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Tornadoes typically happen when thunderstorms develop, usually along a boundary between warm and cold air masses. If, in addition to wind shear the wind is blowing at different speeds and directions at different altitudes the air starts to roll, this is called wind shear. This rolling air can get pulled into the updraft of a thunderstorm, creating a powerful, rotating updraft called a mesocyclone. As the storm intensifies a downdraft, called a rear flank downdraft or RFD descends from the storm and wraps around the mesocyclone. tightening and intensifying the rotation, and bringing it down to the ground to form a tornado.

A tornado can potentially destroy everything in it's path. Tornadoes destroy with strong winds ranging from 65 to over 300mph and flying debris which the tornado kicks up with its winds.

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