Tornadoes produce powerful winds that rotate about a central axis and move up. Outside the tornado wind spirals inward. In some tornadoes smaller vortices develop inside the main circulation.
Most of the damage caused by tornadoes is the result of extremely powerful winds.
Tornadoes are a product of severe thunderstorms, and so are accompanied by thunder, lightning, heavy rain, strong winds, and sometimes hail.
Tornadoes are associated with funnel clouds.
The two main dangers are collapsing structures and flying debris as a result of extreme winds.
Tornadoes are most often associated with a rotating thunderstorm called a supercell. Supercells are the most powerful thunderstorms on Earth, capable of generating very large hail and straight-line winds in excess of 100 mph in addition to tornadoes.
Both tornadoes and blizzards are dangerous storms the produce strong winds. Both are generally associated with low barometric pressure, as are nearly all storms.
Tornadoes can have winds over 300 mph. Tornadoes this strong are extremely rare though.
Wind causes most of the damage associated with tornadoes. In rare cases, tornadic winds can reach over 300 mph.
They don't. While it is fairly common for a hurricane to produce tornadoes, most tornadoes are not associated with hurricanes. The thunderstorms that produce tornadoes may produce strong, even hurricane-force winds, but that does not make them hurricanes.
When thunderstorms occur with strong, intense winds. tornadoes form when those winds start to rotate tornadoes form
Yes. Tornadoes produce powerful winds that rotate about a central axis and move up. Outside the tornado wind spirals inward. In some tornadoes smaller vortices develop inside the main circulation.
The winds in tornadoes are extremely fast. The winds can push against and tear away at objects. Winds in tornadoes often carry flying debris that causes damage on impact.