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Why do tornadoes form from clouds?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

It is not so much the could themselves that form tornadoes but thunderstorms. Tornadoes typically form from a thunderstorm's rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. The energy that powers all thunderstorms comes from latent heat released as water vapor condenses to form clouds. Some of this energy may be passed on though wind currents to produce a tornado.

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