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The common statement is that tornadoes develp when warm and cold air collide, but this grossly oversimplifies what is going on. The collision of warm and cold air masses is not the direct cause of tornadoes nor, is it completely necessary. If there is enough instability in the warm air mass, the collision can lead to the formation of thunderstorms. If a few other conditions are right these storms might go on to produce tornadoes. However such storms may also form wheredry air pushes into moist air. They can sometimes even form from convective storm systems without any colliding air masses.

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