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Toward the upper part of EF2 at that, and sounds like they are leaving that open to possible changes as survey work continues.
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Severe WX Severe Threat 25 March 2021
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Toward the upper part of EF2 at that, and sounds like they are leaving that open to possible changes as survey work continues.
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Wow!!! Was this from the Brent/Calera/Greensboro tornado?
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Spann reported that earlier today being from the Eagle Point area in northern Shelby County. That would be that lead intense tornado.
Spinks Megginson reporting that BMX has found EF3 in the Eagle Point area.
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Has there been any studies on what kind of winds it takes to do something like that? One would probably think a tornado of violent intensity but maybe not necessarily.
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There are others on here better suited to answer that question than I am. I'm sure they will chime in as they see this.
Meanwhile...
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The odd thing for me is the completely undamaged tree and homes in the immediate background behind the impalement, that must have carried some serious momentum being centrifuged out.
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Ah, I didn't realize they still had more to survey on that one.
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Meanwhile Jeff Piotrowski has been along the Brent tornado path today checking on damage, video showing a home completely missing with no debris even showing up around it, just some front steps. Could be a mobile home, but the outline looks not completely rectangular and he says in the video it was a cinder block home. Stacked brick foundation though does not give a strong argument for anchoring.
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NWS says a "likely" tornado hit Middlebury, VT today. 2 injuries
Damaged home
Debris blown downwind from the residence
Damaged home
Debris blown downwind from the residence
Equus
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That certainly can't be an everyday thing for Vermont in March
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*TURN SOUND DOWN*
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Quite rare if you ask me.
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Newnan tornado has been rated EF-4.
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Apparently Newnan just got upped to 170 mph EF4
EDIT: see post above
EDIT: see post above
Equus
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Well there we have it, first official violent of the year and first on a high risk day since 2014.
Brent would be technically the first of course if it gets upped to that but dunno if it will.
Brent would be technically the first of course if it gets upped to that but dunno if it will.
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I don't know if the Brent tornado hit many EF4+ indicators since it was over pretty rural areas for most of its life.
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It was obviously capable (and tree damage is nearing Beauregard level in places) but structural damage to violent level is going to be hard to come by.
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What structures caused the Newnan tornado to be upped to low-end EF4? I think NWS in Birmingham may be having a hard time deciding what to rate the Brent tornado.
Seems the last tornado to touch down in Vermont in March was on March 22, 1955 so very rare indeed.
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In my opinion Newnan might be more than Low end EF4. Because they haven’t even finished the surveys yet in the town and there was probably a lot of EF4 damage