Double=A Since my great fear is tornadoes I'm thinking why are they so
powerful. When hurricanes blow my trees down "push" in windows etc it
took a tornato to cause my room addition room to blow apart,from the
inside out. My theory is hurricanes are a "push" force and tornadoes
are a pull force(think about it) For its vortex size tornadoes have the
most power. Because a vacuum is one of natures strongest atmosphere
forces. You said in your post "soft ball size hail" That is the big
clue where how a tornado works,and it goes like this. Swirling air from
above creates a funnel,and on top 0f the very moist cloud is very cold
air and this is shown to us as great balls of ice rain down. The ground
the funnel touches is very hot,dusty and the air is dry. Heated ground
air rushes up the tunnel so fast it creates a very strong vacuum.
Air rushes up to the very cold cloud top,and like a vacuum cleaner takes
every thing with it. Blow homes up and apart in its path. Left 18
wheelers up off the ground and drop them half a mile away. I've witness
fish dropped a mile from the ocean by a water spout (Revere Beach Ma)
Like to add this It was almost 12AM when the tornado cause a shed to fly
across my back yard It was not as dark as it should have been,and there
was like a dim glow What was the reason for this phosphorescent glow?.
Trebert