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All funnel clouds touch the clouds. A funnel cloud that touched the ground is called a tornado.
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What is a funnel-shaped cloud called?
A funnel shaped cloud is called a funnel cloud. If it touches the ground it is called a tornado.
What kind of damage does a funnel cloud do?
Not much unless it touches down, in which case it is called a tornado.
Are tornadoes formed by storm clouds or funnel clouds?
A tornado is formed from storm clouds. The funnel cloud is the tornado before it touches down.
What causes a funnel cloud?
Afunnel cloud is a funnel-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets, associated with a rotating column of wind and extending from the base of a cloud (usually a cumulonimbus or towering cumulus cloud) but not reaching the ground or a water surface. A funnel cloud is usually visible as a cone-shaped or needle like protuberance from the main cloud base. Funnel clouds form most frequently in association with supercell thunderstorms.If a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado. Most tornadoes begin as funnel clouds, but many funnel clouds do not make ground contact and so do not become tornadoes. Also, a tornado does not necessarily need to have an associated condensation funnel---if strong cyclonic winds are occurring at the surface (and connected to a cloud base, regardless of condensation), then the feature is a tornado. Some tornadoes may appear only as a debris swirl, with no obvious funnel cloud extending below the rotating cloud base.A funnel cloud that touches down on, or moves over water is a waterspout.
What is the synomym of funnel cloud?
A funnel cloud may be called a condensation funnel or simply a funnel.
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it become a?
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado.
A funnel cloud touching the ground?
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is a tornado.
What is a funnel-shaped cloud called?
A funnel shaped cloud is called a funnel cloud. If it touches the ground it is called a tornado.
When the tip of the funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a?
tornado clouds
What is a funnel cloud that touches the ground?
tornado
When does a funnel cloud become a tornado?
When it touches the ground.
What is a funnel shaped cloud that touches the ground?
A tornado.
What kind of cloud does a funnel cloud become when it touches the ground?
it becomes a tornado
What is a shape coming down from a large cloud that is shaped like a funnel cloud?
Most likely it is a funnel cloud. If it touches the ground then it is a tornado.
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 kind of funnel cloud touches the ground?
the tornado kind
Funnel cloud that touches the ground?
A funnel cloud is a condensation funnel made of water vapor, dust, dirt, and debris lifted upward from the ground in areas experiencing extremely low air pressure. It is the visible part of a tornado and is considered a tornado if it touches the ground.
