DOES THE TORNADO FORM IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF ALL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS?
NO! The tornado forms in the rear of the storm. Because 90% to 95% of supercells move from SW to NE almost all tornadoes are found in the SW part of the storm. This tornado formed in the rear part of the storm like tornadoes do in all supercells, because the supercell was moving to the NE the rear was in the SW. Rare supercells sometimes move to the SE and the tornado is found in the NW, which is the rear of the storm. Some tornadoes form along gust fronts and are called gust-front tornadoes or “gustnadoes” by some. Research is ongoing and many ideas may change in the near future concerning “gustnadoes”. At the present meteorologists feel that all long-lived and powerful tornadoes are spawned by supercell thunderstorms, most of the short-lived and weaker tornadoes are spawned in other ways, while some of the weak tornadoes are from supercells.
