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Tornado Intensity – Enhanced Fujita Scale

Description
Occur most often along a cold front
Most occur during the spring months
Associated with huge thunderstorms called supercells

Characteristics
Diameter between 150 and 600 meters (500 and 2000 feet)
Speed across landscape is about 45 kilometers (30 miles) per hour
Cut about a 10 km (6 miles) long path
Maximum winds range beyond 500 kilometers (310 miles) per hour
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