Severe Weather 2025

[Kds86z]

 

[slenker]

Credit: Live Storms Media / Brett Adair. This tornado was incredibly violent. The debris cloud, roar, and motion at around the ~50 sec mark is everything you expect to see out of an EF4+ tornado. I know this statement has really been beaten to death this year and should be used more sparingly going forward, but honestly I really think this tornado genuinely reached EF5 intensity during this period. It definitely won’t receive an EF5 rating but it most certainly has the look and motion of one. Just an absolute monster of a tornado, and a perfect example of a violent drillbit.

Also, not really related to the tornado’s strength at all, but the way the vortex behaves at the very end of this video is absolutely fascinating.

EDIT: This still image of the tornado from the video is just ridiculous. Any rating lower than EF4, whether it is reasonable or not, will not accurately depict the intensity of this thing.

 

[N0mz]

Random thought I had: Is this the most well documented strong tornado, when you account for number of angles, quality of the shots and proximity of the shots?

 

[atrainguy]

Truely, the best June since 2014 and 2010

June 2023 was pretty crazy too. Lots of activity on the High Plains, and the infamous Matador tornado. I think it shaped up to be the busiest month of the year too.

 

[Beachwalker]

Love him or hate him, Reed nailed it on this storm and posted incredible footage.

 

[Beachwalker]

This storm looked to be comparable in many ways to Pampa Tx 95. I suspect it will
not be rated for what it likely was due to the extreme rural area.

 

[OH-IOan]

Home reportedly swept to foundation with no debris remaining near Gary, SD; no injuries. Likely had a violent tornado out of this.