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How big can tornadoes get?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Very large tornadoes can be well over a mile wide. The largest tornado on record, occurring near El Reno, Oklahoma in 2013, was 2.6 miles wide.

A typical tornado, however, is only 50 to 100 yards wide.

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tornadoes are 50 yards on average but the record is 2.5 miles which is the hallam Nebraska tornado

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according to my research an average tornado can be from 3 feet across 300 feet up

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