Tornadoes: Stock photos of tornadoes of all shapes, sizes and intensities. The tornado life cycle, stages, and associated cloud features (mesocyclone) are included here.

  • Tornado against a clearing sky
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  • Tornado with slender funnel
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  • Tornado on the backside of a storm
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  • Close-up of tornado with destructive vortex
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  • Mature tornado with well-defined column of debris cloud spray
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  • Slender tornado, stirring up dirt
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  • Long snaky tornado with slender condensation funnel
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  • Slender tornado with debris cloud column
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  • Tornado with well-formed wall cloud but no visible funnel
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  • Expanding debris cloud on a decaying tornado
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  • The dust cloud spreads as a tornado is roping out
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  • Tornado appears menacing but appearances are deceiving
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  • Tornado in the rope stage with a stretched vortex
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  • Skinny rope-like tornado, funnel bent by outflow
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  • Close look shows visible funnel as a measure of tornado strength
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  • Rays of God with twisted tornado, part of sequence
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  • Tornado sequence: weakening tornado vortex is distorted
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  • Tornado sequence: thinning funnel, tornado is beginning to weaken
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  • Tornado sequence: condensation funnel on mature tornado
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  • Tornado sequence: thick tapered funnel inside debris vortex
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