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The average tornado is 50 yards wide and has wind in the range of 70 to 90 mph.

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What is the average speed for a tornado to start?

The average tornado travels at 35 mph.


What is the average forward speed for a tornado?

The average tornado moves at about 30 miles per hour.


The size of an average tornado?

50 yards


What is the speed of a supercell tornadoes?

The average forward speed of a tornado is 30 mph.


What is the average speed that a tornado travels on the ground?

About 30 mph.


Is a tornado or an earthquake stronger?

It depends on the size of the tornado and the how strong the earthquake is. Most earthquakes are small on average, so most of the time a tornado is stronger.


What is the average Tornado wind speed range?

The average tornado probably has peak winds in the range of 85-110 miles per hour, corresponding to an EF1 tornado. The tornadoes that cause major damage are stronger, but less common.


Is a tornado strong when the eye is big or small?

A tornado's strength is not determined by the size of its eye. The eye of a tornado is typically small and calm, surrounded by a larger area of intense winds known as the eyewall. The strength of a tornado is measured by its wind speed and the amount of damage it causes, not by the size of its eye.


How long does it take for a tornado to become 1 meter wide?

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.


How long would it take a tornado to go around the world at top speed?

The fastest forward speed ever recorded for a tornado was 73 mph, though the tornado that set the record did not travel that fast at all times. At that speed it would take about 14 days to circle the earth. The average tornado travels at about 35 mph, at which speed it would take between 29 and 30 days to circle the earth.


What is an average tornado wind speed?

An average wind speed in a tornado would likely be in the range of 80 to 110 mph. However, the tornadoes that cause major damage generally gave winds over 150 mph. These major events account for about 5% of all tornadoes.


How fast do you have to be to out run a tornado?

You can't run that fast. A tornado's speed can vary, but on average - and most of them stick pretty close to the average - they move at 35 mile an hour. The fastest sprinters barely make 25 MPH.