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The highest accepted average forward speed of a significant tornado occurred just west of Galt, Iowa, on December 15, 2021, with a forward speed of 88.65 mph (142.67 km/h). This tornado occurred during the December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak .
A bit pedantic but the highest wind speed ever CONFIRMED was on Barrow island in 1996 at 253mph. The wind speed of this tornado (as well as most tornados) was measured with radar as opposed to a calibrated anemometer so the validity of this number is questionable at best.
1 lip 2017 · At what size and strength is a hypothetical tornado physically impossible. The largest tornado in recorded history was the El Reno tornado at 2.6 miles wide on May 31, 2013. The fastest wind speeds ever recorded were 301 miles per hour in Moore OK May 3, 1999.
10 lis 2020 · The tornado was more than two and a half miles wide, the largest ever recorded. Its wind speeds of 300 miles an hour were some of the strongest in weather history.
11 sty 2019 · The 2013 El Reno Tornado is widely considered to be the largest tornado ever recorded, based on width. However, according to some sources the Mulhall Tornado was larger. At its peak, the massive El Reno Tornado reached a width of 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers) and speeds of up to 301 mph (484 km/h).
19 mar 2021 · The largest one ever recorded happened right before an EF 4 leveled the small town of Manchester on June 4, 2003. A nearby probe measured a pressure deficit of 100 millibars.
On May 31, 2013, the day the widest tornado ever recorded swept through central Oklahoma and killed 22 people, Anton Seimon was about three miles south. Several of the people killed were...
