Why are tornados only in wide-open, flat places?
from UsaToday This picture and more are from a tornado in california and can be seen here California has had two unique tornado events in the past decade. In 1998, an F-2 tornado in Sunnyvale was the first anticyclonic supercell and anticyclonic tornado to be documented with the WSR-88D NEXRAD radar. And in July 2004, the highest-elevation tornado ever observed in the USA. was photographed along Rockwell Pass in the Sequoia National Park, at an elevation of about 12,000 feet. The ideal conditions are warm and moist air. Strong winds high up where th
