It varies. The average tornado is 50 yards wind, but some are under 10 yards wide.
Very large tornadoes can be up to a mile wide or more at the ground. The widest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide.
The funnel of a tornado consists of water droplets which condese as a result of a temperature drop inside the tornado that results from the low pressure. Temperature decreases with increasing heght, alowing more water vapor to condense.
The widest tornado on record was 2.6 miles wide.
The path of a tornado is usually less than a mile wide, with most tornadoes ranging from 50 to 100 yards wide. However, some very large tornadoes are over a mile wide, and a handful of tornadoes have had paths over 2 miles wide.
The average tornado is 50 yards (45 meters) wide.
Thus Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of 2011 varied in width, but at its maximum the tornado was about a mile and a half wide.
The largest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide.
The average tornado is 50 yards (45 meters) wide.
The Waco tornado of 1953 was about one third of a mile wide.
The funnel of a tornado consists of water droplets which condese as a result of a temperature drop inside the tornado that results from the low pressure. Temperature decreases with increasing heght, alowing more water vapor to condense.
The El Reno tornado was approximately 2.6 miles wide.
There is no particular term for the bottom of a tornado. The base of a tornado may be shrouded in a debris cloud.
Scientists believe that in extreme cases a tornado can get up to about 2.5 miles wide
The Flint, Michigan tornado of June 18, 1953 was about half a mile wide.
The El Reno tornado was approximately 2.6 miles wide when it struck.
The widest tornado on record was 2.6 miles wide.
A tornado's width is measured at bottom, usually by the width of the damage path.
A tornado can get wide, very wide. A bolt of lightning is only one half inch thick.