The known path length of the Goliad tornado was about 15 miles. The path may have been longer, though, as little is known about what the tornado did prior to hitting Goliad.
tornados can cause the fastes damage , if i had to list them i would say 1. TORNADO(IT CAN DESTROY ALOT IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES) 2.EARTHQUAKE(IT CAN SHAKE A LARGE AREA BUT NOT ALWAYS CAUSE THAT MUCH OF A DAMAGE AS a tornado could) 3.HURRICANE
No. A hurricane will produce more damage overall because it affects a larger area, though on a localized scale the damage from a tornado is often more severe.
No. First of all, the ratings of tornadoes are based on damage, not size. EF1 is the second weakest category of tornado (there is also an EF0). These tornadoes generally do moderate damage. EF5 is the strongest category. Such tornadoes cause catastrophic damage. Although not always, an EF5 tornado is typically much larger than an EF1.
A tornado's width is measured at bottom, usually by the width of the damage path.
The Goliad, Texas tornado was an F4.
The known path length of the Goliad tornado was about 15 miles. The path may have been longer, though, as little is known about what the tornado did prior to hitting Goliad.
Damage estimates range from $50,000 to $200,000 in 1902 values. In today's amounts that is equivalent to about $1.3-5.3 million
it will damage a lot of homes
The damage from a tornado is usually more severe than that of a hurricane, but because a tornado covers a much smaller area, the total amount of damage from a tornado is usually less.
The cost of damage from the Waco tornado was $41 million.
The Joplin tornado caused about $2.8 billion worth of damage to the city of Joplin.
The Waco, Texas tornado of May 11, 1953 killed 114 people, tying it with the 1902 Goliad tornado as the deadliest tornado in texas history.
The cost of damage of the Tri-State tornado amounts to $16.5 million in 1925 values, equivalent to about $390 million today.
Typical damage from a tornado costs a few hundred thousand dollars. Costs in the millions are less common but tend to attract more attention.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of 1999 caused $1 billion worth of damage. This works out to $1.4 billion in 2014 amounts.
A space tornado can cause serious damage, usually 2-4 miles wide if it touches ground. But most of the time, it doesn't touches ground