average tornado speed
What is a tornado? A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground.The most violent tornadoes can produce massive destsruction with wind speeds of 250 mph or more. Damage paths can be more than 1 mile wide and 50 miles wide. The typical tornado moves from southwest to northeast, but they have been known to move in any direction. The average forward speed of a tornado is 30 mph but it may vary from stationary to 70mph.
Tornadoes usually lasts only a few minutes, but they are very intense. Their wind speeds range from 18 to 140 m/s. The damage path of a tornado is usually less than 500 meters wide and it travels at less than 16 m/s. Each year, the United States ranks number one in tornado incidence with Australia coming in second. Very often, the most devastating ones occur in Bangladesh.