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 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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  • Beautiful tornado with sun shaft, part of sequence
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  • Tornado in mature stage, part of sequence
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  • Mature tornado with condensation funnel, part of sequence
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  • Tornado, rated F1 on the Fujita Scale, part of sequence
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  • Tornado with cylindrical debris cloud, part of sequence
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  • Tornado funnel made visible by stirred up dirt and condensation funnel
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  • Mature tornado on a classic supercell, part of sequence
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  • Tornado dirt column, part of sequence, with condensation funnel
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  • Tornado sequence: debris cloud column of dirt and objects
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  • Tornado sequence: close-up of tornado touchdown with debris cloud
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  • A tornado vortex made visible by its debris cloud (column of dirt)
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  • Late stage landspout tornado with spinning dirt column
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