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Over 20 years studying & forecasting the weather!

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American Meteorological Society
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Careers: Meteorology - tornado formation

Expert: Donald Rosenfeld - 2/4/2009

Question
What causes a tornado?

Answer
Hi Alicia

When strong turbulent weather associated with severe thunderstorms interact with low level wind shear, tornadoes some times form. For a more detailed explanations, see:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/formation.html

http://www.tornadochaser.net/windshear.html

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/#formation1

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

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