2006-07-11 07:58:57 · 11 answers · asked by suga coatz 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Tornados have a very high rotational velocity..upwards of 250mph. BUT they traverse along the ground at much slower speeds...usually 30-60 mph but their path is unpredictable.
So yes, any car can outrun a tornado...but can the driver guess which path the tornado is gonna take!
2006-07-11 08:05:46 · answer #1 · answered by helipilot212 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know that being in a car is a very bad place to be in a tornado. Perhaps a car may out distance the funnel cloud but it can not top the speed at the eye of the tornado. I think I read that one was recorded at 300+ miles per hour .in my home state highest speed ever recorded in the eye . I was born in OK. in what they called tornado alley.
2006-07-11 15:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost any car can outrun a Tornado. Tornado's move across the ground at speeds of 5-50 mph. However they are prone to lifting off the ground in one spot and touching down in another which could make them seem like they were traveling at a high rate of speed.
2006-07-11 15:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes almost any car could as tornadoes don,t move particularly fast. You might be confusing the wind speed that is often associated with a tornado with it,s ground speed which is no match for a vehicle on an open road.
2006-07-11 15:41:30 · answer #4 · answered by Iknowthisone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um. A really fast one. I would NEVER try that though because the wind always is changing in a tornado and they're so light that they can be picked up easily depending on the size of the tornado. So, realistically, um, no ma'am.
2006-07-11 15:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by toemas05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh. No....
Tornados can pick up, drop, and turn at any time in any direction. It's not speed that beats a tornado. It's a storm shelter.
Wayne
2006-07-11 15:04:14 · answer #6 · answered by Hurra912 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tornado ground speeds (forward movement) usually don't top more than 70 mph so you could theoretically outrun them in most cars on the road today. Why, are you thinking of trying?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_records
2006-07-11 15:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by racefan01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tornados are not bound by roads, ditches, houses, fences, or anything else.
A car, pretty much needs to stay on the road. Therefore, it's not so much a question of outrunning it, as dodging it.
2006-07-11 15:03:21 · answer #8 · answered by Manny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of cars thst can out run a tornado.
Tornadoes only travel 30-70 mph ground speed.
BUT it is the erratic nature in which they travel that is a problem. Circumstances are probably that you could not drive directly away from a tornado.
TFTP
2006-07-11 15:08:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you know the path of the tornado and can drive the other way
2006-07-11 15:03:23 · answer #10 · answered by hellkatan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋