Sentence examples for strong tornado from inspiring English sources

Typically, a strong tornado has a broad, columnar funnel cloud.

Experts say there will always be deaths when a strong tornado scores a direct hit on a heavily populated area.

Available evidence suggests that in a strong tornado, most of the rising air surges upward in a cylindrical annulus around the central axis.

His church survived the strong tornado -- winds were estimated at 166 miles per hour -- with minimal damage.

This is a distinct phenomenon from a satellite tornado, which is a smaller tornado which forms very near a large, strong tornado contained within the same mesocyclone.

The weather service said Sunday that a strong tornado that developed from severe thunderstorms Friday night touched down in Van Buren, Arkansas.

Weak and strong tornadoes occur most frequently in this same hour.

The agency posted an urgent alert on its Web site predicting an "outbreak of strong tornadoes" throughout late Tuesday.

Of the 519 deaths in 1953, 323 were due to strong tornadoes striking three urban areas (Waco, Texas; Flint, Michigan and Worcester, Massachusettss).

A typical lifetime for strong tornadoes is about 8 minutes, while for violent events it is about 25 minutes.

But a half century of observations in the United States show no change in tornado frequency and a declining frequency of strong tornadoes.