It didn’t look like it had…any…interior walls based on the fact that no wall marks are present on the slab floor…I’m probably wrong though considering the fact that…100% of brick buildings have interior walls Of some kind now a days….It was NE of Selmer, TN. I believe it is the 'Purdy Community Center'.
Had good connections and brick construction.
It was NE of Selmer, TN. I believe it is the 'Purdy Community Center'.
Had good connections and brick construction.
I still haven’t forgiven them for New Wren. That was such a half @ssed job they pulled there.
Holly Springs 2015 was almost worse, though it did at least get rated a LE EF4 (should have been EF5 though) unlike New Wren. In previous posts I've counted at least twenty homes along the Holly Springs path that went completely unsurveyed.
What were the reasons Holly Springs wasn’t a 5? Vilonia Syndrome a year later?
Same reason New Wren wasn't a 5. The Holly Springs Motorsports Park (the tornado's first peak in intensity IMO) was completely skipped by MEG and only documented thanks to an excellent survey by @CAL. Its second and primary peak intensity in the Lamar Rd vicinity was barely surveyed - MEG only surveyed one leveled home that wasn't even in the core of the damage path. The highest rated damage point was a large, well built home that was mostly slabbed despite the fact the tornado was already weakening when it struck.
Yeah, that guy said that tornado damage was at least high-end EF4++
I can't say I agree, as I've seen recent tornadoes rated EF4 for seemingly less. EF4 isn't insanely difficult to get, and we see them every year, so I definitely wouldn't describe it as impossible, especially when you look at the EF4s of 2022. One of them was even based on a house that didn't have anchor bolts. In my opinion, this has much more to do with the specific WFO responsible for the survey, rather than the current state of the scale's application (at least when it comes to ratings below EF5).
Is it possible they are still analyzing? I remember it took a while for the Pembroke-Black Creek, GA tornado to be upped to EF4 last year, and it wasn't til later that the violent damage points were added to the DAT. But still, I don't like the huge gap in DIs along with a lack of statements saying they are still working on the final rating.
Hopefully that is what's going on, but the fact that it's been a week and there's literally two damage points for 20+ miles of path is questionable to say the least.
Judging by this video, there are at least 4-5 DOD 10 homes along that gap where's there's no damage information. It's not like those homes are inaccessible to the survey team either.
