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Keywords:
Funnel,
Violent,
Cumulonimbus,
Whirl,
Twister
A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone<-- twister -->.
A violent whirl, generally cyclonic in sense, averaging about 100 miles in diameter and with an intense vertical current at the centre. Associated winds may attain speeds of about 200 knots. Heavy rain, and generally thunder and lightning, occur with the tornado. The term 'tornado' has also been used for thunderstorm squalls in West Africa.
The most violent vortex storm on earth. Most commonly, tornados originate within a thunderstorm, although other processes can produce weaker tornados. Tornado strength can be classified on the Fujita scale of intensity which numbers from 0 to 5. F5 tornados are the most destructive known, with winds over 250 possible. F0 tornados are the weakest, though they can still produce significant damage.
A violent, rotating column of air touching the ground; funnel cloud that touches the ground (see funnel cloud and waterspout).
a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending to the thunderstorm base, often seen extending from near the wall cloud. It can be a few yards across to a mile wide.
A wild, rotating column of air, usually attached to a cloud at the top and touching the ground. It nearly always starts off as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise, like a train coming.
A violently rotating column of air, reaching down from a cumulonimbus cloud and touching the ground. Generally observed as funnel-shaped, it is the most destructive of all storm-scale atmospheric phenomena. They occur only in certain areas of the world and are most frequent in the United States in an area bounded by the Rockies on the west and the Appalachians in the east.
A whirlwind or mass of rotating air with high wind speeds at its center.
A whirling wind over land, accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud. It is usually very violent and destructive in a narrow path, often for many miles.
A rotating column of air usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud and having a vortex several hundred yards in diameter whirling destructively at speeds of up to 500 miles (800 kilometers) per hour. Tornadoes are complex interactions of temperature, pressure, and humidity.
A violently rotating column of air, usually pendant to a cumulonimbus, with circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena. [Go to source
A near-vertical, funnel-shaped cloud in which air rotates extremely rapidly around the axis of the funnel.
extremely violent, localized storm with a characteristic funnel produced by extreme low pressure, enormous wind speeds, and debris circulating around it. Wind velocities can reach 200 miles per hour. They form as funnel clouds from thunderstorms and hurricanes.
A violent storm characterized by strong swirling winds and updrafts; tornadoes form when a strong cold front pushes under a warm, moist air mass over the land.
small, very intense wind vortex with extremely low air pressure in center
A strong, rotating column of air that reaches the ground.
a column of violently rotating air, spawned by a thunderstorm, which is connected from the thunderstorm cloud to the ground
a column of violently rotating winds extending down from a thunderstorm cloud and
a dangerous storm and should never be taken lightly
a dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops in climate conditions that, in the United States, are generally unique to the central and southern plains and the Gulf states
a destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud
a fast rotating column of air extending from thunder clouds to the ground
a funnel cloud on the ground
a funnel-shaped cloud that descends on land, creating havoc and destruction in its wake
a funnel-shaped cloud that touches the ground
a funnel shaped column of air that rotates violently, extends from a thunderstorm, and touches the ground
a funnel-shaped, rotating column of air that occurs when two air currents coming from opposite directions meet up
a highly destructive, rapidly flowing funnel cloud that emerges from a violent thunderstorm and reaches to the ground
a localised and violently destructive windstorm
a localized, but extremely destructive whirlwind that descends from the base
a local, short-term phenomenon that forms a funnel of air typically about a hundred meters across
a narrow, funnel shaped column of spiral winds that extends downward from the cloud base and touches the ground
a natural disaster resulting from a thunderstorm
a natural storm disaster created when a front of hot, humid air and a front of cool, dry air collide in the atmosphere
an example of clouds twisted to the shape of wind
an extremely violent and destructive whirlwind
an intense, rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm cloud to the ground
a powerful rotating funnel of air
a powerful storm which is created when moist, warm air gets trapped beneath a stable layer of cold, dry air within layer of warm, dry air
a powerful, twisting wind storm, no wonder some people call them TWISTERS
a powerful, twisting windstorm (now that really does sound like Dad
a rapidly rotating column of air accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that causes great destruction
a rapidly rotating column of air extending to the ground from a thunderstorm cloud
a rapidly rotating column of air that descends from the base of a large cumulonimbus cloud (thunderstorm)
a rapidly rotating column of air that extends downward from a thunderstorm cloud to the ground
a rapidly rotating narrow air column extending from the updraught base of a Cb to the ground
a rapidly rotating vortex or funnel of air extending from a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground
a rapidly spinning column of air formed in severe thunderstorms
a rapid rotating column of air that comes down from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground
a relatively small, but extremely powerful vortex of winds in the shape of a funnel
a rotating column of air rapidly whirling upward
a rotating column of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm cloud to the ground
a rotating funnel cloud that extents to the ground from a mass of dark clouds
a rotating funnel of air that extends from a cloud to the ground that usually accompanies severe thunderstorms
a small, powerful windstorm over land
a spinning column of air called a vortex
a spinning funnel of air
a spiral that leaves a path of destruction in its wake
a storm with very high winds that form a funnel cloud
a strong wind in the shape of a funnel that destroys everything in its path as it hits the ground
a structure of air in air
a swirl of wind rising into a thunderstorm
a terrible rotating column of air that touches the ground
a very much more local and destructive storm of wind, often described as a 'whirlwind' or, in the USA, as a 'twister'
a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land
a violently destructive and localized windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
a violently rotating columnar vortex of air, pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often visible as a funnel cloud touching the ground or the sea
a violently rotat in g column of air that extends from a thunderstorm cloud to the earth's surface
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