Preliminary reports indicate that a significant tornado in Indiana on March 2, 2010 was half a mile wide. More definitive information will be released in a few days.
It is also apparent that there were several, if not many other tornadoes in Indiana on that date.
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.
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).
The average tornado is 50 yards (45 meters) wide.
The Henryville, Indiana tornado occurred on March 2, 2012.
In 2012, 13 people were killed in 2 tornadoes in Indiana.
The Town of Henryville, Indiana was hit by an EF4 tornado on March 2, 2012.
The worst tornado of 2012 would probably be the EF4 tornado that hit the towns of Henryville, New Pekin, and Marysville in Indiana on March 2, killing 11 people.
The Tri-State tornado was the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. On March 18, 1925 this mile wide F5 tornado traveled a record 219 miles across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
The Henryville, Indiana tornado of March 2, 2012 was an EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which is equivalent to an F4 on the original scale.
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.
No. They were on two separate days and part of two separate outbreaks. The Harrisburg tornado was on February 29, 2012 while the Henryville tornado was on March 2. However, they did receive the same rating of EF4, so they were about the same intensity.
The Tri-State tornado killed 71 people in Indiana
As of November 9, 2012 the last large tornado to hit the U.S. occurred northwest of the town of Newton, Mississippi. The tornado was rated EF3 and got up to half a mile wide.