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Tornadoes typically produce a funnel-shaped cloud of condensation.

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

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Is a tornado called a funnel cloud in the ocean?

No. A tornado on the ocean or some other body of water is called a waterspout. A funnel cloud is a tornado that has not yet touched down.


When a tornado has not touched the ground yet what is it called?

When a tornado has not touched the ground yet, it is called a funnel cloud. A funnel cloud is a rotating cone-shaped cloud descending from the base of a thunderstorm but not reaching the ground. Once it touches the ground, it is classified as a tornado.


What is the synomym of funnel cloud?

A funnel cloud may be called a condensation funnel or simply a funnel.


What are the beginnings of a tornado called?

The process of a tornado forming is called tornado genesis. Usually a tornado is a funnel cloud before it touches down.


What is the beginnig of a tornado are called?

funnel cloud storm


What is the funnel of a tornado called?

tornado is often made visible by a distinctive funnel-shaped cloud. Commonly called the condensation funnel, the funnel cloud is a tapered column of water droplets that extends downward from the base of the parent cloud. It is commonly mixed with and perhaps enveloped by dust and debris lifted from the surface.


Is funnel cloud a nickname for tornado?

To some extent, yes. A funnel cloud is the visible portion of a tornado. However, not all funnel clouds are tornadoes. If the winds associated with a funnel cloud do not reach the ground then it is not a tornado. Conversely, if the winds do reach the ground the term funnel cloud is not usually used, and the event is simply called a tornado.


What is a funnel-shaped cloud called?

A funnel-shaped cloud is called a tornado. It is a violent rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornadoes are capable of causing significant damage and are associated with severe weather events.


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 Seymour tornado a funnel tornado?

Not sure what you mean by a funnel tornado. If you are referring to the Seymour, Texas tornado of April 10, 1979, it had a well-defined funnel and it was funnel-shaped. However, it did touch down so it was not merely a funnel cloud.


What is the part of the tornado that touches the ground called?

A tornado that doesn't touch the ground isn't a tornado; it is a funnel cloud. However if the funnel is pulling debris off the ground or making some other type of contact with the ground it is a tornado.