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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.


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


Can sonic jump over water?

ocean no well lake maybe of cours a putle


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.