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No, a tornado is a violent, rotating wind storm. The funnel cloud formed by a tornado is usually small compared with other clouds.

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What type of cloud is in a tornado?

The cloud that forms the visible part of a tornado is called a funnel cloud.


Is the dark base of a tornado called the wall 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.


What do you call a tornado that does not touch the ground?

A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.


What does a tornado come out of?

A tornado usually emerges from a wall cloud, which is at the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.


Is a funnel cloud a tornado?

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.


What is a name for a funnel cloud touching the ground?

A funnel cloud that touches the ground is commonly known as a tornado.


When the tip of the funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a?

tornado clouds


What is the relationship between a funnel cloud and a tornado?

A funnel cloud is a developing tornado that has not reached the ground.


How is a tornado different from a funnel cloud?

A funnel cloud is like a tornado only it does not reach the ground.


A tornado starts out as a what?

A tornado starts out as a funnel cloud.


Is a tornado a 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.


What are condensation funnel cloud and debris 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.