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How many people have been through the vortex of a F4 tornado and survived?
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Most people who experience a tornado survive it. An F4 tornado will level most houses but in many cases a basement provides adequate protection. Even then, Only the strongest part of an F4 tornado has the power to produce F4 damage, so you have a good chance of being spared the worst of the tornado. On rare, and I put emphasis or rare, occasions people have even been carried by F4 tornadoes and lived.
Even an F5 tornado is survivable, partly because most buildings aren't hit by the full force of F5 winds.
As to the weaker categories mentioned in the first answer, An F3 tornado will usually leave at least a few interior walls standing so it is possible take shelter in a central room if you don't have a basement.
An F2 will tear the roof off a house and so, will probably is unlikely to kill or seriously hurt someone in a substantial structure. However, an F2 can completely destroy a trailer home which is a weak structure. A significant portion of tornado deaths are in trailers.
F1 tornadoes rarely kill, many deaths from tornadoes result from fallen trees and overturned trailers.
F0 tornadoes are even less likely to kill but they can still bring down trees.
Most tornadoes are weak and are not killers.
Consider the statistics; the United States gets more than 1000 tornadoes every year that usually kill a total of 60-80 people
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Does every tornado have a vortex?
Every tornado is a vortex.
Does a model tornado have a vortex?
Yes. Virtually all means of modeling tornadoes produce a vortex through some means.
What is the relationship with tornado and vortex?
A tornado is itself a kind of vortex, and can have smaller vortices inside of it.
Is a vortex like a tornado?
A tornado is a kind of vortex so yes, in some ways.
What does A vortex have to do with an tornado?
A tornado is a kind of vortex. Air in a tornado rotates rapidly. Additionally, a tornado may contain multiple smaller vortices.
What is the difference between a multiple vortex tornado and a single vortex tornado?
A multiple vortex tornado has smaller, short-lived vortices moving around inside of it. The suction vortices have stronger winds than the rest of the tornado and are noted for cutting narrow curved swaths of intense damage. A multiple vortex tornado sometimes has the appearance of two or more tornadoes moving circles. A single vortex tornado is simply one vortex of tornadic wind.
What is a vortex related to tornado?
A vortex is a spinning or rotating movement in a liquid or gas. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air and thus is a type of vortex.
What country calls tornadoes suction vortexes?
No country does. A suction vortex is not a tornado; it is a feature that can develop in a tornado. A tornado itself is a vortex but can sometimes contain smaller vortices (vortexes) called suction vortices. Such a storm is called a multiple-vortex tornado.
A vortex of air rising into a cloud?
tornado
What is made out of a tornado?
A tornado is basically just a vortex of wind
What are are tornadoes?
There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.
Where does the wind spin fastest in a tornado?
It depends on the tornado. If it is a single vortex tornado the winds near at the edge of the core will be the fastest. However, many of the strongest tornadoes are multivortex, meaning that they have smaller vorticies (almost like mini tornadoes) inside the main vortex. In a multivortex tornado the fastest winds are within these subvortices.
