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The longest tornado path ever recorded was 219 miles (352 kilometers). This path belonged to the infamous Tri-State tornado which tore a path of destruction across parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. The tornado also has the longest duration (3.5 hours) and fastest forward speed (73 mph or 117 km/h) as well as the highest death toll of any U.S. tornado (695). The tornado is also believed to have been an F5 on the Fujita scale.
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∙ 10y agoThe Tri-State tornado. It hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It traveled 219 miles. It also holds the record as the longest-lasting tornado on record: 3 hours, 29 minutes.
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How long can a tornado's path be?
The longest tornado path ever recorded was 219 miles long.
How far is the Maxium path of destruction caused by a tornado?
The longest damage path ever recorded was 219 miles. The widest damage path ever recorded was 2.5 miles.
How many kilometers can a tornado travel?
It varies. A typical tornado might travel about 5 kilometers. However, many tornadoes have path lengths of less than a kilometer. In rare cases a tornado may have a path lengths of 200 kilometers or more. The longest path ever recorded for a tornado was 352 kilometers.
How long can the damage path of a tornado be?
The longest tornado damage path on record is 219 miles.
The tornado that touched the ground the longest?
The Tri-State tornado had the longest damage path. 219 miles
Was the largest tornado that ever hit Colorado an EF5 tornado?
No, Colorado has never recorded an F5 or EF5 tornado, the strongest was an F4. The largest tornado (by path width) on record in Colorado was rated EF3.
How long in length do tornadoes last?
The average tornado damage path is 5 miles. But they can be much longer or shorter. The longest recorded damage path was 219 miles. The shortest was 7 feet.
What was the thinnest tornado ever?
The narrowest damage path on record for a tornado was 3 feet wide.
How many miles can tornadoes destroy?
The longest tornado damage path was 219 miles, but it did not destroy absolutely everything along that path.
How long is a tornado's path?
Path lengths of tornadoes vary tremendously. A typical tornado path is a mile or two long. Most highly destructive tornadoes have paths more than 15 miles long. The shortest tornado path on record was 7 feet long while the longest was 219 miles.
How many kilometer tornado path be?
The average tornado damage path is 8 kilometers long and 45 meters wide. Some damage paths are less than 100 meters long, The longest tornado damage path on record is 352 kilometers, the widest is 4 kilometers.
How long can tornadoes get up to?
In terms of the duration: longest lasting tornado recorded lasted 3.5 hours. Man that is a long time i could be watching sponge bob by 2 hour wait. In terms of diameter: the widest tornado recorded was 2.5 miles wide. In terms of distance traveled: the longest path was 219 miles. In terms of height: strong tornadoes can extend more than 20,000 feet upwards.
