Rope

Rope Stage - The dissipating stage of a tornado, characterized by thinning and shrinking of the condensation funnel into a rope (or rope funnel). Damage still is possible during this stage.

ROPE (or Rope Funnel)
A narrow, often contorted condensation funnel usually associated with the decaying stage of a tornado. See rope stage.

Rope - A narrow, often contorted funnel which may appear as a rope dangling from the thunderstorm. It is associated with the decaying stage of a tornado.

ROPE - A very narrow tornado or funnel cloud, with a structure resembling a rope. Common during the dissipation of some tornadoes but still very dangerous in terms of destructive potential.

Fire fighters threw a rope to the boy, who tied it to a tree. Anchored with other ropes, a boat with two men was worked across the stream to the boy, and he was brought back safely.

Looking northwest from above, an artist's view of a cyclic supercell portrays the rope stage of the dissipating tornado, and the rapidly weakening updraft (A) associated with it.

SNOW GARLAND Snow appearing as a beautiful long thick rope draped on trees, fences and other objects. Formed by the surface tension of thin films of water bonding individual snow crystals.

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Tornado An intense, rotating column of air that protrudes from a cumulonimbus cloud in the shape of a funnel or a rope and touches the ground. (See Funnel cloud.) ...

The word "tornado" comes from the Spanish or Portuguese verb tornar, meaning "to turn." Some common, related slang terms include: twister, whirlwind, wedge, funnel, willy-willy, or rope.

When the supply of air decreases, the system weakens, and finally becomes a long, winding rope of a vortex that then breaks up. Tornadoes are classified on the Fujita-Pearson scale according to their maximum wind velocity from F0 to F5.

See also: Storm, Air, Cloud, Tornado, Weather