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An F5 tornado does not travel at any particular speed. One infamous F5 tornado, the Tri-State tornado of 1925 was at one point seen to be moving at 73 mph. By contrast the Jarrell, Texas tornado of 1997, another F5, ground along at a mere 8 mph. As with most tornadoes, the most common travelling speed is between 30 and 40 mph.

This is not related to the wind speed of the tornado. On the original Fujita scale F5 winds were esimated to fall in the range of 261-318 mph. However, newer estimates suggest that any tornadic wind over 200 mph can cause F5 damage. So currently EF5 winds start at just over 200 mph. Winds as high as 302 mph have been measured in tornadoes.

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