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No, a hurricane is not a tornado over water. A tornado and a hurricane are quite different. A hurricane is a large-scale self-sustaining storm pressure system, typically hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is a small-scale vortex dependent on a parent thunderstorm rarely over a mile wide. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
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What develops over warm ocean water a hurricane or a tornado?
A hurricane. Tornadoes are more often a land-based phenomenon.
What are the odds of getting killed in a hurricane then a tornado?
Zero. If you are killed in a hurricane, you are already dead, so you can't be killed by a tornado.
What will happen if a tornado and a hurricane combined?
A tornado and a hurricane cannot "combine" as they operate on different scales. It is fairly common for tornadoes to produce tornadoes.
Which is the shortest storm thunderstorm hurricane blizzard or tornado?
Of these, tornadoes have the shortest duration.
Does the ocean turn like a tornado during a hurricane?
It dose not turn like a tornado.
Can a tornado have water in it and not be a hurricane?
Tornadoes and hurricanes are two different things. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.
What are synonyms of twister?
Tornado Cyclone Hurricane (with water)
What develops over warm ocean water a hurricane or a tornado?
A hurricane. Tornadoes are more often a land-based phenomenon.
How can hurricane chris become the deadliest tornado?
It can't. A hurricane can't become a tornado.
Can a hurricane be shaped as a tornado?
No, a hurricane is a huge storm hundreds of miles wide. A tornado is tiny by comparison.
What is the duration of Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak?
The duration of Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak is 48 hours.
What is the duration of Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak?
The duration of Hurricane Georges tornado outbreak is 144 hours.
Who do you think will win tornado or hurricane?
a tornado because of when it hit it it keeps going but a hurricane will stop at land
What is the difference between hurricane and thunderstrom?
a hurricane is like a tornado but on water while a thunderstorm is electricity built up in the clouds waiting to strike
Are hurricanes and tornadoes both spinning storms that start over water?
No. While they are both spinning storms, tornadoes, unlike hurricanes, can and frequently do form over land.
Which type of storm only forms over large bodies of warm water?
It is a tornado and a hurricane
Who would win in a fight a tornado or a hurricane?
There is no conflict between a hurricane and a tornado. In fact, hurricanes often produce tornadoes. However, if you were to somehow pitch the force of a hurricane against the force of a tornado, the hurricane would "win" without being significantly affected. Although a tornado can have faster winds than a hurricane, hurricanes are much larger and have several orders of magnitude more energy than a tornado.
