thunderstorms and how to identify them

The three stages of thunderstorms are the towering cumulus stage, the mature stage, and the dissipating stage. If a storm has hail one inch thick, wind over 58 miles per hour, or a tornado it is considered a thunderstorm. Some clues that it is a severe thunderstorm are that it has a overshooting top, it is back sheared, it has an anvil, it also has a rocky appearance, or it has knuckles. If it has a dust foot or a rain foot it has a downbursts then it is severe