Tornadoes do not usually travel in a straight line. They can change direction and speed rapidly, making them unpredictable and dangerous. Tornado paths are often characterized by erratic and twisting movements as they move across the landscape.
Tornadoes can move in any direction, but on average they travel from southwest to northeast in the United States. The specific path a tornado takes is influenced by various factors such as wind patterns, topography, and storm dynamics.
The winds at the outer edge of a tornado typically spin faster than those closer to the center. This is due to the conservation of angular momentum, where the outer winds travel a longer distance in the same time as the inner winds, causing them to speed up.
No, tornadoes cannot travel faster than the speed of sound. The fastest tornado winds ever recorded were around 300 mph, while the speed of sound is approximately 767 mph. Therefore, tornadoes are not capable of exceeding the speed of sound.
Tornadoes can travel varying distances on the ground, typically ranging from a few kilometers to over 100 kilometers. The exact distance a tornado can travel on the ground depends on factors such as its strength, path, and duration.
no
It can't. :)
A tornado moves with the thunderstorm that produces it, which its in turn steered by large-scale wind patterns.
Usually, yes.
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Yes. They often do.
A very small country perhaps. In rare cases a tornado may travel over 100 miles, which is enough to cross some countries.
No, there is not
There is no way of knowing when the next tornado will be.
It varies. A typical tornado might travel about 5 kilometers. However, many tornadoes have path lengths of less than a kilometer. In rare cases a tornado may have a path lengths of 200 kilometers or more. The longest path ever recorded for a tornado was 352 kilometers.
It depends on how fast the tornado is moving, which varies. An average tornado moves at about 30 mph, so it would take 2 minutes to travel a mile. The fastest a tornado has ever been known to travel was 73 mph, in which case it would travel a mile in about 50 seconds. At the other end, some tornadoes barely move at all.
No. A tornado can't travel that far. Also, unless it is already developing it is impossible to tell exactly where or when a tornado will hit.