Timeline for Tornados from landspouts or gustnados
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| Aug 20, 2019 at 13:18 | comment | added | R. Emery | I didnt say they form from dust devils. I said they form from dust devils that get pulled into the storm. And of course they intensify from the top down. So what? | |
| Aug 19, 2019 at 2:06 | comment | added | haresfur | Dust devils form near ground at times without the major storms that form tornadoes. Tornadoes form from above, starting at the clouds and then propagate downward (not always reaching the ground). The dynamics of how the turbulence in the atmosphere twists into the form of a tornado is well described. So this answer is correct, tornadoes don't form from dust devils. | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 9:40 | comment | added | R. Emery | None of that contradicts anything I said | |
| Aug 18, 2019 at 9:31 | history | answered | Michael Walsby | CC BY-SA 4.0 |