I've wondered about this before..... If an F-5 tornado was on the ground, at full strength, would a hydrogen bomb set off inside it have sufficient power to blow out the tornado? It's a purely speculative question as I realize the resultant damage from the bomb would be at least as devastating, and probably more so, than the damage from the tornado, what with the blast, heat, and radiation. But from a purely speculative point, what do some of you think? Is there any way to crunch numbers on this and come up with some kind of quantitative answer?

I think it's safe to assume it would. Let's remember, Hydrogen bombs can kill things up to 20 miles away from a single blast, whereas the largest Tornado ever observed was a little under a mile wide. Hydrogen bombs would also create a huge mushroom cloud that would rise miles about the Tornado's vortex and that in itself would probably be enough.

Yes, it most certainly would destroy a tornado.

A tornado is basically some wind moving fast in a vortex shape whereas an H-Bomb uses the raw power of atoms to create an unimaginable amount of heat, radiation and energy.

An H-Bomb would incinarate the very air the tornados made out of

Mhm, a H bomb would totally subsume the tornado with its shockwave and then snuff it out with the enormous firestorm it leaves in its wake.

Not the best method for weather control if you ask me...

"Honey, its snowing outside, and I have to get to work!"

"Its alright, I bought some plastic explosive and small nuclear arms from Iran, that'll take care of the weather!"

I think a test is in order

everyone grab a lab coat

tornado + hydrogen bomb = explosion...lets try it. it might work