Tornados don’t move that fast, maybe 30 mph. (most time slower then that) every spring we get several of them here in NW Ohio. And the Sky-Warn people (my brother being one of the storm chasers) go out and follow them and report on their position. They can easily get away if needed

Any car can outrun a tornado and you can easily turn around. It’s not hard to keep out of their path while in a car. In the country, every mile there is a cross road to turn on if you need to. In a city it would be much more difficult because of limited visibility, but they don’t seem to hit in towns much, almost always they are out in the country.




A freeway overpass is actually more dangerous then laying down in an open ditch. There is a vortex action that happens under overpasses that can make the wind stronger and also reverse direction almost instantly. You would need to tie yourself to a pole to keep from being pulled away. At least that’s the way it was explained to me at a Sky-Warn meeting one time.