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A strong tornado is one of EF2 to greater strength, which would mean estimated winds greater than 110 mph. The next stage up, a violent tornado, beginning at EF4, has winds over 165 mph. The absolute most powerful tornadoes can produce winds in excess of 300 mph.

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Is a strong storm that has a wind tunnel a tornado?

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.


How fast the winds blow in a tornado is called the tornadoes?

The speed of the winds in a tornado is called the tornado's wind speed. It is usually measured using the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale, which categorizes tornadoes based on the estimated wind speed. The wind speed can vary greatly depending on the tornado's intensity, with stronger tornadoes having faster wind speeds.


How is wind speed determined in a tornado?

Wind speed in a tornado is usually estimated using the damage caused by the tornado's winds and the Fujita scale, which categorizes tornadoes based on their intensity. Meteorologists may also use Doppler radar data to estimate wind speeds within a tornado. Direct measurement of wind speed in a tornado is rare due to the dangerous and unpredictable nature of tornadoes.


Why tornado wind speeds are not considered in determining the wind speed for a location?

First it is nearly impossible to determine exactly where a tornado will hit or how strong it will be in a given location. Also, direct measurement of tornado winds is rare, so it is not known exactly how fast the winds in a tornado are, especially at and near ground level, most often it it estimated from damage.


What is a tall dry funnel of swirling strong wind?

A tornado.

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What is the strong wind giving to the tornado?

The strong wind in a tornado is the source of its destructive potential.


Is a strong storm that has a wind tunnel a tornado?

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.


Is there such thing as tornado wind?

Yes, in simplest terms a tornado is a vortex of very strong wind.


What was the wind speed the worlds biggest tornado?

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.


What gauge do scientists use to estimate the wind speed of a tornado?

Scientists usually use the severity of the damage a tornado causes to estimate its wind speed.


Can a tornado destroy a house?

Yes. In a strong enough tornado wind and debris carried by the wind can destroy houses.


How strong can wind blow?

It all depends on the PSI. (Pounds per Square Inch)Depending on the PSI, you can get 30 pounds of wind, to 2 pounds of wind, to 100 pounds of wind. the highest speed for a tornado's wind speed is around 200 meters a second.


How much wind does it take for a tornado?

There is no solidly set minimum wind speed for a tornado. The Enhanced Fujita scale starts an EF0 at 65 mph, but tornadoes have occurred with estimated winds lower than that. Tornadoes are defined by the amnner in which the air moves rather than the wind speed. A tornado is a rotating vortex of strong wind that onnects to both the ground and the cloud base.


How fast the winds blow in a tornado is called the tornadoes?

The speed of the winds in a tornado is called the tornado's wind speed. It is usually measured using the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale, which categorizes tornadoes based on the estimated wind speed. The wind speed can vary greatly depending on the tornado's intensity, with stronger tornadoes having faster wind speeds.


How is wind speed determined in a tornado?

Wind speed in a tornado is usually estimated using the damage caused by the tornado's winds and the Fujita scale, which categorizes tornadoes based on their intensity. Meteorologists may also use Doppler radar data to estimate wind speeds within a tornado. Direct measurement of wind speed in a tornado is rare due to the dangerous and unpredictable nature of tornadoes.


How do scientists estimate wind speeds of a tornado?

Scientists use the severity of damage that a tornado causes to estimate wind speed.


Why tornado wind speeds are not considered in determining the wind speed for a location?

First it is nearly impossible to determine exactly where a tornado will hit or how strong it will be in a given location. Also, direct measurement of tornado winds is rare, so it is not known exactly how fast the winds in a tornado are, especially at and near ground level, most often it it estimated from damage.