In this area suction vortices can be found. These are subsidiary updrafts in a tornado which are formed by the suction of air into the main vortex. These have diameters of about 10 meters. These are also believed to be responsible for the phenomenon of one house being totally destroyed, while another houses 15 meters away was left unscathed. A few generalizations can be made about tornadoes.
Tornadoes generally travel from the southwest to the northeast.
A tornado s path length and width is generally associated with the strength of the tornado and that path length and width increase with the intensity of a tornado. However, there are certain details about a tornado which can be revealed by its damage path. A tornado s path can be linked to where it forms. The three main types of tornado paths are the repeating type, straight type, and looping type. A looping damage path occurs when a tornado forms in the central part of the mesocylone with a slowly moving thunderstorm.