An F4 tornado can be a quarter of a mile wide, but that is by no means a requirement.
Tornado ratings are based on the severity of the damage, not the size of the tornado. There is a tendency for violent tornadoes to be large, but they don't have to be. A path width of 1/4 mile would not be uncommon for an F4, but sizes have ranged from as small as 100 yards to as wide as 2.5 miles.
The tornado that hit Howe, Oklahoma in 1961 was classified as an F4 on the Fujita scale with estimated wind speeds between 207-260 mph. The size of the tornado's damage path was approximately 20 miles long and 200 yards wide.
Between: "quarter (1/4) mile"
1 quarter of a mile square. Each section is 1 mile square so a quarter section is 1/4 mile square.
A quarter mile is 402 meters; 440 yards
1/4 of a mile.
One quarter mile is the same as one-fourth mile. There are four quarter miles in one mile.
A quarter mile squared is 1/16 of a square mile = 40 acres.
The Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011 tornado was 3/4 mile to 1 mile (1.2 to 1.6 km) wide.
Yes. An F4 tornado struck western San Antonio on April 28, 1953 which killed 1 person.
The Tri-State tornado had a path of 219 miles long and 3/4 mile to 1 mile wide across 3 states and numerous mining towns.
1 mile = 5280 feetso a quarter mile is one-fourth of 5280 or 5280/4 = 1320 ft
1/4 mile