thanks for the money.
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Ozonelayer
Member
I think it is. The drop near the stairs is hard to see but its there and the steps are similar as well.
Ozonelayer
Member
More damage, we will get a better look tomorrow.
Lake Martin EF4
Member
Prelim EF4.....Jesus Christ, what the hell did I miss?
SweptSlab5
Member
Just came back from the mental hospital and found out about the Enid tornado. Holy cow. That things was VIOLENT!
Ozonelayer
Member
Visually Wynnewood 2.0, thats what.
Kds86z
Member
Ozonelayer
Member
That's simply insane. Holy crap.
Western_KS_Wx
Member
I just got done surveying the most extreme damage from this tornado, and I’ve got to say this is probably the most violent tornado in Oklahoma since Moore ‘13. I photographed areas where the tornado appeared to reach maximum intensity along E Southgate Rd and S 16th St and the damage I saw in those areas was absolutely upper-echelon in the centerline. Extreme scouring to bare soil, shrubbery totally debarked, farm equipment and unidentifiable vehicles stripped to their chassis, etc. I’m getting in position for a chase day in southern Oklahoma right now, but I’ll post photos later. It’s definitely comparable to modern day plains EF5’s.
tornado examiner
Member
Quite rare to have such a historically violent tornado hit so much yet kill no-one. A true EF5 contextual tornado that thankfully wasn’t riddled with fatalities. A testament to how good modern warning systems are.
Aaron Rider
Member
This sounds like it was written to be very, very open to the big upgrade if a QRT team agrees
Edit: QRT team is a redundancy but I'm leaving it in tribute to the Department of Redundancy Department
Western_KS_Wx
Member
Sorry for quoting my own tweet here, but here’s some damage photos from the Enid EF4 I’ve got:
Once I’m done chasing today, I will upload more photos of what I’ve got. Just an extraordinarily violent tornado no doubt about it.
Once I’m done chasing today, I will upload more photos of what I’ve got. Just an extraordinarily violent tornado no doubt about it.
Kds86z
Member
That is incredible contextual damage. The fence posts ripped out of the concrete are insane.
speedbump305
Member
This really settles my firm belief that the Enid tornado definitely reached EF5 strength. At first I thought it likely did, but now i’m 100% confident it did. You never see debarked low lying shrubbery like that out of an EF4. Good lord at that ground scouring as well…
@Western_KS_Wx any idea where those mangled steel I-beams originated from?
slenker
Member
I'm seeing so much language from both surveyors and even typically quite conservative experts that they are very impressed with the damage in Enid, that's why I wouldn't be surprised to see a context-based upgrade to high end EF4. I doubt they go EF5, but on the DAT the language isn't super professional in the DI descriptions because it's so incredibly violent. It sounds like they really want to upgrade this thing but the structural aspect is holding them back.
Western_KS_Wx
Member
Either the destroyed Veterinary building or storage buildings nearby along E Southgate Rd. Could also be a combination of some of the farm equipment/vehicles that was in those storage buildings.
Lake Martin EF4
Member
EF5 contextuals, no doubt about it. Since I also factor in contextual damage in my interpretation of the EF scale (the LMEF Scale?), I now have this as an EF5. Note that last year didn't have my first surefire EF5 candidate by my book until mid-May, and it took me even longer to decide it was actually an EF5 candidate.
I can get behind the LMEF scale.