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Do a tornado's winds always rotate in the same direction?

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By 6abc
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Dateline article| David Murphy|

Yes. Like all storms, the winds within a tornado vortex always turn counter-clockwise. This has to do with the balance of forces in the atmosphere (pressure, gravity, the earth's rotation) which tend to turn tranquil air in a clockwise direction and turbulent, stormy air in a counter-clockwise direction.

---D.M.

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