tornadoes can go up to 318 mph, and perhaps higher and cause SUPER severe damage, obliterating entire neighborhoods.
No. Tornadoes are, in simple terms, caused by strong thunderstorms encountering wind shear. While there could be some teleconnections that influence tornadoes, we could still have tornadoes with or without them.
Big tornadoes are usually strong, but not always. A large, poorly organized tornado is not likely to be very strong. Some tornadoes even weaken as they expand.
In the United States, strong tornadoes, counted as those rated F2 or higher, account for about 11% of all tornadoes.
About 20% of tornadoes are rated as strong (EF2 or stronger).
Yes. The Phoenix area has already had tornadoes as strong as F2.
Tornadoes are sometimes divided into "weak" tornadoes "strong" and "violent" tornadoes. Weak tornadoes are those rated EF0 and EF1. Most tornadoes are weak. Strong tornadoes are those rated EF2 and EF3. Violent tornadoes are those rated EF4 and EF5. They are the rarest of tornadoes, only about 1% of tornadoes are this strong.
Most of the tornadoes in California are weak , though a few strong ones have occurred, some as strong as F3.
Yes, there are tornadoes in California as strong as F3.
Just about. If a place can get strong thunderstorms it can get tornadoes.
Yes. New Jersey has had tornadoes as strong as F3.
Yes, some strong tornadoes create brief satellite tornadoes that circle the main funnel.
As with all places, most tornadoes in Wisconsin are weak. Wisconsin has had its fair share of strong tornadoes, though not as many as in Tornado Alley. A few tornadoes in the state have been rated F5.