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In most cases hurricane winds and tornado wind actually fall into the same range, though tornadoes can achieve much stronger winds. Both hurricanes and tornadoes produce wind as a result of low pressure at the center of the storm. Tornadoes. produce a similar pressure drop to hurricanes, but over a shorter distance, which exerts a greater force.

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No. In most cases hurricane winds and tornado winds fall into the same range. However, in dealing with records, the highest winds recorded in a hurricane were about 190 mph. By contrast one tornado had its winds clocked at just over 300 mph.

A hurricane with its high speed winds, thunder, lightning, and rain, covers a very much larger land area and air volume than a tornado. The sum total of energy and force in a hurricane is substantially greater than that of a tornado. That would make a hurricane stronger than a tornado.

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Hurricanes has time to develop over days and tornadoes comes and sometimes goes in minutes.

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A hurricane releases more energy overall because it lasts longer ans is much larger than a tornado. However, a tornado produces more violent winds.

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A tornado can have stronger winds than a hurricane but overall releases lees energy.

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