What size of mushroom cloud is produced by x kiltons of TNT?

Subject: What size of mushroom cloud is produced by x kiltons of TNT?

Date: Tue Sep 14 08:00:35 2004
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The mushroom cloud above North Korea is said to be 2.1 to 2.5 miles across. How 
much TNT would produce that result? What is the relationship between the size 
of an explosion in TNT equivalent tons and the resulting mushroom cloud?

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