Supercell Research Paper

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A supercell is a organized thunderstorm that has a very strong updraft (4). These tornadoes form from supercell thunderstorms with equal updrafts and downdrafts (7).
Supercell's form in an environment with low atmospheric moisture (10). A rotation helps produce sever weather changes (4). Supercell tornadoes are usually the most dangerous type of tornado (7). Isolation allows them to have more energy and moisture (6). Usually supercell's don't produce that much precipitation (10). Supercell storms usually isolate from other storms
(4). These tornadoes stay on the ground the longest so that makes them the most dangerous
(7). Supercell's are most common in the central part of the U.S but they occur in other parts of the world (10). Sense the supercell

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