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A tornado is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the surface and a cumuliform cloud base. Tornado formation is caused by the stretching and aggregating/merging of environmental and/or storm-induced vorticity that tightens into an intense vortex. There are various ways this may come about and thus various forms and sub-forms of ...
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service.Tornadoes are “most common in the central plains east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Appalachians.”
Tornadoes can also be spawned as a result of eyewall mesovortices, which persist until landfall. [90] Tornado occurrence is highly dependent on the time of day, because of solar heating. [91] Worldwide, most tornadoes occur in the late afternoon, between 15:00 (3 pm) and 19:00 (7 pm) local time, with a peak near 17:00 (5 pm).
Tornadoes are one of the most dangerous disasters in the world and are capable of causing destruction and fatalities. How do these weather phenomena form?
Tornadoes can form any time the conditions are right. They take many shapes, but they all start the exact same way. Here's what to know.
Tornadoes of 1945. Tornado outbreak of February 12, 1945; Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945; Tornadoes of 1946. List of United States tornadoes in 1946.
Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci explains how, when and where tornadoes form, and how climate change could be affecting these devastating weather events. How climate change could shift where ...
They are most common in the middle latitudes where conditions are often favorable for convective storm development. The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, as well as the strongest and most violent tornadoes. A large portion of these tornadoes form in an area of the central United States popularly known as Tornado Alley. Canada ...