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I wasn’t sure about today anymore but with that moisture recovering and yesterday’s performance…uhm…do we have a second big day coming? Maybe
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Psst, there's a different thread for today.Today is gonna be long isn’t it?
I know @CheeselandSkies said a few days ago they’d be chasing in NE/IA today. Pretty excited to see what they’ll report back with. Still can’t get over the Keota footage from last year.
This video of the Minden/Harlan tornado is just unreal
Is there a video of this? This damage looks easily into the EF4 range.Some more potentially violent damage in Nebraska. Problem is, I can't figure out where this drone video was taken. I believe it's somewhere along the Elkhorn/Bennington path but I'm not 100% sure.
In this first photo, we can see a modern home swept from its poured concrete walk-out basement foundation. The subfloor is gone, and homes of this type tend to be anchor bolted. There could be a few contextual discrepancies to nit-pick, namely the truck shifted but not thrown from the garage. However, this isn't a deal breaker imo, because it may very well have gotten stuck on the edge of the foundation in a way made it hard for the wind to "grab" it. The wood-frame walkout basement wall seems to have been blown out intact too. In all though, there could be enough here for minimal EF4.
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Violent looking debris pattern from a destroyed home. Some wind-rowing was evident in this area.
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Now this last one I'm not sure what to make of. It looks extremely impressive at first glance, and seems to show a walkout basement foundation home that has been so thoroughly obliterated that there is no discernable debris pattern. Thing is, there's something about it that makes me think it might actually be a very large outbuilding/garage/barn with a basement. However, the drone video shows a mailbox at the end of the driveway, which may imply it was a residence. I can't find it on a map to confirm either way though. What do you guys think?
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Holy crap! I've NEVER seen wind-rowing like that. Easily an EF-4 tornado, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it reached EF-5 windspeeds along its life.Violent looking debris pattern from a destroyed home. Some wind-rowing was evident in this area.
It honestly doesn't even hold a candle to Andover, Hackleburg, or Vilonia when it comes to wind-rowing.Holy crap! I've NEVER seen wind-rowing like that. Easily an EF-4 tornado, I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it reached EF-5 windspeeds along its life.
From this video. Damage sequence starts at 9:07. Problem is, I can't narrow down where this is on a map. All I know is it's in Nebraska, probably near Elkhorn.Is there a video of this? This damage looks easily into the EF4 range.
DOW found winds of ~224 mph in the Harlan IA tornado on Friday.