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One of the tornadoes damaged at least one outbuilding in the county. — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Weather service confirms two tornadoes touched down in western Wisconsin on Tuesday," 27 June 2018 Schidlowsky noted that the tornado itself reached 200 feet. — Christopher Carbone, Fox News, "Terrifying 'fire tornado' sucks firehose 200 feet into the sky, then melts it in midair," 18 Sep. 2018 Horrifying phenomena like the massive fire tornadoes within the Carr Fire have only added to the destruction. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "200 Soldiers Are Being Sent to California to Fight Fires," 6 Aug. 2018 National Weather Service meteorologist John Paul Martin classified the tornado as an EF2, which is defined by winds speeds between 111 and 135 mph. — Washington Post, "Milwaukee settles lawsuit over stop-and-frisk," 11 July 2018 National Weather Service meteorologist John Paul Martin classified the tornado as an EF2, which is defined by winds speeds between 111 and 135 mph. — CBS News, "Newborn baby killed, dozens injured when tornado strikes North Dakota city," 11 July 2018 Next door, the tornado shoved a Dumpster from Lake Tire & Auto onto the northbound lanes of U.S. 441. — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Tavares twister 'nightmarish' for restaurateur but tame in the scheme of things," 5 July 2018 The tornado will be officially categorized in the next few days. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Five-ton tractor 'missing' in South Dakota following tornado," 2 July 2018 The tornado spun directly through Lake Lotawana, according to the Weather Service. — Max Londberg, kansascity, "Tornado near Lee's Summit damages property. Injuries, outages reported elsewhere," 26 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tornado.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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