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How fast do tornadoes move?

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How fast do tornadoes move?

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We don’t have detailed statistics about this. Movement can range from almost stationary to more than 60 mph. A typical tornado travels at around 10-20 miles per hour.

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Most often, a tornado moves from southwest to northeast, but tornadoes have been known to move in any direction. The average speed is about 30 mph but this can vary from nearly stationary to more than 70 mph. Tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of 250 mph or more. Damage paths can be wider than one mile and fifty miles in length.

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The few tornadoes that have been timed seem to average about 35 miles per hour, but every year some are seen to stand still and others are clocked at 60 miles per hour. • Do they ever occur in the mountains? Tornadoes have occurred in every kind of terrain. In 1987, one may have crossed the Continental Divide in Wyoming’s Teton Wilderness. They are rare in mountainous areas, but a well developed tornado is probably not affected by the shape of the land underneath it. • How big in diameter do tornadoes get? Tornadoes have been known to range in diameter from 3 feet to two miles. The last one recorded to be 2 miles wide was seen near the town of Gruver in the Texas Panhandle on June 9, 1971. These giant ones, however , generally don’t have high wind speeds. • Okay, okay, so if trailers don’t attract tornadoes, why do so many trailer parks get hit by tornadoes? There are probably hundreds (maybe more than a thousand) very small tornadoes that touch down in the USA every year, but are not

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