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Is 123 inches per hour as fast as a Tornado?

It's about one-sixty-five-thousandth as fast as a Tornado
The speed of a Tornado is about 7,824,960 inches per hour.
(EF2) (wind speed range average)
According to the Enhanced Fujita scale implemented by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, a "significant" tornado has an Enhanced Funjita scale classification of EF2 and is characterized by wind gust speeds between 6,969,600 inches per hour and 8,680,320 inches per hour. The largest recorded tornado — an F4 event occurring in Nebraska in May, 2004 — was almost 4.02 km (2.5 mi) across.
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