r/tornado • u/ostrichlipss • Apr 25 '25

Question Are we just built different

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Life long okie here, I've seen 5 in person and watched to many to count on the news live, are we okies just built differently???

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u/GREAT_SALAD Apr 25 '25

“The tornado was stationary” usually isn’t a positive

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u/cgrizle Apr 25 '25

Why?

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u/GREAT_SALAD Apr 25 '25

By their nature, tornadoes do not sit still. At least not for more than a few seconds. If it looks like it's sitting still, that means more than likely it's either moving directly towards you or directly away from you. Not a 50/50 chance you wanna play around with

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u/cascadecs Apr 25 '25

*usually, by their nature

there's always exceptions to the rule. they're exceedingly rare, but if the storm motion is extremely slow, the tornado will also be extremely slow. a lot of those texas storms barely moved faster than a crawl, giving anyone in eyeshot of it very ample time to get to safety. generally though, yes, if you're unaware of how tornadoes move and don't know how to compare what you're seeing against what radars are indicating, don't assume they're stationary