Every Tornado Shape Explained in 8 minutes

A cone is easy to spot. A rope looks harmless. A wedge looks like the sky is touching the ground. And one tornado shape has no shape at all. Here are 7 tornado shapes, what each one is telling you, and why the hardest ones to see are the most dangerous. You'll see El Reno 2013 (the widest tornado ever measured, 2.6 miles), the Pilger twin tornadoes of 2014, the Hallam wedge of 2004, and the rain-wrapped tornado that hit Joplin in 2011. ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 A Kansas wheat field 0:13 1. The cone 0:51 How tornadoes form 1:37 2. The rope 2:24 3. The stovepipe 3:42 4. The twins 4:46 5. Multi-vortex 5:38 6. The wedge 6:25 7. No shape 7:43 The pattern 💬 Which shape would have fooled you the longest? Tell me in the comments, and tell me what I should break down next. 🔔 Subscribe for more natural disasters explained in simple animation. Sources: NOAA National Weather Service event summaries (El Reno 2013, Hallam 2004, Joplin 2011, Pilger 2014) and the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. This video is for education. Always follow your local weather service's warnings. #tornado #weather #explained