The correct order for the stages in the development of a thunderstorm is:
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________ 15. Warm, moist air rises quickly, and the moisture condenses into a visible cloud. Then updrafts form.
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________ 19. The updrafts slow as downdrafts decrease the supply of warm, moist surface air.
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________ 14. Equal amounts of updrafts and downwards from convection cells.
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________ 17. Precipitation begins to fall.
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________ 16. Falling precipitation cools the air around it, forming downdrafts.
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________ 18. The updrafts cease and precipitation stops.