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Oakhurst_Wx has a great rundown of this event on Youtube!Two impressive tornadoes from Japan:
Tsukuba, Japan – May 6, 2012
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"At left, the Tsukuba tornado swept a small home completely away adjacent to a five-story apartment complex that was severely damaged. At center, the mat foundation of a destroyed home was uprooted from the ground by the tornado’s powerful updraft. At right, a tree was debarked – a damage feature rarely seen outside the United States". Quote from extremeplanet.wordpress.com
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"At center right, view of a home that was swept completely away by the Tsukuba tornado. The primary damage swath was often only 20 yards wide". Quote from extremeplanet.wordpress.com
A photograph of it:
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Hokkaido tornado:
"The tornado left a narrow streak of damage through a strip of buildings lining a highway. All nine deaths occurred in the destruction of a large pre-fabricated apartment building (visible at bottom left)".
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One of two known photographs of the tornado:
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This was thing was rated F3 but given what it did to that one building where all 9 fatalities I don't see why it shouldn't have been rated any less than F4.
Source: https://extremeplanet.wordpress.com...de-the-united-states-canada-france-and-japan/