No, a tornado is a violent, rotating wind storm. The funnel cloud formed by a tornado is usually small compared with other clouds.
A tornado watch is issued if general conditions in a region (usually covering a state or two) are favorable for the formation of tornadoes. This usually means that severe thunderstorms will be forming in an area of strong wind shear. A tornado warning is issued for a county-sized area if a tornado or funnel cloud has been reported or detected or if signs within a thunderstorm indicate that one may form soon.
A tornado warned storm is a thunderstorm for which a tornado warning has been issued, indicating that it is capable of producing a tornado. A tornado threat is a general term that refers to the danger tornadoes may pose to an area during a particular storm.
On its own, tornado is simply a noun. As with any noun, whether it is the subject or the object depends on how it is used in the sentence. In this sentence, "tornado" is the subject while "houses" is the object: "The tornado destroyed several houses." In this one, "tornadoes" is the object: "I saw a tornado."
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Tornado is a common noun.
The cloud that forms the visible part of a tornado is called a funnel 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.
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
A tornado usually emerges from a wall cloud, which is at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.
Not technically. It is the beginning of a tornado, but they are categorized differently. It is not considered a tornado until it reaches the ground with damaging winds.
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is commonly known as a tornado.
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A funnel cloud is a developing tornado that has not reached the ground.
A funnel cloud is like a tornado only it does not reach the ground.
A tornado starts out as a funnel 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.
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.