No, they can be anywhere in the storm after a wall cloud forms. :)
No. Althgouh this is where tornadoes typically form, they can also form near the leading edge.
No. A tornado is a microscale storm, as very few tornadoes get to be over 2 kilometers in diameter.
It depends on the storm, but in most cases a tornado will form in the rear portion of a supercell, near the boundary between the updraft and the downdraft.
Tornadoes are often but not always accompanied by hail. However, the hail is not a result of the tornado itself but the storm that produces the tornado.
Tornadoes themselves cannot be seen from space because they are blocked from above by the thunderstorms that produce them. The link below shows a storm satellite of a storm system that was producing tornadoes at the time the picture was taken. The tornadoes themselves formed under the storms that are seen as the right-hand branch of the spiral-shaped system. Again, what you are seeing is the storm that produced the tornadoes, not the tornadoes themselves. At this resolution individual tornadoes would be too small to see anyway.
No. Most tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. Most southern hemisphere tornadoes spin clockwise. There are also anticyclonic tornadoes, which spin in the opposite direction than is normal for their hemispheres. Only about .1% to 1% of tornadoes are anticyclonic.
Tornadoes usually form in the southwest portion of a thunderstorm, which is usually the rear part.
Tornadoes require thunderstorms to develop. Tornadoes form in the updraft portion of a thunderstorm, which, due to the way wind shear works, is usually in the rear part of the storm.
Most tornadoes are associated with a type of storm called a supercell.
No. A tornado is a microscale storm, as very few tornadoes get to be over 2 kilometers in diameter.
Tornadoes are most often spawned by a type of storm called a supercell.
It depends on the storm, but in most cases a tornado will form in the rear portion of a supercell, near the boundary between the updraft and the downdraft.
Tornadoes
Supercells are normally associated with tornadoes.
Tornadoes are often but not always accompanied by hail. However, the hail is not a result of the tornado itself but the storm that produces the tornado.
People who study tornadoes are a type of meteorologist.
Tornadoes are studied by meteorologist, some of whom are storm chasers.
The strongest tornadoes produce the fastest winds of any storm on earth, but tornadoes are small compared to most storms.