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The funnel cloud marks the location of a vortex where air spirals upward. This vortex formed from a larger vortex called mesocyclone, which was squeezed by a downdraft, causing it to tighten in diameter, intensify, and stretch vertically. This stretching causes it to extend downward.
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What is the difference between a funnel cloud and tornado?
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
What kind of cloud is a rotating column of air that doesn't touch the ground?
funnel
A funnel cloud touching the ground is what?
a funnel cloud touching the ground is then called a tornado
When a tornado has not touched the ground yet what is it called?
A tornado that has touched the ground is called 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.
What do you call a tornado that does not touch the ground?
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
What is the difference between a funnel cloud and tornado?
A tornado has actually touched down on the ground - a funnel cloud is a spinning cloud that has not actually touched the ground.
What is a funnel cloud that touches the cloud?
All funnel clouds touch the clouds. A funnel cloud that touched the ground is called a tornado.
How long does it take for a funnel cloud to touch the ground?
It can take anywhere from just a few seconds, to several minutes, if the funnel cloud reaches the ground at all.
What kind of cloud is a rotating column of air that doesn't touch the ground?
funnel
A funnel cloud touching the ground?
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is a tornado.
What clouds are there in a tornado?
The funnel of a tornado itself is a called a funnel cloud, though this term is usually reserved for when it does not touch the ground. The funnel cloud often emerges from a low-hanging cloud called a wall cloud, which is attatched to the base of a cumulonimbus cloud.
A funnel cloud touching the ground is what?
a funnel cloud touching the ground is then called a tornado
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it become a?
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado.
When the tip of the funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a?
tornado clouds
What is a funnel-shaped cloud called?
A funnel shaped cloud is called a funnel cloud. If it touches the ground it is called a tornado.
When a tornado has not touched the ground yet what is it called?
A tornado that has touched the ground is called a funnel cloud.
