No. A tornado's path is virtually unpredicatable.
Forecasters predict the amount of damage from a tornado by analyzing factors such as the tornado's size, intensity, path, and the type of structures in its path. They use computer models and historical data to estimate potential damage levels.
The exact path a tornado will take is difficult to judge. It is easy to misjudge a tornado's direction if you're simply viewing it from the ground, especially when you have to deploy quickly. Additionally, it is very difficult if not impossible to predict if a tornado will turn before reaching a probe. Finally, compared with other weather phenomena tornadoes are small, making it easy for an intercept attempt to miss.
To a limited degree yes. A tornado usually moves in the same direction as the storm that produces it. Additionally, it is well known among meteorologists that very strong tornadoes have a tendency to make left turns.
yes, to a limited degree. By using tools like Doppler radar meteorologists can predict approximately where and when a tornado is likely to occur. Still, even with a combination of radar and weather spotters we cannot predict the exact path a tornado will take with certainty.
If you can see the tornado
Yes, a tornado can wreak everything in its path.
Overall it is extremely difficult to predict tornadoes. By weather standards tornadoes are small and form quickly, usually occurring on a time scale of minutes or seconds. Additionally, how a tornado works is still largely unknown.
It is impossible to predict where the next tornado will occur.
It is impossible to predict when the next tornado will be anywhere.
Unfornuntately, is is impossible to predict when then next tornado will hit anywhere.
Hurricane paths are often given a cone of possibly paths that may take from their present location, but even with that there is a fairly large margin for error and it is impossible to know the exact path. Tornadoes are even harder to predict as they are much smaller and form much more quickly. It is possible to give an approximate path for the storm, but it is very difficult to predict even if there will be a tornado at all or, if there is one, whether it will last long enough to reach a particular place.
The average tornado has a path length of 2 to 3 miles.