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A tornado over a body of water is called a waterspout.

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What do you call a tornado that forms over a calm sea?

A tornado on 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.


Which forms over an ocean is it a tornado or a hurricane or a blizzard?

Any one of these can form over the ocean, but only a hurricane does so exclusively.


Can a tornado go over the mountanis?

A tornado can go up a mountain across rivers, and even go out into the the ocean or sea.


What is the name given to a tornado over open water?

A tornado that forms on a lake or sea is called a waterspout.


Do hills stop tornadoes?

Hills do not stop tornadoes, as tornadoes can pass over or through hills with varying effects. The presence of hills can affect the strength and behavior of a tornado, but they do not act as a barrier that will prevent a tornado from occurring.


What does greatest tornado concern mean?

On a day when tornadoes are possible, some areas will be at greater risk than others of experiencing a tornado. The level or risk will also vary over the course of the day. Greatest tornado concern likely refers to the area and/or time where the chances of a tornado, and particularly a significant tornado, occurring are greatest.


Does a hurricane or tornado spawn off the ocean?

Hurricanes can only develop over warm ocean water. Tornadoes can form on water but usually form on land.


Can sonic jump over water?

ocean no well lake maybe of cours a putle


Why does a hurricane die out when it passes from over the ocean to over land?

because it lost the water so when it hits land it turns into a tornado most of the time


What refers to tornadoes that built up over oceans?

A tornado on an ocean or any other body of water is called a waterspout.


What develops over warm ocean water a hurricane or a tornado?

A hurricane. Tornadoes are more often a land-based phenomenon.