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Severe Weather 2023

2nd EF3 in CO this year (Granada on 6/23) and this after a 15 year period without one there. This has been a year for the ages in the High Plains.
 
andyhb said:
2nd EF3 in CO this year (Granada on 6/23) and this after a 15 year period without one there. This has been a year for the ages in the High Plains.
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Previous most recent EF3 in Colorado was Berthoud in 2015, but yeah, this year has definitely been an anomaly as far as High Plains tornadoes are concerned.
 
Turin, NY tornado rated 138MPH EF3, which I honestly have to say seems rather lenient based on the damage I've seen. The rating was based on a townhouse that had its roof torn off and some interior walls (no exterior walls) knocked down. I have a feeling many WFO's would not have rated this damage above EF2.
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TH2002 said:
Turin, NY tornado rated 138MPH EF3, which I honestly have to say seems rather lenient based on the damage I've seen. The rating was based on a townhouse that had its roof torn off and some interior walls (no exterior walls) knocked down. I have a feeling many WFO's would not have rated this damage above EF2.
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That looks like 85 mph wind bag damage
 
CheeselandSkies said:
(Not laughing at the damage but rather the irony given the obvious ignoring of extreme high-end/potential EF5 damage in so many surveys; Vilonia being the most egregious but far from the only example over the last 10 years)
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TheSuckZone said:
That looks like 85 mph wind bag damage
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Far as NY tornadoes are concerned, I know I've mentioned Smithfield multiple times though I can't help but bring it up again for comparison's sake: gotta love how Turin was rated EF3 by NWS Buffalo while Smithfield is officially classified as EF2 by NWS Binghamton. I think anyone would be able to tell which one was stronger:
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Just had the best storm of the year at home for me (beating July 28 because the lightning was just as frequent but more visible, plus we had a long-duration blast of ~40 MPH gust front winds). Heaviest part of the core with probable hail missed me to the SW.

I think I captured lightning hitting the TV broadcast tower visible from my apartment balcony (belonging to one of the competitors to where I work ;) ). Transferring video now.
 

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MichelleH said:
Yeah, it's horrible!
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I know!
Our mesh "summer" motorcycling jackets are pretty comfortable when we're roling down the road and the wind is blowing through them, but they are brutal in this heat and humidity when we're stopped at red lights that take forever to change... LOL!
For the last several weeks, my wife, Alyson, and I leave the house on the Triumph Tiger on Saturday morning to get breakfast somewhere and then have to be home by noon to beat the heat.
We just got home from a ride about five minutes ago to beat the rain that's rolling in.TRIUMPH BBQ (1) 600 2000 8-12-23.jpg
 
I’m glad to see NWS Nashville issue a tornado warning for that line that was doing the same exact thing about an hour ago.
 
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Storm near Watertown looks suspect. TOR out for it and the rest of the line.
 
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