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Perhaps I am wrong, but this is not my understanding of tornadoes. Though not definitive, my brief look at Wikipedia yields this quote: "For a vortex to be classified as a tornado, it must be in contact with both the ground and the cloud base." If clouds are necessary for a tornadoes, then...

Hello all, sorry to revive an old thread. As sometimes happens while I am ruminating about something else, an observation strikes me in a new light, and raises new questions. As also sometimes happens to me, this new thought occurred while I was taking a shower. I have a bit of a slow...