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Tornadoes can form on both land and water, but are most commonly seen on land.

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Does a tornado develop over warm water?

No, tornadoes usually develop over land. Hurricanes develop e over warm water.


Was there ever been a tornado in Henderson lake?

If there ever was one on the lake it would be a water spout not a tornado. Tornadoes are on land not water. A water spout is on the water.


Does a hurricane or tornado spawn off the ocean?

Hurricanes can only develop over warm ocean water. Tornadoes can form on water but usually form on land.


What is a tornado on water called not waterspouts?

Waterspout is the correct term. If a tornado forms on water by the same mechanisms that it would form on land (i.e. from the mesocyclone of a supercell) it is called a tornadic waterspout.


What happens when a water spout tornado goes on land?

Fair weather (non tornadic) waterspouts usually dissipate once they hit land. A tornadic waterspout just continues on land as a regular tornado.


Do tornadoes form on water or land?

They can form on either on water or on land, but it is more common for them to form on land. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.


What is a tornado that doesn't occur on land?

A tornado that doesn't reach all the way down is a funnel cloud. A tornado on water is a waterspout.


What a tornado looks like?

A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.


Can a waterspout go over land?

Yes, a waterspout can occasionally move over land if it forms over a body of water and then moves inland. As it moves over land, it is known as a tornado rather than a waterspout. Waterspouts are essentially tornadoes over water.


Is the most dangerous tornado and violent tornado a cyclone?

No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.


What is a waterspout from a tornado?

A waterspout is an intense columnar vortex (usually appearing as a funnel-shaped cloud) that occurs over a body of water and is connected to a cumuliform cloud. In other words, a tornado on water.


Does a tornado move in a narrow path along the ground and over water?

A tornado moves in a relatively narrow path on land