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Stormy Weather

Tornadoes

How long a path do tornadoes typically make?

Most tornadoes actually have fairly brief lifespans, lasting less than an hour and often only several minutes or seconds. About five miles of travel can be expected from an average tornado. Of course, there have been much longer-lived tornadoes, such as one on March 18, 1925, which crossed 215 miles (346 kilometers) of terrain.



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