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The 4 stages are:

  1. The organizing stage where the tornado touches down and intensifies.
  2. The mature state when the tornado is at its largest and usually its strongest.
  3. The shrinking stage in which a tornado begins to lose energy.
  4. The rope stage where a tornado starts to break up.
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