Tornadoes

No. There has been a tornado with wind speeds of 302 mph +/20 mph. That was recorded by Doppler on wheels. So winds may have been over 318 mph which was the upper limit of F5 winds on the original Fujita scale. However the Fujita Scale scale is based on damage, not wind speed (the wind speeds for each category are only estimates) and F5 damage is complete destruction, that tornado was rate F5.

On the Enhanced Fujita Scale the is no EF6 category at all. EF5 wind estimates have no upper bound.

Tornadoes occur when strong updrafts and wind shear create a rotating column of air within a thunderstorm. These rotating columns can then touch the ground and cause the characteristic funnel cloud associated with tornadoes. Tornadoes are most common in the central United States, known as Tornado Alley, but can occur in many regions around the world.

A fire devil or fire whirl is the more dangerous of the two, though they are both potentially deadly. Fire whirlds can produce wind speeds comparable to a tornado of moderate intensity, but are most dangerous for their ability to spread a fire quickly. The flames in a fire whirl burn hotter than in a normal flame.

Landspouts are technically tornadoes, but are generally not as strong as supercell-spawned tornadoes. Landspouts rarely exceed EF1 intensity. These tornadoes can occasionally kill, but are unlikely to harm someone who takes adequate shelter.

No. A tornado is worse than an earthquake because it is VERY unlikely you will be in the spot the earthquake mainly hits (the ripping/open ground which people are most worried about.) Places where earthquakes usually hit are usually built to stand a 7 or lower point earthquake. Tornadoes, however, you can not save your valuables and the tornado keeps moving, unlike an earthquake. Tornadoes are very much worse

No. From the ground a hurricane looks mostly like a very intense storm with extreme wind and torrential rain.

Viewed from space a hurricane typically has a spiral shape to it, often with an eye in the center.

The United States gets the most tornados than any other country, nearly four times more than Europe, excluding the small stuff.

This is most due to the fact that there aren't any major east to west mountain ranges to impede a torndadoes progress, like other countries and continents have in their topography. America is surrounded by oceans and the Gulf of Mexico, all of which are liable to have storms of all kinds, especially when the Atlantic tagteams with the Gulf, which results in a Katrina.

The tornado that struck the Niles are was at F5 intensity at the time; houses were wiped clean off their foundations. Damage in Ohio totaled $60 million. The same tornado also devastated Wheatland, Pennsylvania.

Anyone who is in the path of a tornado will be affected. This may come in the form of property damage, injury, or death. Tornadoes can happen just about anywhere, but are most common in the Central United States.

Yes, tornadoes can rotate in different directions based on the dynamics of the parent storm system. In the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes typically rotate counterclockwise, while in the Southern Hemisphere they rotate clockwise due to the Coriolis effect. Additionally, some tornadoes may exhibit multiple vortices or erratic rotation patterns.

Yes, Kansas is located in an area known as "Tornado Alley," which is a region in the central United States prone to frequent tornado activity. However, not all of Kansas falls within the Tornado Alley belt, with certain areas experiencing more tornadoes than others.

The mesocyclone is typically located next to the wall cloud, in the rear portion of the thunderstorm updraft. The wall cloud is the lowering, rotating cloud that often forms at the base of a supercell thunderstorm where the mesocyclone is present.

Yes, it is possible for a tornado to hit the same place more than once. Tornadoes can follow similar paths or even "cycle" back on themselves, causing multiple impacts in the same area.

The United States has the most most prolific tornado-producing area in the world: Tornado Alley. This regions stretches across the plains in the middle part of the country. Here, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cool air from Canada and sometimes warm air from the Rockies. This can produce very powerfult thunderstorms. Shifts in wind speed and direction with altitude, called wind shear, set these storms rotating, turing them into supercells, the primary producers of tornadoes, especially strong tornadoes. Related effects in adjacent regions lead to a high rate of tornado occurence in most of the region between the Appalachians and the Rockies. Such a large region that is prone to tornadoes brings the average number of tornadoes in the U.S. to more than 1,200 per year. In addition to being more frequent, American tornadoes also tend to be the most violent, making them more likely to become major news items.

The main thing the use is the Doppler radar the also use the DOW which is the Doppler on wheels. The DOW is really the best tool because it can get closer to a tornado then the actual Doppler radar that is located at the different National Weather Service offices. They study the winds and the pressure that tornadoes have to try and better predict tornadoes to hopefully put out warnings earlier and save more lives.

for what we know...tornadoes do not help the earth.

but...they do turn upside down cars, houses, pull trees from their roots, and kill people.

Tornadoes really don't do anything to help the earth. They are rare occurrences in any given ecosystem and are simply a consequence of several atmospheric controls. Nothing in the world is adapted to them.

A twister, more commonly called a tornado, is a violent, rotating windstorm that can develop during a severe thunderstorm. Compared to other types of storm tornadoes are small but incredibly violent. Tornadoes are usually made visible by a funnel or cone-shaped cloud and often produce a swirling cloud of dust and debris that they pick up from the ground. Tornadoes can range in size from a few yards (meters) to more than 2 miles (3 km) wide and in the worst cases can produce winds in excess of 300 mph (480 km/h).

Most reported tornadoes occur in North America

common places

1.Texas

2.Oklahoma

3.Kansas

4.Ontario, Canada

Secondly the deadliest tornadoes have been reported in the Indian Subcontinent Where the death toll reaches 200 per year (4 times that of the USA)

Tornadoes occur particularly in Bangladesh and Orissa

In Orissa:

1.Kendrapada

2.Rajkanika

Apart from these

Tornadoes are also common in the UK, Netherlands, other parts of Europe, Australia, South Africa, and Argentina.

Most tornadoes in the United States occur in "Tornado Alley"

The States are:

Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, South and North Dakota, Missouri, Iowa, and Colorado

To the east there is another tornado forming region known as "Dixie Alley" that includes Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Alabama.

A tornado effects the world, in many ways. Firstly, it can effect people, the environment, animals etc. Since a tornado is a really dangerous type of storm with all different kinds of harmful bacteria.

Depends on what you mean. Tornadoes typically travel at about 30 mph, but forward speeds can range from 0 to over 70 mph.

The speed of the winds inside a tornado can be as low as 65 mph or as high as over 300 mph.

Weird weather can be caused by a variety of factors, including natural climate variability, human-induced climate change, and natural disasters like volcanic eruptions. Changes in atmospheric pressure, temperature, and ocean currents can disrupt normal weather patterns, leading to unpredictable and extreme weather events.

Tornadoes usually intensify when the parent storm intensifies. This can result from an increase in temperature and humidity. Tornadoes can also strengthen if there is greater convergence of air at lower levels.

For a anticyclone to form a air mass must be cooling faster than the surrounding air. This causes the air to contract which in turn makes the air more dense. Because dense air weighs more, the air atmosphere over this area increases causing increased air pressure.

Tornadoes will cause many trees to be uprooted and killed. Thus, this contributes to global warming as the trees take in carbon and dioxide and gives out oxygen during photosynthesis. The ecosystem will become imbalanced as the animal population would most likely be wiped out. People will also be killed. Dirt and debris from the damaged and collapsed infrastructures and buildings will circulate in the environment, resulting in pollution.