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The cloud that forms the visible part of a tornado is called a funnel cloud.
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What type of cloud can spawn a tornado?
Cumulonimbus clouds can spawn a tornado.
What type of cloud rotates at the bottom of a thunderstorm and is a warning sign of a possible tornado?
A wall cloud, or, if a potential tornado is already developing, a funnel cloud.
Before the storm turns into a tornado what type of cloud does it form?
Before it reaches the ground, the precursor to a tornado is called a funnel cloud.
When a storm turns into a tornado what type of cloud does it become?
A storm does not become a tornado; it produces one. The rest of the storm remains largely unchanged as a cumulonimbus cloud. The tornado itself forms a funnel cloud.
Is a tornado a type of cloud that forms circles around twists rotates and or circulates?
To a degree. A tornado is often made visible by a cloud known as a condensation funnel or funnel cloud. The tornado itself is not a cloud, however, but a violent rotating windstorm. The condensation funnel is sometimes absent in a tornado.
What type of clouds grow during a tornado?
When a tornado forms it often produces a funnel cloud.
What cloud type does a tornado start with?
Signs of tornadic activity usually start with a wall cloud, which is attached to the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.
Can A Tornado Happen With No Clouds?
No, it can not happen. You will always need a cloud to form a tornado. The kind of cloud that a tornado uses is a cumulonimbus cloud.
What are condensation funnel cloud and debris cloud?
The condensation funnel of a tornado is basically a cloud formed when moisture inside a tornado condenses and in that sense it is similar to an ordinary cloud. The debris cloud of a tornado is a cloud of debris picked up by a tornado usually from buildings and trees the tornado has damaged or destroyed.
Is the dark base of a tornado called the wall cloud?
No, the wall cloud is a lowered section of the cloud base from which a tornado or funnel cloud descends. The dark cloud at the base of a tornado is called the debris cloud.
Is a tornado a type of cloud that forms circles around twists and or rotates?
Not exactly. A tornado itself is a violently rotating windstorm that usually creates a condensation funnel, but a tornado can develop without a funnel.
Is a tornado a cloud?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. A tornado is often, but not always made visible by a funnel cloud. But the tornado is not the cloud itself.
