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I remember these scanned black and white photographs of an airport runway scoured of asphalt on one side, but they looked different than these. Locomusic01 posted some of the older thread before it went down, perhaps they were more from this tornado? Not sure.
Totally out of the blue, I finally remembered! It was the 4/15/1973 Pearsall, TX F4 that struck Frio County Airport:

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It killed five people in two cars that were thrown hundreds of yards and terribly mangled:

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As is typical, however, it was overshadowed by a somewhat weaker tornado (F3) that struck a more populated area (Plainview).
 
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Totally out of the blue, I finally remembered! It was the 4/15/1973 Pearsall, TX F4 that struck Frio County Airport:

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It killed five people in two cars that were thrown hundreds of yards and terribly mangled:

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As is typical, however, it was overshadowed by a somewhat weaker tornado (F3) that struck a more populated area (Plainview).
Yup that's it, been looking for those!
 

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Yeah the TornadoTalk team is proving itself to be an invaluable group of researchers. They have been able pick up on details, and in some cases, entire path segments missed by NWS survey teams. Their work is not only an important dissenting voice, but they are also able to highlight poor and incomplete NWS surveying that would otherwise not ever be addressed. Plus, they are well-informed about construction and modern damage surveying methods, and objective in their research. While I’m not subscribed to TT, I can’t say enough good things about them.

Their work alone has made me rethink my stance on 2011 Tuscaloosa/Birmingham rating. Up until now, I sided confidently with high-end EF4, as nobody could show me any real specific incidents of EF5-deserving damage. But with those two houses (assuming they were bolted down) within the vicinity of that railroad bridge, I do think there is now enough evidence for a post-analysis rating upgrade.
As for the 87731 outbreak, I can clearly confirm only two ef4 +, but the Baiquan tornado (2:55-3:55) a tornado in the family pulled corn stalks out of the ground and caused a large number of houses to collapse completely, which may be a potential ef4 tornado. In addition, there was no doubt that there were many strong tornadoes above Ef3 that day. According to some new literature records, the outbreak was obviously earlier than we thought. There was a tornado around 11 o'clock, which was definitely a right It's a historic explosion outside North America
 
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Totally out of the blue, I finally remembered! It was the 4/15/1973 Pearsall, TX F4 that struck Frio County Airport:

ubGzghi.png


EuZU4pW.png


It killed five people in two cars that were thrown hundreds of yards and terribly mangled:

pRNty53.png


As is typical, however, it was overshadowed by a somewhat weaker tornado (F3) that struck a more populated area (Plainview).
How many minutes was this tornado on the ground for?
 

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The Mesopotamia, OH F3 has been maybe the most difficult tornado of the entire outbreak to find information and photos on, probably because much of the damage was done to Amish settlements. Based on what little I can find, it seems to have been rather strong and possibly pretty large, especially as it passed between Mesopotamia and North Bloomfield. I finally got one more photo today, which brings the grand total to.. six. One of which is watermarked. Oh well.

This photo is from very near the start of the path, roughly along the Geauga-Trumbull county line:

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A couple miles to the northeast, just south of Mesopotamia:

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A little west of North Bloomfield where the tornado crossed Kinsman Rd (probably pretty close to where it peaked):

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And a couple photos of the funnel itself taken from Kinsman Rd, several miles east of the previous area. The tornado was likely weakening by this point, although it continued on for several miles:

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Various videos I found of the 11/17/2013 Paducah-Brookport tornado. The tornado was completely wrapped in rain for most (if not all) of its life.




Note these next two are the same as the first but not watermarked. Yeah not sure what the uploader was thinking haha

 

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How many minutes was this tornado on the ground for?
Not sure, I never did a ton of research on it. It was on the ground for ~20 miles and I think was a fairly slow mover but my memory of it is fuzzy. I believe it also tore up a section of highway (or maybe just a regular road?) near where it tossed the cars in which the five people were killed.
 

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2011 Tipton tornado was not often discussed in this thread. It seems like the EF4 rating house was quite properly anchored and the ground was likely scoured with wind rowing feature. But trees behind wasn't debark too much. Any idea about this tornado? Close range footage of reed was really insane and the damage didn't seem like a weak EF4 to me.
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2011 Tipton tornado was not often discussed in this thread. It seems like the EF4 rating house was quite properly anchored and the ground was likely scoured with wind rowing feature. But trees behind wasn't debark too much. Any idea about this tornado? Close range footage of reed was really insane and the damage didn't seem like a weak EF4 to me.
Yeah, in most other years Tipton would've been a headline event. Not at my computer to check if I've got them saved, but I know I've seen some pretty impressive photos. IIRC there was pretty high-end tree damage around that OSU facility (don't remember exactly what it was).
 

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2011 Tipton tornado was not often discussed in this thread. It seems like the EF4 rating house was quite properly anchored and the ground was likely scoured with wind rowing feature. But trees behind wasn't debark too much. Any idea about this tornado? Close range footage of reed was really insane and the damage didn't seem like a weak EF4 to me.
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I've posted photos from this one before:
 

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2011 Tipton tornado was not often discussed in this thread. It seems like the EF4 rating house was quite properly anchored and the ground was likely scoured with wind rowing feature. But trees behind wasn't debark too much. Any idea about this tornado? Close range footage of reed was really insane and the damage didn't seem like a weak EF4 to me.
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Impressive! I honestly don’t remember Tipton hitting any substantial structures though. Was it definitely a house? It was a long time ago and I might be misremembering tbh.
 

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Impressive! I honestly don’t remember Tipton hitting any substantial structures though. Was it definitely a house? It was a long time ago and I might be misremembering tbh.
It was a house being used as part of the OSU Agronomy Research Station property.
 
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Searching through my file about Jarrell made me wander near all damage photos were taken between CR307 and Double Creek drive along CR305. But there were additional structure damages along CR396 as I know. Does anyone have pics around that area or did the tornado still maintain EF5 intensity in that area?
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Does anyone have high-quality photographs for the following events?
  • 16 Apr 1939 – Center Point, AR – F4 – 27k 62inj
  • 29 Oct 1942 – Berryville, AR – F4 – 29k 100inj
  • 21 Mar 1952 – England–Cotton Plant, AR – F4 – 40k 274inj
 
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