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Yes. The funnel of a tornado does not have to reach the ground for the circulation to touch down. If there is swirling debris on the ground beneath a funnel cloud then the tornado has touched down and, if it is more than just dirt being lifted, is probably doing damage.
A satellite tornado is a tornado that touches down near and usually orbits a larger tornado within the same mesocyclone.
A cone-shaped tornado is simple a tornado whose funnel is cone-shaped. Tornado funnels may also appear rope-like, column-like, or appear wispy. The shape and size of a tornado do not necessarily indicate how strong the tornado is.
a tornado is formed by a thunderstorm
A tornado descends from the base of a thunderstorm.
Yes. A few people have been killed while storm chasing. Though oddly, no storm chaser has yet been killed by a tornado.
No. A tornado would be a major distraction that would prevent you from doing your homework.
Yes. The funnel of a tornado does not have to reach the ground for the circulation to touch down. If there is swirling debris on the ground beneath a funnel cloud then the tornado has touched down and, if it is more than just dirt being lifted, is probably doing damage.
Strong and rotating updrafts within a thunderstorm create an area of low pressure at the surface. This low pressure draws in winds from the surrounding area, causing them to spin faster and form a tornado.
tornado in Portuguese is tornado too
Well, honey, the prepositional phrase in that sentence is "of houses." It's hanging out there, doing its job, giving a little extra information about which roofs were blown away. So, there you have it, prepositional phrases doing their thing in the middle of a tornado.
No, it is not possible to stop a tornado with another tornado. Tornadoes are formed by specific weather conditions in the atmosphere, and introducing another tornado would not have any effect on the existing tornado.
a tornado?
When a storm spawns a tornado it produce a tornado.
Tornado.
No, a tornado watch is issued when the general weather conditions can produces tornadoes. If a tornado is spotted a tornado warning is issued.
Yes. Baltimore was hit by an F2 tornado in 1973, an F0 tornado in 1996, an EF1 tornado in 2010, and an EF0 tornado in 2013.