Tornado Categories

Tornadoes are some of the strongest forces of nature. Now some are weaker than others. There are different categories of power. Here are the categories that there are.

Here we are with the 2 weak tornadoes: F0 & F1. In an F0 wind speeds are 65mph to 80mph. So that's the wind speeds. Now here's what it'll be able to destroy: well, almost nothing. Just a couple roof tiles taken off and branches taken off trees. And then there's the F1, it's a different story. The EF1 wind speeds are 86mph - 110mph. Chimneys damaged, trees knocked over, and mobile homes destroyed.

Here are the 2 medium tornadoes: F2 and F3. The F2's wind speeds are 111mph - 135mph. Um, quite ok damage. I mean, whole roofs popped off. And well-built barns destroyed. And then there is the F3. F3 wind speeds are 136 mph to 165 mph. Some pretty mean damage. Some damage to walls and cars lifted off the ground and thrown a distance.

And there are the 2 strong tornadoes. These last tornadoes are hard to tell apart. They do quite identical damage, but still, one is stronger. The F4 and F5. F4 wind speeds are 166 mph to 200 mph. Some very, very bad damage. Trees lifted off the ground, and entire houses almost completely swept away. Well F3s can throw trees away too. And then there is the the F5 with wind speeds from 201 mph to, well, the highest wind speeds ever recorded was 300 mph so I'd have to say 300. Huge. Strong houses swept away. They can take the house off their foundations. Total destruction! And that's all.

Oh and did you know? There's a vehicle that can go inside a tornado - it's called TIV and the even better version, TIV2. TIV1 had 2-wheel drive. TIV2 had 6-wheel drive and it could intercept more winds than TIV1. It also carried more instruments.

Here's how a tornado is formed. Now we have a it of warm air rising up and some cold air coming down. Where this happens is called the cloud head. And then when they collide, they start to make some twisting. Sometimes it make a sort of funnel cloud sort of thing. If it drops onto the ground, then you got yourself a kind of tornado. But here is another thing, the funnel will start spinning faster and faster sucking up more warm air making it faster and also louder.

(photo of TIV1 from forum.i3d.net)

(photo from thorntonweather.com)

(photo from georgetowndemoc.wordpress.com)