# Do tornados avoid big cities?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 18, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-tornados-avoid-big-cities/251058 "2004-06-18T16:08:12Z")\
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philadelphia has had some f1s.

one hit a few things on south street then headed across the river to camden.

one hit a few blocks on roosevelt avenue .

there wasn’t a lot of damage and the tornados lasted just a few minutes

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