Question about tornadoes--if you're driving somewhere in the middle of nowhere,

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21. If the tornado looks like it is Standing Still,

...it is heading STRAIGHT toward (or away) from you.
If the Tornado vortex is drifting either right or left with respect to the horizon (horizontal reference from your viewpoint),
it will pass to the side of your position.
Tornadoes generally track West to East, so an evasion track would be North or South.

The above was gleaned from dutifully watching several seasons of StormChasers.
They try to position themselves at that point where there is no observable horizontal drift of the vortex (standing still),
but, of course, they WANT to be hit.

Tornadoes CAN and DO change course,
so the above is a rule of thumb.


If a hit was unavoidable, I would look for the lowest ditch, hole, or shallow depression in my immediate area,
and worry about flood water later.