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Hail is formed when ice particles are carried up and down within the updraft of a strong thunderstorm. The pieces of ice pass between air that is above and below freezing multiple times. With each cycle a new layer of ice is added. The stronger the updraft the larger the hail can get before falling.

Note the the storm simply needs to have as strong, turbulent updraft to produce hail and does not have to be tornadic.

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Does a tornado have hail?

Tornadoes are often but not always accompanied by hail. However, the hail is not a result of the tornado itself but the storm that produces the tornado.


Where does hail form in relation to a tornado?

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Is a tornado precipitation?

No. Precipitation is water that falls from the sky in some form, such as rain, snow, or hail. A tornado is basically a violent wind storm. While tornadoes are usually accompanied by rain and often by hail, this precipitation is not directly related to the tornado itself.


What is the most difficult weather event to predict?

a hail storm or tornado.


What type of precipitation occurs in a tornado?

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Why does it hail when there's no tornado outside?

Tornadoes themselves are not the cause of hail, thunderstorms are. In order to produce hail a storm must have a strong updraft to keep hailstones in the air as they form and a fairly large amount of turbulence to create the cycle that forms hail. Tornadoes also need a strong updraft to form but also need other factors such as rotation in the storm to form, but this rotation isn't needed for hail.


Was there hail during the joplin tornado?

Yes. The storm that produced the Joplin tornado also produced hail up to 1 inch in diameter in the Joplin area.


Why does hail and rain occur before a tornado is going to hit?

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Can it be possible for hail to fall during a storm tornado and the weather service not know about?

Yes. This is especially possible if the hail or tornado occurs in an unpopulated area far from the nearest radar site.


Does the tornado form after the hail?

Not necessarily. Tornadoes typically form in the rear portion of a supercell thunderstorm, while hail is often found further forward. So in many cases and area will get hail before the tornado moves through. But that that does not mean the tornado has not formed yet.


What are the giant lumps of ice that form during a tornado?

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What are all of the types of precipitation in a tornado storm?

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