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How long a tornado is over a given location varies depending on how wide the tornado is and how fast it is moving. You can calculate this fairly simply. Once you have the values converted to compatible units (e.g. width in meters and speed in meters/second) you simply divide the width of the tornado by its forward speed to get how long it is over a location.

A typical tornado is about 50 yards (45 meters) wide and moves at 30 mph (13 m/s).

Such a tornado would be over a given spot for about 3.5 seconds.

By contrast, a mile (1,600 meter) wide tornado moving at the same speed would be over a location for 2 minutes.

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