It is actually a tie between two tornadoes. For years the record stuck with the F5 tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999. A wind gust was measured by Doppler radar to 302 mph. That record was tied by another radar measurement in a tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. This was also the largest tornado ever recorded at 2.6 miles wide. A wind gust to about 280 mph was recorded in another tornado, which struck El Reno, Oklahoma on May 24, 2011. Prior to 1999 the highest recorded gust was to 268 mph, recorded during the Red Rock, Oklahoma tornado of April 26, 1991. A wind gust to 264 mph was recorded in the tornado that hit Spencer, South Dakota on May 30, 1998.
The fastest winds on Earth are found in tornadoes.
In terms of wind speed, yes. Tornadoes are the only storms on earth that can produce gusts in excess of 300 mph. However, tornadoes this intense are very rare.
No. The fastest speed a tornado has peen known to travel is 73 mph, about 1/10 the speed of sound. The fastest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado was 302 mph, still less than half the speed of sound.
The highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado was 302 mph. Other tornadoes, however, may have had faster winds that simply weren't measured. The fastest known forward speed of a tornado was 73 mph.
The fastest wind speed ever recorded outside a tornado was a gust to 253 mph in Cyclone Olivia as it struck Barrow Island off the coast of Australia on April 10, 1996.
What is the average wind speed of the Tundra?
Tornado,Tornado the speed near the center up to 100m / s ~ 200m / s, maximum 300m / s, the maximum wind speed is faster several times than the typhoon center .Its destructive is very strong.
Yes. The energy of a tornado takes the form of extremely fast wind. The strongest of tornadoes produce the fastest winds on earth.
The fastest winds on Earth occur in exceptionally violent tornadoes. There winds may, on rare occasions, exceed 300 miles per hour.
No, tornadoes are not the fastest wind on Earth. The fastest winds on Earth are found in weather phenomena such as jet streams and hurricanes. Tornadoes can have extremely high wind speeds, but they are localized and short-lived compared to other weather events.
On May 03, 1999, a series of tornadoes hit the suburbs of Oklahoma City. Now, this is not that unusual for Oklahoma except that one of the tornadoes resulted in a recorded wind speed of 318 MPH or 509 KM/H, the world's fastest tornado ever recorded.
Tornadoes, by a considerable amount.