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Does a tornado spin faster than an airplane can fly?
No. The fastest wind gust ever recorded in a tornado was 302 mph. By comparison, commercial jets regularly fly at 500 mph. Some fighter jets can fly at over 1,000 mph.
How fast does an EF6 tornado spin at?
There is no such thing as an EF6 tornado. Estimated winds for an EF5 tornado start at just over 200 mph and have no upper bound.
How many mph can a tornado go to?
up to about 300mph
When the tornado hits the ground how fast can it spin?
Tornado wind speeds can vary greatly, but they typically spin at speeds between 110 to 300 mph (177 to 483 km/h) at the surface. However, some tornadoes have been known to reach speeds of over 300 mph.
How fast does tornado spin not move?
It varies from one to another. A very weak tornado may spin at only about 40 mph at ground level. By contrast, some small but extremely intense tornadoes (informally called "drillbits") can spin at over 300 mph. It gets complicated, however, as a tornado is often not a simple spinning vortex. Large tornadoes spin more slowly than the strongest "drillbits", but often contain smaller vortices that move with the rotation of the tornado, adding their own spin to the peak wind speed. These multiple vortex tornadoes are the ones that most often produce winds over 200 mph. Winds over 300 mph have been recorded. The forward movement of a tornado also adds to the wind speed on one side of the funnel, left if it spins clockwise (southern hemisphere), right if it spins counterclockwise (northern hemisphere).
How fast does the wind need to spin to make a tornado?
There is no definite starting point. Officially an EF0 tornado starts at 65 mph, but some have been rated with winds as low as 55 mph. However it is not wind speed alone that qualifies a tornado. Fire whirls, or whirlwinds spawned by fires, have had winds over 100 mph but don't count as tornadoes because they are not associated with thunderstorms and usually do not connect to cloud base. Dust devils, which form on hot, sunny days can, on rare occasions, have winds equivalent to an EF0 tornado, but for the same reason as fire whirls are not considered tornadoes.
What can a tornado move?
A tornado usually travels in between 30 MPH to 70 MPH.
What does tornado wind speed range?
Tornado winds range from 65 mph to over 300 mph.
How many miles per hours can an EF5 tornado go?
There is no set forward speed. But the winds of an EF5 tornado are in excess of 200 mph, with some potentially exceeding 300 mph.
How do you classify a tornado with winds 120 mph?
A tornado with estimated winds of 120 mph would be rated EF2.
What is a tornado rated at with winds of 100 mph?
A tornado with estimated winds of 100 mph would be rated EF1.
Has a tornado ever traveled at 700 mph?
No the fastest a tornado is known to have traveled is 73 mph. The fastest winds ever recorded in a tornado were just over 300mph, which is about as strong as they get.
