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      https://www.windy.com/ar/-القمر-الصناعي-satellite?satellite,14.518,43.248,6

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        Ahmed A.AS Banned
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        These two phenomena are not tornadoes but only wind whirls, and this happens frequently but in small ranges at small fields, streets, even at rooftops.

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          vsinceac @Ahmed A.AS | Premium
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          Nope, they are real tornaodes, issued from cumulonimbus, nothing to do with urban whirlwinds. A beautiful double Waterspout (the right term for "tornado over sea", reported as such in ICAO/WMO reports). More detailed video

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            Ahmed A.AS Banned @vsinceac
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            @vsinceac The wind was not strong enough to name these two whirls as tornadoes, this naming is misleading.

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              vsinceac @Ahmed A.AS | Premium
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              There are several types of Tornadoes, as described by WMO here.
              As far as they can whirl from Cumulonimbus cloud down to Earth (or rather vice-versa), wind is enough strong and they remain Tornadoes. None of them may happen on city streets/roofs without a big fat Cumulonimbus cloud upside...

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