intense different tornadoes have different smells. when a tornado is going through a densely wooded area, you can smell fresh cup would the fresh copy? fine, whatever the tree is the typical widths are anywhere from probably 25, 50 yards across on the low end two on the high end mile wide the, largest one i've ever seen was the el reno, oklahoma tornado. >> and that was over two miles wide the joplin tornado became a mile wide wedge right on the edge of town tornado was massive it was chewing up everything in its path groups, no mercy at all here we go