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Tornado Categories

(Section 3.2.1.5.2)

Tornadoes can be classified into the following distinct formation groups:

Type I – in association with supercells

Type II – in association with quasi-linear convective systems; and 

Type III – localized convective and shear vortices. These comprise: Landspouts, Waterspouts and Cold-air funnels.

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