2024年4月3日 · Wedge tornado is a slang term used by meteorologists and storm spotters to describe a wide tornado, but not every large tornado is considered a wedge. In general, a wedge tornado should be...

A landspout, or dust-tube tornado, is a tornado not associated with a mesocyclone. The name stems from their characterization as a "fair weather waterspout on land".

Another type of non-supercell tornado is a landspout. A landspout is a tornado with a narrow, rope-like condensation funnel that forms while the thunderstorm cloud is still growing and there is no rotating updraft - the spinning motion originates near the ground.

Landspouts are a type of tornado that forms during the growth stage of a cumulus congestus or occasionally a cumulonimbus cloud when an updraft stretches boundary layer vorticity upward into a vertical axis and tightens it into a strong vortex.

2023年4月24日 · Wedge tornadoes have several nicknames, including ground scrubbers, as they often scour the Earth along their path. Additionally, EF5 wedge tornadoes are sometimes referred to as the "finger of...

2024年4月3日 · Wedge tornado is a slang term used by meteorologists and storm spotters to describe a wide tornado, but not every large tornado is considered a wedge. In general, a wedge tornado should be...

Landspout is a weak tornado that lasts only for fifteen minutes and not more than that. Although Landspout does not have powerful winds, but it causes damages to possessions and things. This damage may not be severe, but it exists. Another reason due to which it does not cause severe damages is that they formed far from the ground level.

2023年11月29日 · Wedges are the destructive, dangerous breed of tornado. They can extend half a mile in width and reach 30 miles high. The further they stretch from the ground, the bigger the risk becomes, as debris is sent flying higher before it smashes back down.

2019年10月27日 · A wedge tornado is the name storm spotters use for a tornado that takes the shape of a wedge, or an upside-down triangle. Unlike narrow, column-shaped funnel tornadoes, the wedge tornado's straight, sloped sides make it look as wide, or wider, than it is tall.

2022年5月26日 · Wedge tornadoes: A wedge tornado appears wider than tall and can leave a large trail of destruction behind it. Wedge tornadoes are typically defined as major tornadoes, meaning that they are usually rated EF-3 or higher. Some of the largest and most destructive tornadoes in history fall under the wedge tornado type.