What's the difference between straight-line winds and tornadoes?

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asked Jun 19, 2018 in Weather by Wallander (430 points)
What's the difference between straight-line winds and tornadoes?

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answered Jun 20, 2018 by Adf289 (58,200 points)
While Straight Line Winds and Tornadoes can seem similar and can do similar damage they're different.

The difference between a Tornado and a Straight Line wind is that in Straight Line winds there's no rotation while in Tornado there is Rotation.

Straight Line Winds also originate from a Downburst during a thunderstorm while tornado doesn't originate from a downburst.

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