CheeselandSkies
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Yeah, after reading through that chain, I forgot which thread it was. Thought it was the severe weather 2025 thread.
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Oy, truth @Central Ohio Wx.They weren’t just destroyed, they were ripped to shreds.
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I don't think I've seen this picture. Is this actually Spiritwood? If so, that's substantially higher end damage than I expected...They weren’t just destroyed, they were ripped to shreds.
Yes, it’s been circulating around today and must have been recently released.I don't think I've seen this picture. Is this actually Spiritwood? If so, that's substantially higher end damage than I expected...
I’m not even trying to sound hyperbolic, but that is genuinely some of the worst vehicle damage I have ever seen.They weren’t just destroyed, they were ripped to shreds.
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@TH2002 new EF5 candidate just droppedThey weren’t just destroyed, they were ripped to shreds.
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Without knowing the whole extent of the contextual damage (scouring? debarking? wind rowing? etc.) I'm not going to say it's an EF5 candidate.
This, and before I personally would put this as a potential EF5 candidate, I’d want to see what the surrounding ground would have looked like before the tornado as well. If it’s already somewhat of a barren field before the tornado, then the ground scarring is definitely going to look more intense than it actually was. It looks bad in those images, but what were those fields looking like before the tornado hit?Without knowing the whole extent of the contextual damage (scouring? debarking? wind rowing? etc.) I'm not going to say it's an EF5 candidate.
El Reno '13 is a perfect example of this. 295+ mph readings in subvortices? Yes. Tremendous vehicle damage? Yes. But all the other damage was AT BEST, low end EF4.
But like I said after Matador, it's not really debatable that vehicle damage of this caliber is typically only seen in violent (EF4-EF5) tornadoes.