The width of a ball is its diameter, so the diameter of a ball that is 24 cm wide is 24 cm.
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The average tornado is 150 feet wide. Some, can be less than 30 feet wide however, and the very largest can be up to two and a half miles wide.
The Joplin, Missouri tornado of May 22, 2011 tornado was 3/4 mile to 1 mile (1.2 to 1.6 km) wide.
Note that tornado ratings are not based on size, and F5 tornadoes have been recorded at a wide variety of widths. One F5 tornado in Kansas was 2.2 miles wide. However, one F5 in Texas was less than a quarter of a mile wide, and narrowed to only 60 yards when it reach ed F5 strength.
The Tri-State tornado had a path of 219 miles long and 3/4 mile to 1 mile wide across 3 states and numerous mining towns.
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