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.
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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."
Tornado is a common noun.
No, it can not happen. You will always need a cloud to form a tornado. The kind of cloud that a tornado uses is a cumulonimbus cloud.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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A funnel cloud is like a tornado only it does not reach the ground.
A funnel cloud is a developing tornado that has not reached the ground.
The wall cloud is a large section of cloud extending down from the base of a thunderstorm. The wall cloud marke the strongest part of the mesocyclone, which is the rotating updraft that can produce a tornado. A funnel cloud or tornado usually extends from the base of a wall cloud.
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.