Can tornadoes merge together

Answer 1

Not really, there is a such thing as a multiple vortex tornado. These tornadoes have smaller, stronger vorticies moving around inside of the tornado. Sometimes a multivortex tornado can have the appearance of being two or more tornadoes but it still is one tornado.

Answer 2

Tornadoes do not split. However, a tornado can have smaller vortices, almost like smaller tornadoes, inside of it. Sometimes these are visible as multiple funnels. This is called a multiple vortex tornado.

Answer 3

no but it can lose strengths by the loss of strong updrafts that help maintain tornado rotation that made one reason why tornadoes parent thunderstorm weaken then the tornado weaken or dissipate but theres many ways that an tornado can dissipate by due to the its parent thunderstorm weakening

There are a few circumstance where a tornado may look like it is splitting though. First there are multivortex tornadoes which have a number of smaller, more intense suction vorticies moving around inside the main circulation. Sometimes it creates the appearance of 2 or more tornadoes but is still in fact one tornado.

There are also satellite tornadoes which circle around outside a stronger tornado, though these satellite tornadoes form next to the parent tornado rather than splitting off from them.

Answer 4

There is no real evidnce of tornadoes actually splitting. However, there are multiple vortex, or multivortex tornadoes. These are tornadoes with two or more smaller vortices, sort of like smaller tornadoes, moving around inside the main circulatio. These are somtimes visible as separate funnels.

It is believed that this phenonmenon occurs when a downdraft is forced down the center of a tornado, causing it to expand and then break down. This same effect has been reporduced in simulated tornadoes.

Answer 5

If you mean can tornadoes merge, then yes. It is rare, but it happens.

If you mean can multiple tornadoes form in one event, the answer is also yes. Such incidents are known as tornado outbreaks.

Answer 6

Not really, but there are is a such thing as a multiple vortex tornado.

These are tornadoes with multiple smaller vortices moving around inside with stronger winds than the rest of the tornado. Sometimes a multiple vortex tornado looks like two or more tornadoes swirling around each other, but it still is one tornado.

Some tornadoes can also produce a satellite tornado which circles the main tornado.

Answer 7

Yes, though somewhat unusual this phenomenon has been witnessed and caught on tape.

Answer 8

yes they can just like a tornado in the movie twister. if you have not seen twister it is pretty good but confusing.