*tornado*

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*LIST OF TORNADOS*

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*from spanish “tronada”*
(meaning “thunderstorm”)

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(a tornado is a rapidly rotating column of ‘air’ that is in contact with both the surface of the earth + a cumulonimbus cloud)

(or – in rare cases – the base of a ‘cumulus cloud’)

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‘F0’ – ‘F5’
(‘5’ being the strongest)
(“the fujita scale’)
(based on ‘

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(they are often referred to as twisters, whirlwinds or cyclones, although the word ‘cyclone’ is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the center around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the ‘southern’)

(‘tornadoes’ come in many shapes and sizes, and they are often visible in the form of a condensation funnel originating from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, with a cloud of rotating debris and dust beneath it)

(most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating)

(the most extreme tornadoes can attain wind speeds of more than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km))

(various types of tornadoes include the ‘multiple vortex tornado’, ‘landspout’, and ‘waterspout’)

(‘waterspouts’ are characterized by a spiraling funnel-shaped wind current, connecting to a large cumulus or ‘cumulonimbus cloud’)

(they are generally classified as ‘non-supercellular tornadoes’ that develop over bodies of water, but there is disagreement over whether to classify them as ‘true tornadoes’)

(these spiraling columns of air frequently develop in tropical areas close to the equator, and are less common at high latitudes)

(other tornado-like phenomena that exist in nature include the ‘gustnado’, ‘dust devil’, ‘fire whirls’, and ‘steam devil’)

(tornadoes have been observed and documented on every continent except ‘antarctica’)

(however, the vast majority of tornadoes occur in the ‘Tornado Alley’ region of the ‘United States’, although they can occur nearly anywhere in ‘North America’)

(they also occasionally occur in south-central and eastern ‘asia’, northern and east-central ‘South America’, ‘Southern Africa’, northwestern and southeast ‘Europe’, western and southeastern ‘Australia’, and ‘New Zealand’)

(‘tornadoes’ can be detected before or as they occur through the use of ‘Pulse-Doppler’ radar by recognizing patterns in ‘velocity’ and ‘reflectivity’ data, such as ‘hook echoes’ or ‘debris balls’, as well as through the efforts of ‘storm spotters’)

(there are several scales for rating the ‘strength’ of tornadoes)

(the ‘fujita scale’ rates tornadoes by damage caused and has been replaced in some countries by the updated ‘Enhanced Fujita Scale’)

(an F0 or EF0 tornado, the weakest category, damages trees, but not substantial structures)

(an F5 or EF5 tornado, the strongest category, rips buildings off their foundations and can deform large skyscrapers)

(the similar TORRO scale ranges from a T0 for extremely weak tornadoes to T11 for the most powerful known tornadoes)

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<‘doppler’ radar data>, ‘photogrammetry’, and ‘ground swirl patterns’ (‘cycloidal marks’) may also be analyzed to determine intensity and assign a ‘rating’)

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