That event very likely had 3 EF5-level tornadoes, including both twins. Much of the damage caused by the main Pilger tornado was extremely violent, both within the town and to farmsteads.
I am genuinely confused as to why this wasn’t rated EF5. I am still convinced Stanton was the most violent of the day. The contextual damage from the tornado was SCREAMING EF5.
i remember NWS pilger's old page stating one tornado almost got rated EF5 (page no longer works) but they didn't rate it because a whole car crashed into the home, i am not sure what tornado out of the 4 it was but it shows one did came close.
The vintage cars being hit hurts my soul to a strong degree. But yea, fully agreed; these two (plus Wakefield) were EXTREMELY violent. Such a spectacularly strange day; I adore Convective Chronicles analysis on it.
I actually have not seen many damage photos from the Wakefield tornado. I have no doubt it was probably a high end violent though.
I genuinely think this is one of the more underrated EF5 candidates out there.Not sure if they have been posted before. Found a series of damage photos from the November 2013 Washington, IL EF4 on the Flickr page of a railfan who is local to the area.
Bottom of page 7, top of page 8.
I know a bunch of damage photos have been avaliable of the damage found in Washington, but I have found it rather difficult to find damage photos past Washington where it has been rumored to have peaked in strength.Not sure if they have been posted before. Found a series of damage photos from the November 2013 Washington, IL EF4 on the Flickr page of a railfan who is local to the area.
Bottom of page 7, top of page 8.
shouldn't the most underrated EF5 candidate be any that only got rated EF0-EF3?
I completely forgot about Matador. To this day, I am genuinely still so dumbfounded and confused as to why that tornado was not at least rated EF4. The contextual damage was literally SCREAMING “ Violent Tornado “
personally these ratings would fit better
Could not agree more. I do agree with the wind speed estimate for Matador due to the poor construction in the area, however, the contextual damage in my opinion paints a lot of confidence and certainty it probably reached EF5 strength. Same thing with Bremen, KY.
oh and for metador we both forgot about how it did clear EF4 damage to trees
The scouring from Westminster was genuinely some of the most impressive scouring I have seen and is certainly comparable to the likes of Bridge Creek/Moore/Jarrell/Guin etc
Ive done some extensive digging on the Matador tornado: that thing was a MONSTER. Ripped engines straight out of vehicles at least twice, granulated and deposited a large swath of materials, and potently lofted vehicles hundreds of yards. Ive archived just about every YouTube video I could find surrounding it; heres some stuff from that playlist:
looks like a wider Manchester tornado, what day did this thing happen?
