When a tornado touches down it means that it has reached the ground and can now cause damage.
Prior to touching down a funnel cloud is usually visible, hanging fro the base of the thunderstorm. It does not qualify as a tornado until damaging winds reach ground level.
A funnel cloud becomes a tornado when it makes contact with the ground. Until that point, it is just a rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm cloud. Once it touches down, it is classified as a tornado.
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is commonly known as a tornado.
A tornado is a rotating column of air that extends downward from a cloud and touches the ground.
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.
The 4 stages are:The organizing stage where the tornado touches down and intensifies.The mature state when the tornado is at its largest and usually its strongest.The shrinking stage in which a tornado begins to lose energy.The rope stage where a tornado starts to break up.
A satellite tornado is a tornado that touches down near and usually orbits a larger tornado within the same mesocyclone.
When a tornado touches down it means it has reached the ground and can now cause damage. It is not a tornado until this occurs,
The process of a tornado forming is called tornado genesis. Usually a tornado is a funnel cloud before it touches down.
A tornado that touches the ground is simply a tornado. Before it touches down it is called a funnel cloud.
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A funnel cloud becomes a tornado when it makes contact with the ground. Until that point, it is just a rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm cloud. Once it touches down, it is classified as a tornado.
A funnel cloud is typically visible before a tornado touches down
none but tornadoes only can produced other tornadoes after a tornado touches down None, tornadoes can not cause another natural disaster but it is possible that once a tornado touches the ground that it may spawn other tornadoes.
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Yes. It is not officially counted as a tornado unless it touches the ground.
When a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado.
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is commonly known as a tornado.