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Unlike other extreme wind events, air in a tornado moves rapidly upward in addition to rotating rapidly. This upward movement of air creates and upward force, which can lift objects off the ground. The stronger the tornado, the larger the things that can be picked up.
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Can a tornado pick up heavy things?
Yes. Tornadoes are incredibly powerful.
Why can tornadoes pick up whole buildings?
It is actually quite rare for a tornado to pick up an entire building. Such things usually only happen in EF4 and EF5 tornadoes. Such tornadoes have extremely powerful winds that spiral upward. The upward motion can exert more force on a building than gravity does, and thus lift it into their.
Can a tornado pick up an airplane?
Yes. Tornadoes have been known to lift up airplanes.
How do tornadoes pick stuff up?
Air in a tornado move upward rapidly and can carry objects with it.
What is two things that has been nown as to be picked up in a tornado?
Tornadoes have lifted many things. Strong tornadoes have been known to lift up large vehicles, trees, and even buildings.
Can a tornado pick up heavy things?
Yes. Tornadoes are incredibly powerful.
Why can tornadoes pick up whole buildings?
It is actually quite rare for a tornado to pick up an entire building. Such things usually only happen in EF4 and EF5 tornadoes. Such tornadoes have extremely powerful winds that spiral upward. The upward motion can exert more force on a building than gravity does, and thus lift it into their.
Can tornadoes pick up any rare items?
They can pick up endangered animals or plants, and I suppose if a rare jewel was lying around, they could pick it up.
Do tornadoes pick up anything in their way?
No. Most tornadoes are not strong enough to lift very heavy objects. Very violent tornadoes can pick up structures such as houses and churches but even tornadoes like that only produce such winds along a relatively small portion of the damage path.
Can a tornado pick up an airplane?
Yes. Tornadoes have been known to lift up airplanes.
What are the tornadoes made of?
Tornadoes are just rapidly moving columns of air. The reason that they are black is because that is the color of the dirt that they pick up.
Are there such things like double tornadoes?
There are multivortex tornadoes that at times can look like they are made up of two or more tornadoes
Could anyone be picked up by a tornado?
Yes. People have been picked up by tornadoes. Violent tornadoes can pick up objects far larger and heavier than people.
Tornadoes pick up dirt and what else?
It varies depending on where the tornado goes and how strong it is. In addition to dirt even weak tornadoes can pick up pieces of vegetation and any light, loose objects that happen to be in their path. Stronger tornadoes can pick up light vehicles, roofs, and outbuildings. The very strongest tornadoes can lift virtually anything, including whole trees, well-constructed houses, train cars, and even pieces of asphalt.
Can tornadoes carry up water?
Ultimately, all of them do. Most tornadoes do not form on water, but all of them develop from thunderstorms. Thunderstorms ge their energy from moisture in the atmosphere.
How do birds pick up things?
Birds can pick up things with their beaks and claws.
Can tornadoes pick up us?
Most definitely they snatch up houses, trucks, cars, cows etc. a human for a tornado is a light load to pick up and spit out.
