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Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. Tornadoes can form just about anywhere.

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Do tornadoes normally form in tropical oceans?

No, tornadoes typically form over land in association with thunderstorms. Waterspouts, which are tornadoes that form over water, can occur in tropical oceans under specific conditions, but they are generally much weaker than tornadoes that form over land.


What are three ways in which a tornado is different from a hurricane?

Three major differences between tornadoes and hurricanes areHurricanes are much bigger than tornadoes, typically hundred of miles across while tornadoes are usually under a quarter mile wide.A hurricane is an independent, self sustaining storm system while a tornado depends on a parent thunderstorm.Hurricanes only form over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land and can form in virtually any climate short of polar.


Who studies hurricanes and tornadoes?

Meteorologists study hurricanes and tornadoes. They use data from satellites, radars, and weather stations to monitor and track these weather phenomena. Their research helps improve our understanding of these severe storms and how they form.


Do tornadoes develop above warm ocean water?

No, tornadoes usually form over land, not above warm ocean water. The conditions that lead to tornado formation typically involve warm, moist air near the surface interacting with cooler, drier air aloft. Thunderstorms on land are the main source from which tornadoes develop.


Can a hurricane and tornado form and come together?

They can't combine into a single storm, if that's what you mean, as tornadoes and hurricanes operate on different levels of magnitude within the atmosphere. Howevere, many hurricanes spawn tornadoes in their outer storm bands.

Related Questions

Tornadoes and hurricanes develop over what?

Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water. Tornadoes usually form over land.


Why type of land do tornadoes and hurricanes form over?

Tornadoes can form over just about any sort of terrain but tend to be more common in flat or gently rolling areas. Hurricanes can only form over warm ocean water.


Does Minnesota get hurricanes or tornadoes?

Minnesota gets tornadoes but not hurricanes. Hurricanes form over wam ocean water and do not last very long over land. Minnesota is much too far from the ocean.


Tornados and hurricanes develop over?

Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land.


Where are tornadoes and hurricanes found?

they can be found all over the earth except Antarctica Hurricanes specifically form over tropical ocean waters.


Tornadoes and hurricanes develop over which of the following?

Tornadoes develop over land, typically in the central United States within a specific type of thunderstorm called a supercell. Hurricanes develop over warm ocean waters near the equator, usually in the Atlantic Ocean. Both tornadoes and hurricanes are powerful natural disasters capable of causing significant damage.


What type of surface area do tornadoes and hurricanes form?

Hurricanes can form only open warm ocean water with a temperature of least 80 degrees or 26 celsius. Tornadoes can form over land or water. A tornado formed over water is called a waterspout. Tornadoes can almost anywhere in the world with the right weather conditions. Their have been tornadoes on six continents. Hurricanes form in the tropics and then follow paths that take them either over land or they or they stay over the open ocean.


Can hurricanes and tornadoes are both spinning stormes that start over water?

No. Hurricanes start over water and tornadoes are on land.


Is a hurricane usually formed in the midwestern us?

No. Hurricanes can't form over land. Hurricanes typically form over the Atlantic Ocean. The Midwestern U.S. is, however prone to tornadoes.


Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?

Tornadoes and hurricanes are different weather phenomena. Tornadoes are rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground, while hurricanes are large, rotating storms that form over warm ocean waters. They are not the same and have different characteristics and impacts.


Do tornadoes normally form in tropical oceans?

No, tornadoes typically form over land in association with thunderstorms. Waterspouts, which are tornadoes that form over water, can occur in tropical oceans under specific conditions, but they are generally much weaker than tornadoes that form over land.


Are they tornadoes or hurricanes in Madagascar?

There have been tornadoes in Madagascar that have caused serious damage. A tropical storm that originates over the Indian Ocean and winds get to 74 miles per hour are called cyclones. Hurricanes form over the Atlantic Ocean. Typhoons form over the Pacific Ocean.