Not sure, but whatever it is, it seems pretty good at surviving tornadoes.
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Severe Weather Threat May 17-19, 2025
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Are there any photos of tree damage on the Dodge City portion of the tornado’s track? Wichita’s not going to rate any tree damage EF4 based on the single EF3 DI on their portion, but Dodge City has been consistently giving EF3 ratings to tree damage.
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The residence it encountered is a pure stone house, like almost made 100％ of stone even maybe some concrete, I'd call this a true EF5 DI if one can manage level it. It's unbelievable that a house of this fashion was built in the middle of nowhere in Plains.
Kds86z
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Strongest tornado of year no? Some said..
Kds86z
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DDC has my utmost respect now
AJS
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Hard to tell right now. I’d wait until I see more damage pics come out from that area. For right now, I think these have been the strongest of the year based on the damage they produced.
Bakersfield, MO.
Tylertown, MS.
Diaz, AR.
Lake City, AR.
London, KY.
Grinnell, KS.
Plevna, KS.
Kds86z
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Yeah I just remember seeing some mets on X or here saying so.
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This well illustrated the inconsistency between different WFO, DDC might be one of those generous NWS office when it comes to tor rating, the only other offices that willing to rate tons of EF3/4 DI purely based on tree are JAX and PAH I believe. Wonder if the Greensburg cell occurred in ICT's CWA, should we get so many EF3s.
As for the EF3 hardwood DI from the Plevna tor, here's some of them
Central Ohio Wx
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Oh my lord, just found this DI from the Grinnell survey:
This is a 112 mph EF2 DI with zero comment on how the house disappeared and instead chose to focus on damage to neighboring homes. This is one of the worst surveys I’ve ever seen.
This is a 112 mph EF2 DI with zero comment on how the house disappeared and instead chose to focus on damage to neighboring homes. This is one of the worst surveys I’ve ever seen.
Kds86z
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WTH?
Central Ohio Wx
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You can find the DI here:
Some of the attached images really make me question how they even rated this stuff.
Central Ohio Wx
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Oh, and it gets a lot better! Here’s a 113 mph EF2 DI to the north they just added:
Is it safe to say Goodland is the most unreliable NWS office when it comes to ratings?
Is it safe to say Goodland is the most unreliable NWS office when it comes to ratings?
AJS
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I’ve seen one home from an aerial footage that appeared to be leveled.
AJS
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Unbelievable. Severe debarking and granulation present at this residence too.
Kds86z
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I wonder if anyone is scolding them online lol
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I'd argue all the 5 EF3 produced by the Greensburg-Plevna tor were violent at some point in there life.
Here's the tree damage from the first one
The Greensburg one that prompted a TORE
The one near Haviland
The one near Iuka
Here's the tree damage from the first one
The Greensburg one that prompted a TORE
The one near Haviland
The one near Iuka
Kds86z
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Cyclic violent tornadic supercell. I wonder when we’ll see that again.
AJS
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Which one would you say was the strongest?
AJS
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Is that ground scouring produced by the Haviland one? If so, that’s pretty remarkable.