Why can’t we “kill” tornadoes before it does too much damage?

Question

Can a big shockwave disrupt a tornado and cease its formation?

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

Sure, but that “skockwave” would typically be called an “explosion”. There is a shortage of majors willing to protect their town from a tornado with a massive, multi-block destroying explosion.

The path of a tornado is very thin, so a wide area effect would cause more harm than the tornado.

The energy in a large thunderstorm is enormous, and when dealing with that amount of energy it’s very difficult to just make it “go away”.