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No. There has been a tornado with wind speeds of 302 mph +/20 mph. That was recorded by Doppler on wheels. So winds may have been over 318 mph which was the upper limit of F5 winds on the original Fujita scale. However the Fujita Scale scale is based on damage, not wind speed (the wind speeds for each category are only estimates) and F5 damage is complete destruction, that tornado was rate F5.
On the Enhanced Fujita Scale the is no EF6 category at all. EF5 wind estimates have no upper bound.
No. While the Fujita scale does provide wind speed estimates for an F6 tornado, the scale itself is based on damage. The destruction from an F5 tornado is so complete that there is no room for a higher rating. That said, it is possible that some tornadoes have produced winds in excess of the 318 mph upper limit given to F5 wind estimates, though no such winds have been recorded.
There is a widespread misconception that the tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999 was an F6 due to a radar wind measurement initially reported to be 318 mph. This measurement was later refined to 302 mph and even then radar measurements are not used in ratings. The tornado's rating is and always has been F5.
No, there is no record of an EF6 tornado as of now. The Enhanced Fujita Scale only goes up to EF5, which represents the most extreme and catastrophic tornadoes with wind speeds exceeding 200 mph.
No, the Fujita scale rated tornadoes based on damage and F5 damage is complete incredible destruction with winds over 200 miles per hour.
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Has there ever been an F6 Tornado?
No, there has never been an officially documented F6 tornado. The Enhanced Fujita Scale, which replaced the original F-scale in 2007, only goes up to F5 for the most extreme tornadoes.
Has there ever been a tornado in bay city mi?
Bay City, MI, has had tornado warnings and severe weather alerts in the past, but there is no documented historical record of a tornado actually touching down in the city. However, tornadoes can occur in any location under the right conditions.
How many miles per hours is the fastest for a tornado?
The fastest tornado wind speed ever recorded was 318 mph (511 km/h) in the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado in Oklahoma.
What was the wind speed the worlds biggest tornado?
The largest tornado ever recorded was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. This tornado was 2.6 miles wide. Doppler radar measured a wind gust in the tornado at 296 mph, the second highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado.
What has been the fastest tornado ever in the entire world?
The fastest winds measured in a tornado were 302 mph in a tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999. However, other tornadoes may have had faster winds that were not measured, as it is rare to get an actual wind measurement from a tornado. The fastest known traveling speed of a tornado was 73 mph in the Tr-State tornado of March 18, 1925.
Has there ever been an F7 tornado?
No. No tornado stronger than F5 has ever been recorded.
Has there ever been a tornado in Greece?
Yes, tornadoes are rare but have been documented in Greece. They typically occur in the southern and eastern regions of the country during severe weather events.
When was the latest tornado ever?
have not been found
Has there ever been a tornado in coventry?
Yes there has.
Has there ever been an F6 Tornado?
No, there has never been an officially documented F6 tornado. The Enhanced Fujita Scale, which replaced the original F-scale in 2007, only goes up to F5 for the most extreme tornadoes.
Has there ever been a tornado 5 miles wide?
No. The widest tornado ever recorded was half that: 2.5 miles wide.
Has there ever been a documented case of conjoined twins in elephants?
no
Has there ever been a tornado in space?
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air. There is no air in space.
Has there ever been a tornado in bay city mi?
Bay City, MI, has had tornado warnings and severe weather alerts in the past, but there is no documented historical record of a tornado actually touching down in the city. However, tornadoes can occur in any location under the right conditions.
Has a tornado ever hit Pittsburgh?
Yes. Since offocial records began in 1950 Pittsburgh has been hit by 5 documented tornadoes: an F2 in 1975, an F0 in 1976, an F1 in 1998, an F0 in 2003, and an EF0 in 2007.
Has there ever been a tornado in new york?
Yes, the state at least gets them every year. There has been at least one tornado in the Bronx.
Is there ever going to be a tornado in Evansville IN?
Yes. Kentucky averages nearly 2 dozen tornadoes every year.
