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A funnel cloud that touches the ground is a tornado.
a funnel cloud touching the ground is then called a tornado
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado.
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A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
A tornado that has touched the ground is called a funnel cloud.
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
True, but not that the funnel itself does not have to reach the ground, just the violent vortex associated with it.
A funnel shaped cloud is called a funnel cloud. If it touches the ground it is called a tornado.
Not always. The funnel is only the portion of the tornado that is visible. The winds of a tornado at ground level may still be capable of causing significant damage even if the visible funnel does not reach ground level. When this occurs it is usually evidenced by swirling dust or debris beneath the funnel. That is usually enough to report a tornado. Oftentimes, though, the funnel does touch the ground in which case there is definitely a tornado. Also of note is that sometimes you have a funnel that does not produce damaging winds on the ground. These are not counted in tornado statistics.
All funnel clouds touch the clouds. A funnel cloud that touched the ground is called a tornado.
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