Significant Tornado Events

[Shelby]

Robinson was moving faster and had a similar/faster rotational velocity, so i find it pretty unlikely Smithville was stronger, even at peak intensity.

I am curious when you say Robinson was moving faster. Are you referring to forward speed? What was the forward speed of the Robinson tornado?

 

[Shelby]

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I know this has probably been posted somewhere in this thread, but when researching a bit more about the 2014 Vilonia tornado, I came across this image that absolutely infuriated me even more as to why was this tornado given an EF4…

Notice how this house not only has its exterior walls anchored down, but if you look at this image, you can see how the interior walls were also bolted down! I genuinely thought Vilonia couldn’t get any more infuriating, but here we are. That is insanely strong anchoring and it’s such a shame that the one tornado in Arkansas history that caused such extreme/classic EF5 damage was robbed of its rating. Robinson was a straight up clown and i’m so glad he left LZK.

Don’t forget the 30,000 pound fertilizer tank that was thrown 3/4 of a mile.

 

[andyhb]

Can anyone identify this violent looking tornado? Someone on Twitter said it might be from Texas June 8 1995 but to me it looks more like Red Rock 1991.

Am almost certain that is the Red Rock tornado.

 

[Shelby]

This is tree damage in Diaz, Arkansas. I was in the area for work. Directly east is a field and about 100-200 yards (I am not great with estimates) are the houses that were left completely bare. One was rated high-end EF-4. I could not get to the worst damage due to clean up.

 

[Christopher Robert]

This is tree damage in Diaz, Arkansas. I was in the area for work. Directly east is a field and about 100-200 yards (I am not great with estimates) are the houses that were left completely bare. One was rated high-end EF-4. I could not get to the worst damage due to clean up.

Good shots my man! Wish I could have seen this event in person.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

That's a pretty fuzzy copy of the OG:

I'm pretty sure the tornado is there, but it is TINY and you have to jack the contrast quite a bit to see it. Just above center.

You know what? I think I do see it:

It’s completely rain-wrapped but there’s a defined edge.

 

[Xyls]

Question just reading up on the 1992 Brandon, MS tornado and was reading a bit of the damage descriptors from Wikipedia and one says:

Large and well-built brick homes were destroyed in the Easthaven Subdivision of Brandon, including a massive, well-constructed, brick mansion that was completely leveled, killing four people, one of whom was found .25 miles (0.40 km) from the foundation.

Tornado outbreak of November 21–23, 1992 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anyone have pictures of this event. Surprised that this would not have warranted an F5 on the old system?

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

Question just reading up on the 1992 Brandon, MS tornado and was reading a bit of the damage descriptors from Wikipedia and one says:

Tornado outbreak of November 21–23, 1992 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anyone have pictures of this event. Surprised that this would not have warranted an F5 on the old system?

From the photos that i've seen, the "brick home" is actually brick veneer home

 

[TH2002]

Question just reading up on the 1992 Brandon, MS tornado and was reading a bit of the damage descriptors from Wikipedia and one says:

Tornado outbreak of November 21–23, 1992 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anyone have pictures of this event. Surprised that this would not have warranted an F5 on the old system?

Home was leveled but not slabbed, pretty self-explanatory.

From the photos that i've seen, the "brick home" is actually brick veneer home

That's ALL brick homes in the US. In North America, 'brick home' refers to brick veneer frame homes.

 

[HAwkmoon]

Home was leveled but not slabbed, pretty self-explanatory.

That's ALL brick homes in the US. In North America, 'brick home' refers to brick veneer frame homes.

Well not necessarily, there are actual masonry homes in the US, just rare to find.

 

[TH2002]

Well not necessarily, there are actual masonry homes in the US, just rare to find.

True. European style dual masonry homes do exist in the US - as you said, they're just extremely rare. So 9 times out of 10, when an American says "brick home", they're referring to much more common brick veneer frame homes.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Christopher Robert]

imagine a HD video from this location. Talk about a missed opportunity.

 

[Christopher Robert]

I had no idea really. But I was definitely heading to my target of Southeast Missouri by 10 AM that day

 

[joshoctober16]

its from this by the way.

 

[Aaron Rider]

Has anyone ever seen much analysis of the 4/3/1974 tornado near Murphy, North Carolina? This twister allegedly caused extreme forest damage.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Has anyone ever seen much analysis of the 4/3/1974 tornado near Murphy, North Carolina? This twister allegedly caused extreme forest damage.

I'm not seeing any entry in Grazulis' November 1990 book, is it the one in Caldwell County?

Nevermind, found it:

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Speaking of which, there are some insane tornado photos in that book:

 

[Christopher Robert]

Has anyone ever seen much analysis of the 4/3/1974 tornado near Murphy, North Carolina? This twister allegedly caused extreme forest damage.

I just saw a comment about this tornado on YouTube. If anyone has anything I'd love to see it.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

I just saw a comment about this tornado on YouTube. If anyone has anything I'd love to see it.

I have access to Newspapers.com, is there a specific keyword you'd want to search for?