Severe WX April 1-2 (overnight) Severe Weather Event

[tornado examiner]

Is that Monette Manor?

Yes

 

[AJS]

Yes

Unbelievable. That was literally so close to being another catastrophe. What’s scary is that the tornado that happened this year looked to be stronger than when the Tri State EF4 was in Monette.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

The 2025 tornado must have been a lot narrower at that point than it looked in Brandon Copic's video near Lake City.

 

[Kds86z]

Unbelievable. That was literally so close to being another catastrophe. What’s scary is that the tornado that happened this year looked to be stronger than when the Tri State EF4 was in Monette.

Man I still don’t know how anyone didn’t die in the violent tornadoes in AR. They got storm cellars more then south I wonder..

 

[Kds86z]

'We ask that you continue to pray for him' | Family of Farragut boy injured in Kentucky storms says he's showing signs of improvement

Bentley White and his family were trying to shelter at a church in Ballard County when their car was crushed by flying debris, officials and family members said.

www.wbir.com

gofundme up for him. Had to have brain surgery..

 

[andyhb]

Man I still don’t know how anyone didn’t die in the violent tornadoes in AR. They got storm cellars more then south I wonder..

Well, quite simply, they didn't really impact much population. That's the primary reason. None of them really hit a town directly.

 

[Kds86z]

TEMA confirms 10 weather-related deaths in Wednesday night storms

The weather-related deaths were all in West Tennessee.

www.wsmv.com

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Unsure if this has been posted around yet, but this is truly insane. I’m not sure what the official record is for furthest distance an object has been carried by a tornado, but I’d imagine this isn’t too far off.

 

[AJS]

Unsure if this has been posted around yet, but this is truly insane. I’m not sure what the official record is for furthest distance an object has been carried by a tornado, but I’d imagine this isn’t too far off.
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Good grief!!! Certainly gives it more credence to how violent that beast was. Still cannot believe how ludicrous the motion looked.

 

[slenker]

Unsure if this has been posted around yet, but this is truly insane. I’m not sure what the official record is for furthest distance an object has been carried by a tornado, but I’d imagine this isn’t too far off.
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Reminds me of Hackleburg. It carried a photograph over 200 miles from where it originated as well, I believe.

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Reminds me of Hackleburg. It carried a photograph over 200 miles from where it originated as well, I believe.

212 miles is what the distance was from what I’ve heard. But yeah, like @AJS said this pretty much confirms this thing was a different type of beast.

 

[AJS]

212 miles is what the distance was from what I’ve heard. But yeah, like @AJS said this pretty much confirms this thing was a different type of beast.

I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if they find some more intense damage. It just had that look that it was capable of producing EF4/EF5 damage.

 

[snostorm21]

Any word on new survey updates?? Im sure flooding is causing problems for the NWS in terms
of surveys.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Unsure if this has been posted around yet, but this is truly insane. I’m not sure what the official record is for furthest distance an object has been carried by a tornado, but I’d imagine this isn’t too far off.
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The longest documented distance an item has been carried by a tornado is a canceled check, found 223 miles away from its origin, transported from Stockton, Kansas to Winnetoon, Nebraska on April 11, 1991.
Here's a more detailed look:
The Record:
A personal check was carried 223 miles (359 kilometers) from Stockton, Kansas to Winnetoon, Nebraska on April 11, 1991.
Other Notable Instances:
A photo traveled nearly 220 miles over Alabama and Tennessee.
A metal poster bearing the likeness of a child flew more than 50 miles to Russellville, Alabama.
A study of tornado debris found that some items traveled unexpected distances.
Debris traveling shorter distances tends to fall 10 degrees to the left of the twister, while farther-flying debris was often dumped back to earth at an angle 5 degrees to the right.
Debris picked up by more violent tornadoes traveled farther.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Debris Reports​

Total	30	41	48	44	163
F scale​	Heavy​	Light​	Paper​	Unknown​	All types​
F2​	3​	2​	1​	4​	10​
F3​	3​	9​	7​	15​	34​
F4​	20​	28​	32​	22​	102​
F5​	4​	2​	8​	3​	17​

Using the original F-SCALE, F4 tends to be the rating for most objects transported from very long distances.

 

[slenker]

Debris Reports​

Total	30	41	48	44	163
F scale​	Heavy​	Light​	Paper​	Unknown​	All types​
F2​	3​	2​	1​	4​	10​
F3​	3​	9​	7​	15​	34​
F4​	20​	28​	32​	22​	102​
F5​	4​	2​	8​	3​	17​

Using the original F-SCALE, F4 tends to be the rating for most objects transported from very long distances.

I would bet it’s mostly because there were significantly more F4s than F5s, as a reason for the discrepancy between the numbers there. That’s an interesting table though - would you happen to know what the border is between what determines a “light” object vs a “heavy” one?

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I would bet it’s mostly because there were significantly more F4s than F5s, as a reason for the discrepancy between the numbers there. That’s an interesting table though - would you happen to know what the border is between what determines a “light” object vs a “heavy” one?

It is a possibility. However, there is usually not much difference between a high-end F4/EF4 and F5/EF5. I am not sure but I will try to look it up.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

I know the Greensburg 2007 EF5 tornado carried some paper objects like 80 to 100 miles away and the Andover 1991 F5 tornado carried paper objects to Topeka/Lawrence 120 to 150 miles away. However, there was an F4 tornado that hit Great Bend, KS in 1915 and it carried a paper object for more than 200 miles.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Here is a study but it is kind of old. https://rcs.ou.edu/~jsnow/Research/Debris/BAMS.html#:~:text=The farthest reported distance for the 1915 Great Bend, Kansas tornado was around 210 miles.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Depending I would say in some rare circumstances that a mid to high-end EF3 tornado could probably carry a light paper check for 100 miles. It probably has to do with a lot of factors.