F2 wind speeds were originally esitmated at 113-157 mph. The new Enhanced Fujita scale has adjusted that estimate to 111-135 mph.
F2 indicates a fairly strong tornado that will tear roofs from well-built houses, lift, small cars, demolish trailer homes, and snap large trees.
In an F2 tornadoes, houses will often lose their roofs, but most walls will remain standing. Weaker structures such as barns and trailer homes may be completely destroyed. Large trees are often snapped or uprooted.
An F2 tornado does not have any particular size. That is not how the scale works; it rates tornadoes based on damage. An F2 tornado (EF2 as of February 2007) is a tornado that tears roofs from well-built homes, derails trains, and destroys trailers. Winds in an EF2 are estimated at 111 to 135 mph.
Generally tornadoes go northeast although they can go in any direction.
It varies widley. An F2 tornado can lasy anywhere from less than a minute to over an hour. Most will last about 15 to 20 minutes.
Yes, Pima County, Arizona has had tornadoes as strong as F2.
The number of tornadoes in 1900 is not known. Official records for the United States only go back to 1950, and the vast majority of tornadoes were missed. Work by tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis indicates that there were at least 51 significant tornadoes (F2 or stronger or causing a death) in the U.S. in 1900. However, most tornadoes are not rated as significant, and many F2 tornadoes may still have been missed.
In the United States, strong tornadoes, counted as those rated F2 or higher, account for about 11% of all tornadoes.
84 tornadoes hit Connecticut from 1950 to 2009. Most of them have been of F0 to F2 intensity.
Yes. Since records began in 1950 there ave been 58 tornadoes recorded in Delaware, some as strong as F2.
There were three tornadoes there in 1960. The National Weather Service records two F2 tornadoes in Moore, OK, on April 28, 1960, and an F2 tornado in Moore, OK, on May 16, 1960. See link attached below. Since records began in 1950 there have been 12 recorded tornadoes in Moore.
Yes, but they are rare and usually less are no stronger than an F1 or possibly F2
Yes. The Phoenix area has already had tornadoes as strong as F2.
Tornadoes in the UK are generally small, weak, and often obscured by rain.
No it does not get many tornadoes. Since 1950 Myrtle Beach has only had 2 tornadoes: an F1 on September 12, 1964 and an F2 on July 6, 2001.
Since official record keeping began in 1950 no tornadoes have been recorded in the town in April. However the surrounding areas of Walworth County have seen four tornadoes. An F2 on April 18 1955, an F2 on April 19 1957, and two F1s on April 11 1965.
They are generally not as strong as those in the United States. Tornadoes outside of the U.S. stronger than F2 are rare. However, a number of F4 and possibly some F5 tornadoes have occurred on other continents.