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They don't. Tornadoes are too short-lived and to numerous to name them. People name hurricanes to avoid confusion when more than one is happening at the same time, and to distinguish between hurricanes that impact the same areas.

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Tornadoes are named based on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale, which categorizes them based on their estimated wind speeds and resulting damage. For example, an EF1 tornado is considered weak with wind speeds between 86-110 mph, while an EF5 tornado is considered catastrophic with wind speeds over 200 mph.

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Tornadoes don't have 'names' like hurricanes or cyclones. They have an EF (Enhanced Fujita or F Fujita in Canada) rating which determines the amount of damaged caused by debris and not necessarily wind speed.

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Because there are too many of them. Tropical storms are named because you only average about 9 or so each year. There are hundreds or thousands of tornadoes each year and would be hard to come up with thousands of different unique common names each year. At most, a tornado may be referred to by where and when it ocurred, such as the 1999 Moore, Oklahoma tornado or the 2011 Joplin tornado.
If you mean why they are not named as hurricanes are there are a number of reason.

A typical hurricane normally would not see much more than a dozen named storms. These storms develop over the course of days and are fairly easy to track. This makes naming them relatively easy.

On the other hand the U.S. typically gets over 1000 tornadoes every year. Trying to name so many would only lead to confusion. Additionally, tornadoes form in minutes and on average last only 10 minutes. As a result tornadoes are often not confirmed until after they have passed through.

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11y ago

No. Tornadoes are too numerous and too short lived to receive names. Hurricanes may get human names, but they aren't named after people; e.g. Hurricane Katrina was not named after any person called Katrina.

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12y ago

No. Hurricanes are named but not tornadoes.

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9y ago

Tornadoes do not get names as hurricanes do.

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Tornadoes do not get names, but they are often referred to by the places they hit or occur near. e.g. the Joplin, Missouri tornado.

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12y ago

No, tornadoes do not get named they only get named by a place they touch down on like for example Hallam, Nebraska tornado.

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