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A wall cloud is part of the mesocyclone of a supercell and is sometimes a precursor to a tornado.

A waterspout is basically a tornado on water.

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How does a wall cloud form?

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Is the mesocyclone under the wall cloud or next to the wall cloud?

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What causes water to continue to flow through the shower head when you have the diverter to only flow through the spout?

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Name of lower cloud base often associated with tornado formations?

Wall cloud.


How much damage does the wall cloud do?

The wall cloud itself doesn't do the damage. The wall cloud is an indicator of rotation in a thunderstorm that can lead to the formation of a tornado.


What causes the drop of a wall cloud?

A wall cloud marks an area of low pressure within a mesocyclone. The pressure drop causes a temperature drop, which in turn causes water vapr to condense.


Is there a wall cloud with a tornado?

There often is. Most tornadoes are associated with a wall cloud but not all.


Strong tornadoes form in a low cloud just below a thunderstorm what kind of cloud is this called?

This kind of cloud is typically called a wall cloud. Wall clouds are often associated with severe thunderstorms and can be a precursor to the development of a tornado.


Sighns of a tornado?

A wall cloud is suspended from a cumulonimbus cloud (mostly during thunderstorms). Then the wall cloud begins rotating counter-clockwise. Then a funnel cloud will drop from it.