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It depends. A tornado can cause property damage in a matter of seconds, but in a large, slow moving tornado, structures can be exposed to damging winds for several minutes. A very violent tornado can completely obliterate a well built house in under 3 seconds.

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Where does the damage come from the most in a tornado?

Most damage in a tornado is caused by the extremely fast winds.


How does a tornado do damage to property?

The winds in a tornado are very fast carry a tremendous amount of force that can damage or destroy buildings and other objects. Objects picked up by those winds can become high speed projectiles.


How fast does the rotation of a tornado have to be to damage a house?

If it's enough to be classified as a tornado, it will damage your house. Generally, winds in excess of 60 mph are considered sufficient to cause visible damage, though at this point it will be superficial unless a tree falls on ths house.


What damage does fire cause?

The damage that a fire can cause will vary depending on how fast it spreads. This may include causalities, fatalities, destruction of property, pollution of the environment and so much more.


What does a tornado feel like if you touch it?

A tornado is not a solid thing that you can touch, it is a vortex of very fast wind.


How do people know how fast a tornado goes?

In terms of how fast a tornado is moving, the tornado is tracked on radar. The forward speed is calculated based on how far it moves in a given period of time. The wind speed of a tornado is estimated based on the severity of the damage it causes.


How fast is the wind in an F2 tornado?

Estimated winds for an F2 tornado on the original Fujita scale are 113 to 157 mph. It was later found that this estimate was not quite right for the damage inflicted by an F2 tornado and so was refined to a range of 111 to 135 mph for an EF2 tornado.


How fast can a tornado break a tree?

The speed at which a tornado can break a tree depends on the intensity of the tornado. Tornado winds can reach speeds of over 300 mph, easily snapping trees at their trunk or uprooting them. Strong tornadoes can cause extensive damage to trees within seconds.


How fast is an f4 tornado?

The estimated wind range for an F4 tornado is 207-260 mph. On the Enhanced Fujita scale this was change to 166-200 mph for an EF4 tornado.


What is the powerful part of a tornado?

Tornadoes produce extremely fast winds can can badly damage or destroy man made structures. Depending on the tornado, the strongest winds occur either at the outer edge of the core or within smaller vortices that develop inside the tornado.


How fast is an F3 tornado?

On the original Fujita scale winds in the range of 158-206 mph were believed to cause F3 level damage. However, this estimate has since been found to be inaccurate. An the more accurate Enhanced Fujita scale winds for and EF3 tornado are estimated at 136-165 mph.


How fast does a tornado go inside?

Winds inside a tornado can range from 65mph to over 300 mph. Most tornadoes have winds less than 110 mph. The ones that cause major damage are usually in the strongest 5% with estimated winds over 135 mph.