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No. Hurricanes are far bigger than tornadoes. The average tornado is 50 yards wide, with the smallest tornado on recorded being only 3 feet wide and the largest ever recorded at 2.6 miles.
Hurricanes are 300 miles wide on average, the smallest ever recorded was about 60 miles wide and the largest over 1,300 miles.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoYe. Hurricanes are far bigger than tornadoes. The average tornado is 50 yards wide, with the smallest tornado on recorded being only 3 feet wide and the largest ever recorded at 2.5 miles.
Hurricanes are 300 miles wide on average, the smallest every recorded was about 60 miles wide and the largest over 1,300 miles.
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∙ 13y agoNo, a tornado is usually no more than a few hundred yards wide, about two and a half miles wide at most.
By comparison a flood can affect thousands of square miles.
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Is a twister bigger than a tornado?
No. A tornado and a twister are the same thing.
How much area does a tornado take up?
it depends on how strong the tornado is the stronger it is the bigger it will be
What kind of weather event makes the front page of the news?
Hurricane Blizzard Tornado Flood Earthquake
Are hurricanes more destructive then tornadoes?
A hurricane can cause more damage than a tornado over because it is much bigger and so affects a larger area. However, the damage of a tornado is more concentrated and more severe on a localized scale.
Is air pressure inside a tornado is lower than outside a tornado?
The air pressure in a tornado is lower than that outside the tornado. That is why the wind blows toward the funnel.
Which is bigger cyclones or tornadoes?
A cyclone is bigger than a tornado by far, but a tornado is usually more violent.
Is a twister bigger than a tornado?
No. A tornado and a twister are the same thing.
Is a tornado bigger than a twister?
No. A tornado and a twister are the same thing.
Is a flash flood watch better then a sever thunder storm watch and a tornado watch?
No. A severe thunderstorm watch and a tornado watch would of course be stronger than a flash flood watch.
Can a tornado be bigger than a city?
Most likely not. The largest tornado on record was 2.5 miles wide. This is bigger than some towns but would not cover an entire city.
What is the difference between a tornado or flood?
A Tornado is swirly fast wind, a flood is rising water levels...
Is there any tornado bigger than an F5?
There are theoretical categories beyond F5 but none of theme have ever been used. Since F5 damage is total destruction there is no real way of rating a tornado higher than F5. Also, a tornado's rating is not dependent on its size. So a bigger tornado does not necessarily get a higher rating.
Is a tornado bigger than a thunderstorm?
No. A even a small thunderstorm is larger than very large tornado. This is partly due to the fact that tornadoes form within thunderstorms.
What is a catastrophes?
Typhoon, Flood, Earthquake, Tornado and many more.
Is the eye of a hurricane bigger than the eye or a tornado?
Yes. Much bigger. The eye of a hurricane is larger than the whole tornado in nearly all cases. The eye of a hurricane is usually 20 to 40 miles wide The smallest hurricane eye on record was 2.3 miles wide. Only a few tornadoes have been larger than this. The largest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide. The typical tornado is 50 to 100 yards wide.
Is life bigger than a flood?
no i asked my professor and he said he thought it was smaller because of the Noah's ark flood and it killed pretty much all of life on earth.
Are hurricanes smaller than a mid latitude cyclone?
A cyclone is another word for a tornado, so no hurricanes are bigger
