Skipping tornado

A skipping tornado is a vaguely defined term which refers to a tornado which has a discontinuous damage path. This may be due to several factors:

1. The tornado actually lifting from the surface (which technically makes the two damage paths separate tornadoes)^[1]
2. The tornado passing over a portion of land where there are no structures or vegetation capable of showing damage^[1]
3. The tornado temporarily weakening so that the winds are below the damage threshold of the structures or vegetation being affected.^[1]

See also

• Funnel cloud
• Tornado intensity and damage

References

• Charles A. Doswell III (01 October 2001). "What is a tornado?". http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~doswell/a_tornado/atornado.html. Retrieved 1 April 2011. 
• Tornado trends over the past thirty years (PDF)