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  2. Mesocyclone - Wikipedia

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    For a tornado to form in this manner, a rear-flank downdraft enters the center of the mesocyclone from the back. Cold air, being denser than warm air, is able to penetrate the updraft. The combination of the updraft and downdraft completes the development of a tornado. Tornadoes that form in this method are often violent and can last over an ...

  3. Tornadogenesis - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Tornado - Wikipedia

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    [5] [21] This is a phenomenon that is distinct from a satellite tornado, which is a smaller tornado that forms very near a large, strong tornado contained within the same mesocyclone. The satellite tornado may appear to "orbit" the larger tornado (hence the name), giving the appearance of one, large multi-vortex tornado. However, a satellite ...

  5. Cyclogenesis - Wikipedia

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    The wall clouds do not necessarily need a mesocyclone to form and do not always rotate. As the wall cloud descends, a funnel-shaped cloud may form at its center. This is the first stage of tornado formation. [29] The presence of a mesocyclone is believed to be a key factor in the formation of the strong tornadoes associated with severe ...

  6. Cyclone - Wikipedia

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    A mesocyclone is a vortex of air, 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) to 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in diameter (the mesoscale of meteorology), within a convective storm. [59] Air rises and rotates around a vertical axis, usually in the same direction as low-pressure systems [ 60 ] in both northern and southern hemisphere.

  7. Supercell - Wikipedia

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    The tornado was rated EF3, but many claim it was a tornado EF4. [citation needed] In November 2009, four tornadoes, rated F1 and F2 reached the town of Posadas (capital of the province of Misiones, Argentina), generating serious damage in the city. Three of the tornadoes affected the airport area, causing damage in Barrio Belén.

  8. Photos: Tornadoes rip through Nebraska and Iowa, destroying ...

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    A tornado watch has been issued for parts of western Oklahoma and northwest Texas until 1 p.m. Saturday, with the potential for tennis ball-sized hail and winds reaching up to 70 mph, per CNN.

  9. Wall cloud - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, in most cases, the RFD is responsible for both the birth and the death of a tornado. Usually, but not always, the dry slot occlusion is visible (assuming one's line of sight is not blocked by precipitation) throughout the tornado life cycle. The wall cloud withers and will often be gone by the time the tornado dissipates.