The average tornado is 50 yards wide, but sizes vary widely. Some are less than 10 yards wide while on rare occasions a tornado may be over a mile wide.
The widest tornado on record cut a damage path 2.6 miles wide.
It varies widely. Tornadoes can be as narrow as 15 feet or as wide as 2.5 miles. The averages tornado is 50 to 100 yards wide.
The amount of damage a tornado causes depends on a
number of factors including:
If you mean how long it lasts, larger tornadoes tend to be stronger and last longer, but not always.
Not so much the size as the intensity. The lower the pressure inside a tornado relative to its surroundings, the stronger it will be. This does not necessarily mean it will be larger, though.
No, especially considering that most tornadoes form over land, not water.
Yes. The vortex of a tornado is the tornado.
Every tornado is a vortex.
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There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.
The tornado itself is a whirling circular mass of air. Condensation of water droplets at the tornado's core forms the funnel.
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Every tornado is a vortex.
A tornado is itself a kind of vortex, and can have smaller vortices inside of it.
A tornado is a kind of vortex so yes, in some ways.
A tornado is a kind of vortex. Air in a tornado rotates rapidly. Additionally, a tornado may contain multiple smaller vortices.
A vortex, a dust-devil, a tornado... depending on the size, I suppose.
A multiple vortex tornado has smaller, short-lived vortices moving around inside of it. The suction vortices have stronger winds than the rest of the tornado and are noted for cutting narrow curved swaths of intense damage. A multiple vortex tornado sometimes has the appearance of two or more tornadoes moving circles. A single vortex tornado is simply one vortex of tornadic wind.
A vortex is a spinning or rotating movement in a liquid or gas. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air and thus is a type of vortex.
No country does. A suction vortex is not a tornado; it is a feature that can develop in a tornado. A tornado itself is a vortex but can sometimes contain smaller vortices (vortexes) called suction vortices. Such a storm is called a multiple-vortex tornado.
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A tornado is basically just a vortex of wind
There is no such thing as an actual tornado underwater, as a tornado is, by definition, a vortex of air. However, a vortex underwater is called a whirlpool.
It depends on the tornado. If it is a single vortex tornado the winds near at the edge of the core will be the fastest. However, many of the strongest tornadoes are multivortex, meaning that they have smaller vorticies (almost like mini tornadoes) inside the main vortex. In a multivortex tornado the fastest winds are within these subvortices.