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A tornado that touches the ground is simply a tornado. Before it touches down it is called a funnel cloud.

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What are the names of all the tornadoes that have hit the ground?

not tornadoes do not have names they only get named by the place where they touch down


Do tornadoes usually hit earth or ground?

Tornadoes typically hit the ground, causing damage to structures and landscapes in their path. By definition, a tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground.


Why do some people call tornadoes twisters?

Because when tornadoes hit the ground they spin in a cyclone-like vortex of wind, dust and debris.


What are spiraling columns of air during a thunderstorm called?

They are called tornadoes. Tornadoes are violent rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground.


Because of their shape when seen from the ground tornadoes are sometimes called?

Funnel clouds


What place is it called where all tornadoes hit?

The stretch of land hit by a tornado is referred to as its damage path. If you are referring to a particular region where all the world's tornadoes occur, there is none as tornadoes can happen almost anywhere. However the place that get s more tornadoes than anywhere else is called Tornado Alley.


When did the tornadoes hit us?

Tornadoes hit the U.S. every year.


Years which tornadoes hit in the US?

Tornadoes hit the U.S. every year.


How hard can tornadoes hit?

tornadoes hit very hard very hard


Why are lower parts of tornadoes often very dark?

Tornadoes often lift soil from the ground. This soil usually scatters as it is picked up, so it is usually most visible in the bottom portion of the tornado. This dust whirl as it is called will take on the color of the area's soil, and many tornadoes happen to hit areas with dark colored soils.


When a spinning column of air touches the ground is it called a tornadoes?

If it is in contact with cloud base as well, then yes.


Do tornadoes never touch the ground?

Yes, tornadoes do touch the ground. If the don't they are not considered tornadoes. However, in order to qualify the visible funnel does not have to reach ground winds, just the vortex of wind.

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