I believe you are asking how fast tornadoes can travel.
This varies. The average tornado moves at 35 miles per hour. Tornadoes may be stationary or may, in very rare cases, move at over 70 mph.
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.
Yes. When a tornado forms, hot and cold air come together. They spiral around each other at a great speed, which is known as torsion.
Tornadoes can travel in any direction, but most often move northeast. Wind itself often rotates about the tornado's center, counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. Some tornadoes also contain smaller subvortices.
Tornado: A violent, rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. Funnel cloud: A rotating, funnel-shaped cloud that forms before a tornado touches down. Wind speed: The strength of the winds in a tornado, measured in miles per hour. Debris: Objects and materials that are lifted and carried by a tornado's strong winds, causing damage.
For a tornado to form, you need three main ingredients: warm, moist air close to the ground; cooler, drier air above it; and strong wind shear (a change in wind speed or direction with altitude). These conditions create a rotating updraft that can develop into a tornado under the right circumstances.
The duration of a tornado can vary greatly, from just a few seconds to several hours. The length of time a tornado stays on the ground depends on various factors such as the speed at which it is moving, the strength of the tornado, and the terrain it encounters.
The tornado is reported to have had a path length of 27 miles and an average forward speed of 35 mph, which works out to a duration of 46 minutes.
If you mean the one from April 27, 2011, the wind speed for that tornado was estimated at 205 mph (330 km/h), qualifying it as an EF5. Some have suggested, however, that the severe ground scouring caused by this tornado indicates winds far higher than 205 mph.
How fast a tornado is moving refers to how fast the tornado itself travels from point A to point B. For example, a tornado moving towards at 30 mph and is a mile away will reach you in 2 minutes. The rotational winds of a tornado refers to how fast the tornado itself is spinning, which is generally faster than its forward speed.
No. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air the is in contact with both the ground and the cloud base. Violent winds alone do not make a tornado. A wind tunnel effect simply occurs when buildings or terrain funnel the wind to increase its speed.
At ground level, there is no intensity. At higher elevetions the intensity is less than after the tornado has touched down. When a tornado touches down, it is no longer able to draw in air from below. This causes the pressure in the core of the vortex to drop, leading to an increase in wind speed.
I assume you mean kilometers per hour as a kilometer is a unit of distance, not speed. Tornadoes vary greatly in speed. They may be stationary or travel at more than 100 km/h. A typical tornado travels at about 50 km/h.
It is useful to know the wind speed of a tornado because it provides an understanding of tornado intensity and dynamics. It is important to know the forwards peed of a tornado because that is needed to know when a tornado might reach a location in its path.
A twister and a tornado are the same thing - a rotating column of air that comes into contact with the ground. The speed of a twister/tornado can vary greatly, with wind speeds typically ranging from 65 to 200 mph (105 to 322 km/h) depending on the strength of the storm.
The Tornado's max speed is 1,490 mph
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.
The speed and direction of a tornado can be determined using Doppler radar by measuring how far the tornado moves between sweeps and in what direction.