Casuarina Head
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...not to mention the fact that several of the EF5s on 27 Apr 2011 were moving almost as fast as Greenfield yet produced far worse DIs on all levels, from scouring to granulation and debarking. Even some older, fast-moving events like Guin produced at least as severe debarking to about as many trees.Not sure what you mean because Greenfield definitely hit numerous trees, and I've seen one single tree that is 90% to 100% debarked. A lot of the debarking I am seeing in Greenfield is undoubtedly severe (60% to 70%), but not what I would call "complete". When you look at photos of Joplin and Moore, it's almost hard to find a pic that doesn't have multiple trees with complete or near-complete debarking. Not the case in Greenfield.
Yes forward speed is something that needs to be considered, but Joplin and Moore both objectively produced vegetation damage that was much more intense than Greenfield, and that isn't really debatable.
Didn’t Bassfield produce similar or even more extreme damage to more trees/vegetation over a wider area, along with more severe/extensive scouring?Overall I’ll put the Greenfield tornado in the same rank as Basefield/Soso and Rolling Fork.