes strong wind noises called?
A tornado.
What are tornadoes called when they hit the ground?
A tornado that touches the ground is simply a tornado. Before it touches down it is called a funnel cloud.
Does a tornado make contact with the ground?
Yes. If a tornadic vortex does not make contact with the ground it does not meet the defintion of a tornado, and is simply called a funnel cloud. If the violent circulation (not necessarily the visible funnel) reaches the ground it is considered a tornado.
To be classified as a tornado funnel cloud must reach to the what?
The ground.
What happens when a funnel cloud pokes through a cumulonimbus cloud?
It forms a funnel cloud.
When the tip of the funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a?
tornado clouds
How do you know a tornado is about to happen?
A wall cloud will form and the cloud might build up a funnel!
What do you call a tornado that does not touch the ground?
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
How is a tornado different from a funnel cloud?
A funnel cloud is like a tornado only it does not reach the ground.
What is the relationship between a funnel cloud and a tornado?
A funnel cloud is a developing tornado that has not reached the ground.
What is the difference between a funnel cloud and tornado?
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
The beginnings of a tornado are known as a funnel cloud?
Yes. A tornado is often visible as a funnel cloud as it develops.
what is a good sentence for funnel cloud?
The funnel cloud turned into a tornado.
Is a tornado a funnel cloud?
In a sense, yes. But the term funnel cloud usually means a "tornado" that has not touched down.
When a tornado has not touched the ground yet what is it called?
A tornado that has touched the ground is called a funnel cloud.
