An overshooting top means that: A) lightning strikes will be especially intense. B) the thunderstorm has very strong updrafts causing the cloud to grow into the stratosphere. C) the thunderstorm is dissipating. D) a thunderstorm will DEFINITELY produce a tornado.

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An overshooting top occurs when very strong updrafts push the top of the thunderstorm higher into the atmosphere than it would normally go. This can indicate that the storm is strong and potentially severe, but it does not necessarily mean that it will produce a tornado or intense lightning.

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