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What causes a tornado?
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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