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Is 630.20 yards per second as fast as a Tornado?

It's about ten-and-a-half times as fast as a Tornado
The speed of a Tornado is about 60.377780 yards per second.
(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 53.777780 yards per second and 66.977780 yards per second. 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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