The widest tornado on record was 2.6 miles. The longest distance on record traveled by a tornado is 219 miles.
The widest tornado on record was 2.6 miles wide.
It varies. The average tornado is 50 yards wind, but some are under 10 yards wide. Very large tornadoes can be up to a mile wide or more at the ground. The widest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide.
It is unclear what you mean by "how long" a mile wide tornado produces damaging winds in a roughly circular diameter of one mile (1.6 km). Such large tornadoes tend to last longer than smaller ones, often more than half an hour.
The average tornado is about 50 yards (150 feet) wide and about 5,000 to 6,000 feet tall.
The average tornado is about 50 yards wide, but they have been recorded up to 2.5 miles wide (the record).
Very little time at all. The average tornado is about 50 meters wide, and a tornado can reach such a size in a matter of seconds.
The average tornado is 50 yards wide and travels 5 miles.
The Tri-State tornado was a mile wide and traveled 219 miles.
The largest tornado recorded struck Hallam, Nebraska in 2004. It was 2.5 miles wide.
The average tornado damage path is about 50 yards wide and 5 miles long.
The Waco tornado of 1953 was a third of a mile wide had a path length of 23 miles. Data does not appear to be available on how long it lasted.
The average tornado is 50 yards (45 meters) wide.
The Waco tornado of 1953 was about one third of a mile wide.
The largest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide.
How long a tornado is over a given location varies depending on how wide the tornado is and how fast it is moving. You can calculate this fairly simply. Once you have the values converted to compatible units (e.g. width in meters and speed in meters/second) you simply divide the width of the tornado by its forward speed to get how long it is over a location. A typical tornado is about 50 yards (45 meters) wide and moves at 30 mph (13 m/s). Such a tornado would be over a given spot for about 3.5 seconds. By contrast, a mile (1,600 meter) wide tornado moving at the same speed would be over a location for 2 minutes.
Scientists believe that in extreme cases a tornado can get up to about 2.5 miles wide
The Flint, Michigan tornado of June 18, 1953 was about half a mile wide.