A tornado starts from the mesocyclone, or strong, rotating updraft, of a supercell. A supercell is a type of especially powerful, rotating thunderstorm.
Humans cannot start tornadoes.
A typical tornado lasts 1-5 minutes.
Unlike hurricane season there are not official limits to tornado season. However, generally tornado season lasts from lat march though June. However significant tornado outbreaks can occur at almost any time of year.
A tornado may start dying due to a decrease in the warm, moist air feeding into the storm, or if it becomes wrapped in rain-cooled air that stifles its rotation. Additionally, if the parent thunderstorm that spawned the tornado weakens or moves away, the tornado may dissipate.
Tornadoes start as a funnel cloud, becoming a tornado when they reach the ground.
No. A plane cannot start a tornado.
Yes. A tornado can start on a hill just as easily as it would on a plain.
Humans cannot start tornadoes.
The "fire tornado" forms from the fire; it doesn't really matter how the fire starts. Also, a "fire tornado" is more properly called a fire whirl as it technically isn't a tornado.
The first known use of the word "tornado" was in 1556.
Yes, in fact a thunderstorm is the only thing that can produce a tornado.
A typical tornado lasts 1-5 minutes.
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Out of its way would be a good start.
Thunderstorms form and start rotating. This rotation can then tighten asn intensify into a tornado.
There was never a "Katrina tornado"Hurricane Katrina first formed on August 23, 2005.
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