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Generally waterspouts are only as strong as very weak tornadoes. However, some waterspouts, known as tornadic waterspouts, are basically tornadoes that just happen to be on water and can be just as strong as their land based counterparts.

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Is a water tornado stronger than a land tornado?

"Water tornadoes," which are called waterspouts, are divided into two categories. Fair-weather waterspouts, are structured differently and generally weaker than classic tornadoes. Tornadic waterspouts are ordinary tornadoes that happen to be on water, they are just as strong as ordinary tornadoes.


What happens when a water spout tornado goes on land?

Fair weather (non tornadic) waterspouts usually dissipate once they hit land. A tornadic waterspout just continues on land as a regular tornado.


Would a tornado develop on land or in the water?

Tornadoes can form on both land and water, but are most commonly seen on land.


Do tornadoes form on water or land?

They can form on either on water or on land, but it is more common for them to form on land. A tornado on water is called a waterspout.


Was there ever been a tornado in Henderson lake?

If there ever was one on the lake it would be a water spout not a tornado. Tornadoes are on land not water. A water spout is on the water.


What is a tornado that doesn't occur on land?

A tornado that doesn't reach all the way down is a funnel cloud. A tornado on water is a waterspout.


What a tornado looks like?

A waterspout it a tornado that forms on a body of water. It looks like a land formed tornado but on a smaller scale.


Is the most dangerous tornado and violent tornado a cyclone?

No. Cyclones and tornadoes are completely different phenomena.


Does a tornado move in a narrow path along the ground and over water?

A tornado moves in a relatively narrow path on land


What is stronger a twister or tornado?

Neither. A tornado and a twister are the same thing.


Which is stronger the huracan or the tornado?

A hurricane releases more energy overall because it is bigger, but a tornado can produce stronger winds.


What happens to a waterspout when it hits land?

None really. A waterspout occurs on water and a landspout is essentially the same thing on land. Though a smaller percentage of waterspouts are actually classic supercell tornadoes on water.