I know how tornadoes work, or at least how we think they work, but I’m confused as to what exactly they are. Are they an independent system INSIDE the parent storm (usually supercells) or are they THE storm?
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There’s not a sharp line of what counts as “a” storm, so there’s no objective answer to your question. But it’s probably closest to say that they’re part of the storm. They’re not independent of it, since they’re spawned by the parent storm’s rotation, but they’re usually much smaller than the storm as a whole.
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