A cyclone is bigger than a tornado by far, but a tornado is usually more violent.
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No. First of all, the ratings of tornadoes are based on damage, not size. EF1 is the second weakest category of tornado (there is also an EF0). These tornadoes generally do moderate damage. EF5 is the strongest category. Such tornadoes cause catastrophic damage. Although not always, an EF5 tornado is typically much larger than an EF1.
NO!! Hurricanes can extend over several hundreds of miles. Tornadoes are a very localised event.
There were 152 confirmed tornadoes in Texas in 1980.
There were 37 recorded tornadoes in Florida in 2009.
They are not. Tornadoes are much smaller than cyclones. A true cyclone is generally a few hundred miles across while tornadoes are rarely over a mile wide. Tornadoes are smaller because they form within individual thunderstorms while cyclones are their own weather systems.
Some cyclones produce tornadoes, but most do not.
Cyclones spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.
Cyclones are far larger. Cyclones are hundreds of miles across while tornadoes are usually less than a quarter of a mile wide.
Informally some people do call them cyclones, by this is technically incorrect. While they share some traits, tornadoes and cyclones are different types of weather pattern.
No. Tornadoes and cyclones are different things. A cyclone is a large-scale low pressure system while a tornado is a small-scale vortex within a thunderstorm. Most cyclones are mid-latitude cyclones.
Many tornadoes have a structure similar to the eye of a hurricane, but the only true eyes are in tropical cyclones. In Tornadoes and other storms it is called a weak echo region.
No, tornadoes are associated with cyclones and not anti-cyclones. Tornadoes typically form in association with severe thunderstorms within a cyclonic circulation pattern. Anti-cyclones are areas of high pressure with descending air, which are typically not conducive for tornado formation.
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Yes. Oman can occasionally get tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones can produce tornadoes. That said, such tornadoes are usually weak, so tornadoes like the ones that devastate communities in the U.S. are unlikely.
No. All hurricanes and other tropical cyclones above tropical depression strength get named, however extratropical cyclones are not named. Tornadoes never get names.
Tornadoes, by a considerable amount.