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To: silentknight

What is a wedge tornado?

3 posted on 03/12/2006 6:40:28 PM PST by Reborn

To: Reborn

A wedge tornado is a tornado that is large...sometimes 1/2 miles wide or larger.

4 posted on 03/12/2006 6:41:28 PM PST by silentknight

To: Reborn

There's no official definition, but to chasers I think they've generally defined one as one that's wider than it is tall.

8 posted on 03/12/2006 6:42:15 PM PST by Strategerist

To: Reborn

Isn't that one is so strong that it pulls your underwear up around your neck?

66 posted on 03/12/2006 7:10:18 PM PST by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)

To: Reborn

A Wedge Tornado, is this as opposed to a Hemi Tornado :) hehehe...

128 posted on 03/12/2006 7:36:41 PM PST by Schwaeky ("Truth is not determined by a majority vote." Pope Benedict XVI)

To: Reborn

It is so wide that by looking at it, it is difficult to identify as a tornado.

In the 1900' there is one reported to have been over a 1/2 mile wide, that hit Ohio. Hundreds were killed.

732 posted on 03/13/2006 3:52:46 AM PST by mware (A teacher of geography.)

To: Reborn

793 posted on 03/15/2006 9:04:25 AM PST by SaltyJoe (A mother's sorrowful heart and personal sacrifice redeems her lost child's soul.)

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