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On June 16 1992 there was an F5 tornado is chandler-lake Wilson Minnesota. This was the strongest tornado in Minnesota history apart from another F5 in 1968, but not the largest. The largest in the state, at least since official record began in 1950, was an F3 near the town of Floodwood on August 6, 1969 that was 1.6 miles wide. The most recent big tornadoeds in Minnesota were in Wadena, Elmora, and Albert Lea on 7/17/10. These tornadoes were rated EF4 the second highest rating and were all at least a mile wide.
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What was the wind speed the worlds biggest tornado?
The largest tornado ever recorded was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. This tornado was 2.6 miles wide. Doppler radar measured a wind gust in the tornado at 296 mph, the second highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado.
Is a tornado bigger than a flood?
No. Hurricanes are far bigger than tornadoes. The average tornado is 50 yards wide, with the smallest tornado on recorded being only 3 feet wide and the largest ever recorded at 2.6 miles. Hurricanes are 300 miles wide on average, the smallest ever recorded was about 60 miles wide and the largest over 1,300 miles.
What was the highest ever recorded windspeeded from a tornado when and where was this recorded?
The Highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado was 302 mph (some sources say 318 mph) in the F5 tornado that struck Moore and Bridgecreek Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. This tornado is sometimes referred to as the Oklahoma City tornado
How long can a tornado's path be?
The longest tornado path ever recorded was 219 miles long.
Has a tornado ever traveled at 700 mph?
No the fastest a tornado is known to have traveled is 73 mph. The fastest winds ever recorded in a tornado were just over 300mph, which is about as strong as they get.
What is the biggest tornado ever recorded in Oklahoma?
The largest tornado in Oklahoma (and in fact the largest tornado ever recorded), was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. It was 2.6 miles wide.
How wide can a tornado be at the base?
The largest tornado ever recorded was 2.6 miles wide.
Was the biggest tornado in china?
No. The largest tornado ever recorded hit Hallam, Nebraska in the United States.
Was the largest tornado that ever hit Colorado an EF5 tornado?
No, Colorado has never recorded an F5 or EF5 tornado, the strongest was an F4. The largest tornado (by path width) on record in Colorado was rated EF3.
How long ago did the biggest tornado hit?
The largest tornado ever recorded, the Hallam, Nebraska tornado, struck in 2004, so about 6 years ago.
What was the wind speed the worlds biggest tornado?
The largest tornado ever recorded was the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013. This tornado was 2.6 miles wide. Doppler radar measured a wind gust in the tornado at 296 mph, the second highest wind speed ever recorded in a tornado.
What is the biggest known tournado?
The largest tornado ever recorded was the Hallam, Nebraska tornado of May 22, 2004. At one point this tornado was 2.5 miles wide.
Was there ever a tornado in Minnesota?
yes
Do a tornado come around 650 km across?
No, that would more likely be a hurricane. The largest tornado ever recorded was 4 km wide.
Where and when was the largest tornado ever recorded in the us?
Offically, the largest tornado on record struck near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013. Radar and later damage surveys showed the tornado to be 2.6 miles wide.
Can a tornado be bigger than a hurricane?
No. The largest tornado ever recorded was 2.5 miles wide, and only a handful of tornadoes over 2 miles wide have ever been recorded. The smallest hurricane ever recorded was 60 miles wide, with most hurricanes being a few hundred miles wide.
What was the largest tornado ever recorded in the US in terms of destruction?
The most destructive tornado in U.S. history was the Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011. The cost of damage was $2.8 billion.
