Supercell Thunderstorms
- Supercells are indeed impressive storms, generating hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.
- most all significant tornadoes are produced by supercells
- can persist for 12 hours at a time and can travel hundreds of miles
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Online Guides- They form in an environment that has large instability and large vertical wind shear
- Supercells are unique in that the storms updraft rotates. This rotating updraft is called a mesocyclone
- How does the mesocyclone form within a supercell?
