Did you know that a tornado over water is called a water spout?

Did you know that a tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the earth's land surface that originates from a thunderstorm?

Did you know that if a tornado is not in contact with the earth's surface that it is a funnel cloud?

Did you know that if it is not rotating then it is a straight-line wind event?

Did you know that if it not does originate from a thunderstorm then it is a dust devil circulation?

Did you know that a typical significant tornado also originates from the updraft region of a strong thunderstorm?

 

Did you know that tornado that occur along the leading edge of a straight-line wind gust fronts are called gustnadoes?

Did you know that a tornado over water is called a water spout?

Did you know that a tornado that forms mainly from the stretching of an updraft is termed a land spout?

Did you know that Radar and storm spotters are two primary sources that tornadoes are identified?

Did you know that the troposphere needs to have instability for a thunderstorm and a tornado to occur?

Did you know that tornadoes produce the most powerful winds on earth?

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