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The average tornado is 50 yards wide, but sizes vary widely. Some are less than 10 yards wide while on rare occasions a tornado may be over a mile wide.

The widest tornado on record cut a damage path 2.6 miles wide.
It varies widely. Tornadoes can be as narrow as 15 feet or as wide as 2.5 miles. The averages tornado is 50 to 100 yards wide.

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The amount of damage a tornado causes depends on a

number of factors including:

  • Intensity:A stronger tornado is capable of causing more severe damage. This is largely dependent on wind speed.
  • Path width: a large will produce a wide swath of damage and potentially damage or destroy a large number of structures.
  • Path Length: The farther a tornado travels the more potential there is for it to impact structures.
  • Location: A tornado that hits a city will cause more damage than one that stays in open country.
  • Duration/area of peak winds: a tornado that spends a long time at peak intensity or produces them withing a large portion of the circulation will be more likely to produce severe or catastrophic damage.
  • Forward speed: A slow moving tornado that sits on a structure for a long time can be more damaging than one that move through quickly.
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If you mean how long it lasts, larger tornadoes tend to be stronger and last longer, but not always.

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Not so much the size as the intensity. The lower the pressure inside a tornado relative to its surroundings, the stronger it will be. This does not necessarily mean it will be larger, though.

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No, especially considering that most tornadoes form over land, not water.

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Yes. The vortex of a tornado is the tornado.

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