Life cycle of a Tornadoes
Beginning StagesWhen a storm begins to turn into a tornado, signs and features begin to appear. Signs such as heavy rain, lots of lightning, strong gusty winds and clouds gathering together to make a rotation. Since most EF-3 to EF-5 are Super-Celled tornadoes contain mesocyclones, a radius of effect are rotating approximately 2-10 km or 1-6 miles. The downdrafts accelerates until the condensation funnel hits the Earth's Surface
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Secondary StagesAs the tornado begins its progresses the mesocyclone comes below the clouds and begins forming a funnel which will eventually hit the ground. While coming down the mesocyclones collects cool, moist air from the regions of the storm. As the downdraft continues, the updraft begins to become stronger. As the updraft continues to intensify, the storm's funnel creates a low pressure area forms into a visible form of the condensation funnel.
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Third StagesOnce coming in contact with the ground and causing severe damage to thee ground, the tornado maintains a good source of warm air and moist air to the tornado and grows to its mature stages. As the tornado can last between few minutes towards an hour and during the time of its existence, it can cause heavy damage. Towards the end of it's lifespan, the rear flank downdraft begins to wrap the tornado which cuts it's warm air supply
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Fourth and Final StagesAs the tornadoes life comes to an end it begins to dissipate. This occurs when the rear flank downdraft begins to choke the tornado causing it to lose its air supply and the vortex of the tornado begins to become weaker. The dissipating states doesn't last longer at most a few minutes. When the tornado becomes to fizzle, it can still cause some damage until the tornado is truly gone. When the mesocyclone of a dissipated tornado is gone, it goes with a new mesocyclone to create a new tornado. Then the cycle repeats itself
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