• Welcome to TalkWeather!
    We see you lurking around TalkWeather! Take the extra step and join us today to view attachments, see less ads and maybe even join the discussion.
    CLICK TO JOIN TALKWEATHER

Significant Tornado Events

NewFoundWeatherNerd said:
These big, monstrous wedges captivate me so much; truly, so many questions surround them in my view.

Columbus NE 1998 VS Dougherty TX 1995
Does anyone have any information surrounding the Dougherty tornado? It wasn't surveyed too well and is barely a footnote on TornadoArchive; but looking at it, it had to have been a incredible sight to behold, clearly very strong. That photo in particular was taken by Alan Moller; found on ResearchGate
View attachment 33377 View attachment 33381
Click to expand...
looks like a wider Manchester tornado, what day did this thing happen?
 
SpotlightForRareTornadoes said:
This EF4 needs to be reanalyzed......

Click to expand...

Just reminding yall that there was genuinely little good justification why this tornado wasn't rated EF5; there was areas of damage that just didn't get surveyed

Not to mention; this thing had EASILY the fastest rate of intensification on radar ive ever analyzed. From a weak, just planted tornado, to a monster debris ball in two scans; from the first scan of tornado touch down, to a debris ball five minutes later.

-News Story photo of the EF4
-Damage from YouTube taken on 5/16/14
-Damage from YouTube taken on 5/4/14
-Damage from YouTube take on 5/10/14 (Both last photos)
 

Attachments

  • 1738602650186.png
    1738602650186.png
    532.1 KB · Views: 0
  • 1738603097996.png
    1738603097996.png
    2.2 MB · Views: 0
  • 1738603440427.png
    1738603440427.png
    2.4 MB · Views: 0
  • 1738603841410.png
    1738603841410.png
    2.6 MB · Views: 0
  • 1738603878582.png
    1738603878582.png
    1.9 MB · Views: 0
NewFoundWeatherNerd said:
Just reminding yall that there was genuinely little good justification why this tornado wasn't rated EF5; there was areas of damage that just didn't get surveyed

Not to mention; this thing had EASILY the fastest rate of intensification on radar ive ever analyzed. From a weak, just planted tornado, to a monster debris ball in two scans; from the first scan of tornado touch down, to a debris ball five minutes later.

-News Story photo of the EF4
-Damage from YouTube taken on 5/16/14
-Damage from YouTube taken on 5/4/14
-Damage from YouTube take on 5/10/14 (Both last photos)
Click to expand...

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1xrCIb-vqLDCX04FWFpp7ZTnRlY6fkdE&usp=sharing
here is a detailed map of most of the tornado from the roland part to the end of its life, along with the EF5 candidate spots.
note EF5 candidate spots are pretty much swept clean + Possible EF5 contextual, some of the EF5 candidates spots are not well built homes so don't expect them to all be qualified for a EF5 rating.
1738634778158.png
1738634930903.png
 
NewFoundWeatherNerd said:
Just reminding yall that there was genuinely little good justification why this tornado wasn't rated EF5; there was areas of damage that just didn't get surveyed

Not to mention; this thing had EASILY the fastest rate of intensification on radar ive ever analyzed. From a weak, just planted tornado, to a monster debris ball in two scans; from the first scan of tornado touch down, to a debris ball five minutes later.

-News Story photo of the EF4
-Damage from YouTube taken on 5/16/14
-Damage from YouTube taken on 5/4/14
-Damage from YouTube take on 5/10/14 (Both last photos)
Click to expand...

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1xrCIb-vqLDCX04FWFpp7ZTnRlY6fkdE&usp=sharing
here is a detailed map of most of the tornado from the roland part to the end of its life, along with the EF5 candidate spots.
note EF5 candidate spots are pretty much swept clean + Possible EF5 contextual, some of the EF5 candidates spots are not well built homes so don't expect them to all be qualified for a EF5 rating.
 
joshoctober16 said:
shouldn't the most underrated EF5 candidate be any that only got rated EF0-EF3?

cause if its the case i would say its more these ones

  1. Wren EF3+ April 2011
  2. Hopewell - Macksville EF3+ May 2007
  3. Barnesville EF3+ April 2011
  4. Cisco EF3 May 2015
  5. Columbus F2 June 1998
  6. Westminster F3 May 2006
  7. Metador EF3+ June 2023
its to note that one of the 3 big EF3 after Greensburg EF5 was supposed to be rated EF4 but this error was never corrected in the same vane as one of the tanner F5 being listed as a F5 when it was infact a error as well.
Click to expand...
Can add this one as well:
Rural West Texas and Central Texas sure have had their share of extreme tornadoes. Jarrell, Loyal Valley and Bakersfield are the most extreme I can recall. However, the 2024 Sterling City, TX tornado might need a name on that list. Started out fairly weak and kept intensifying. However, it was in a completely rural area at its maximum intensity. At a weaker stage the tornado flipped over an oil jack. I am not sure what this indicates. I imagine the oil jack had some anchoring? I have read they can weigh anywhere from 12,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds.

However, at maximum intensity it produced some pretty unreal ground and tree damage. I will let the photos speak for themselves. The photo of the storm was at 4pm in the afternoon. The complete blackness was due to the shear height of the storm which was over 60,000 feet tall. Here is the NOAA analysis of the tornado at peak intensity. In the photos it is hard to see if the tree stumps are debarked because they appear to be incased in mud?

NWS rated this EF3 140MPH. They said “300 yard wide field scoured out, grass stripped up, trees snapped, debarked and sandblasted, and tons of dirt redistributed everywhere”.

As the tornado approached and crossed Highway 163, the tornado continued to intensify damaging several utility poles along the highway and then moving across a deer lease off Private Road 128, east of Highway 163. The tornado completely stripped the rocks, the grass, the top soil, and the caliche roads on the property. Only the stubs of the trunks of the trees remained on the property. The estimated peak wind of the tornado was 140 mph.

Attachments​

  • IMG_1103.png
    IMG_1103.png
    2.8 MB · Views: 0
  • IMG_1105.png
 
Does anyone happen to know how costly the Mayfield tornado actually was? I was scrolling through a website that had all the costliest tornadoes on it and honestly expected Mayfield to be up there, but was shocked to see it actually doesn’t have an official cost yet.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top