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it's called a water spout.
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What do you call a tornado on the ocean?
A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Is a tornado called a funnel cloud in the ocean?
No. A tornado on the ocean or some other body of water is called a waterspout. A funnel cloud is a tornado that has not yet touched down.
What is a tornado occurring over a lake or ocean?
A tornado over a body of water is called a waterspout.
What ocean does a tornado form over?
Tornadoes generally form over land, not the ocean. You are thinking of hurricanes. The term hurricane refers to a tropical cyclone that occurs over the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern Pacific ocean.
What do you call a tornado that forms over a calm sea?
A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
Can tornadoes happen in the ocean?
Yes. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
A tornado over the sea is called a toofan Can you think of another word for tornado or hurricane which you think might have come from toofan?
A tornado at sea is not called a "toofan," it is called a waterspout. You may be confusing this with "typhoon" which is a hurricane in the western Pacific Ocean.
What is a tornado called when it is wet?
Most tornadoes contain moisture and are in fact made visible at least in part, by condensation. These are simply typical tornadoes. Some tornadoes are surrounded by heavy rain that falls even right where the tornado is. This is often called a rain wrapped tornado. A tornado that occurs on a body of water such as a lake or the ocean is called a waterspout.
What is the term use for a tornado like column of air that draws water from the surface of an ocean or lake?
This is called a waterspout
What refers to tornadoes that built up over oceans?
A tornado on an ocean or any other body of water is called a waterspout.
Does the ocean turn like a tornado during a hurricane?
It dose not turn like a tornado.
What is a tornado called in the southern hemisphere?
A tornado in the southern hemisphere is still called a tornado.
