Science & Life Skills

Learn how powerful tornadoes form from thunderstorms and what makes them so dangerous.

We learned that tornadoes are spinning columns of air that form in special thunderstorms called supercells.

We learned that rising air is the first ingredient for tornado formation, created when condensation releases heat and creates powerful updrafts.

We learned how a mesocyclone forms and becomes a tornado when the spinning funnel of air touches the ground.

We learned that tornadoes eventually end when temperature differences disappear or moisture dries up, causing the storm to lose power.

How do tornadoes form? - James Spann