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
it will damage a lot of homes
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.
This happens fairly often. Such a tornado would be recorded if someone observed it, but there would be no damage. Such a tornado would be rated EF0.
a tornado in space
The cost of damage of the Tri-State tornado amounts to $16.5 million in 1925 values, equivalent to about $390 million today.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of 1999 caused $1 billion worth of damage. This works out to $1.4 billion in 2014 amounts.
Typical damage from a tornado costs a few hundred thousand dollars. Costs in the millions are less common but tend to attract more attention.
No. A tornado is a vortex of air. There is no air in space.
Damage from the Tri-State tornado is estimated to be $16.5 million in 1925 amounts.
The most famous tornado today is most likely the Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999. That tornado caused approximately $1 billion in damage.
No, this myth originated by people under the impression that allowing the pressure to equalize as a tornado passes would reduce the damage. In reality, the difference in pressure between the center of a tornado and elsewhere is not great enough to do much damage, and opening windows will allow the wind to come in and do much more damage than it would otherwise be able to.