Significant Tornado Events

[MNTornadoGuy]

The Barrie industrial park photos reminded me of something. Since we're coming up on November, I wanted to share some damage photos of what I personally consider to be one of Ohio's most violent tornadoes. The Van Wert, OH F4 occurred on November 10, 2002 and was a part of the 2002 Veterans Day Tornado Outbreak. Multiple homes were completely slabbed along the path, though I have been unable to determine the degree of anchoring at any of them. The Van Wert tornado produced some very intense damage to industrial buildings. Large metal-framed warehouses were totally flattened, and in some cases, the metal framing itself was detached and pushed off the slab, Niles-Wheatland style. The one visible in the lower left of the last photo sustained some of the most high-end damage to an industrial building I have seen. Trees and low-lying shrubs were completely shredded and debarked in rural areas too. The second photo also shows what appears to be significant ground scouring, but I can't confirm with 100% certainty.

Oh wow I never realized Van Wert was so violent.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

Also in that last photo, there’s what also looks to be some discoloration/grass scouring right next to the railroad tracks in the extreme lower right corner. I’m wondering if this is due to track ballast being blasted across the ground?

That damage looks like it is at least high-end F4 and possibly even F5 from Van Wert.

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

The Barrie industrial park photos reminded me of something. Since we're coming up on November, I wanted to share some damage photos of what I personally consider to be one of Ohio's most violent tornadoes. The Van Wert, OH F4 occurred on November 10, 2002 and was a part of the 2002 Veterans Day Tornado Outbreak. Multiple homes were completely slabbed along the path, though I have been unable to determine the degree of anchoring at any of them. The Van Wert tornado produced some very intense damage to industrial buildings. Large metal-framed warehouses were totally flattened, and in some cases, the metal framing itself was detached and pushed off the slab, Niles-Wheatland style. The one visible in the lower left of the last photo sustained some of the most high-end damage to an industrial building I have seen. Trees and low-lying shrubs were completely shredded and debarked in rural areas too. The second photo also shows what appears to be significant ground scouring, but I can't confirm with 100% certainty.

I posted on Van Wert a while back so I might as well link back to it:

Significant Tornado Events

This link has aerial footage of the Tri-State tornado's path through Murphysboro and De Soto. As you'd expect from footage taken with a 1925 camera from a 1925 plane, it's pretty lacking from a fine detail perspective. But man the scope of the damage is astonishing.This may also be the first...

talkweather.com

It did something similar to the steel frame of a movie theater, the damage to the theater and the factory buildings in your pics above appear to be either from a suction vortex or the tornado's core directly impacting it. Either way, incredible and November 2002 is an outbreak that is somehow largely forgotten.
Also, the second photo some vehicles appear to be partially caked in mud so I'd say it is ground scouring of some sort.

 

[buckeye05]

I posted on Van Wert a while back so I might as well link back to it:

Significant Tornado Events

This link has aerial footage of the Tri-State tornado's path through Murphysboro and De Soto. As you'd expect from footage taken with a 1925 camera from a 1925 plane, it's pretty lacking from a fine detail perspective. But man the scope of the damage is astonishing.This may also be the first...

talkweather.com

It did something similar to the steel frame of a movie theater, the damage to the theater and the factory buildings in your pics above appear to be either from a suction vortex or the tornado's core directly impacting it. Either way, incredible and November 2002 is an outbreak that is somehow largely forgotten.
Also, the second photo some vehicles appear to be partially caked in mud so I'd say it is ground scouring of some sort.

The Parkersburg comparison is dead on, and was the first thing I thought of when I saw the photo.

Also yeah the more I look at that second photo the more confident I am that it’s intense scouring we’re looking at.

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

 

[Robinson lee]

Some extreme damage from the tornado in Funing made me believe that the monster reached EF5 strength at some time. There may be a car in the red circle

 

[buckeye05]

Some extreme damage from the tornado in Funing made me believe that the monster reached EF5 strength at some time. There may be a car in the red circle

Impressive, no doubt. Not sure if there's quite enough to call it EF5, but it may very well have been capable of that, especially as it impacted the Beichencun area. What it did to those shipping containers suggests a pretty high-end event. Glad to see you posting here again btw.

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

Some extreme damage from the tornado in Funing made me believe that the monster reached EF5 strength at some time. There may be a car in the red circle

Definitely high-end EF4 but I'm not so sure about EF5, I would need to see more structural damage first.

 

[buckeye05]

Wanted to ask btw, any updates on ratings for additional significant tornadoes that occurred in China this year? They rated Shengze, Wuhan, and Shangzhi, but seem to have stopped assigning more ratings after that. I have heard nothing official regarding Baochang, Guyuan (both of them), Fengning, that monster stovepipe in rural Inner Mongolia, Shenxian, Gaotang, Binzhu, Zhanhua, Zalantun, and Baoding. Are they planning to eventually assign ratings? They should if they can, because all of those were clearly either strong to violent.

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

Wanted to ask btw, any updates on ratings for additional significant tornadoes that occurred in China this year? They rated Shengze, Wuhan, and Shangzhi, but seem to have stopped assigning more ratings after that. I have heard nothing official regarding Baochang, Guyuan (both of them), Fengning, that monster stovepipe in rural Inner Mongolia, Shenxian, Gaotang, Binzhu, Zhanhua, Zalantun, and Baoding. Are they planning to eventually assign ratings? They should if they can, because all of those were clearly either strong to violent.

 

[Robinson lee]

Wanted to ask btw, any updates on ratings for additional significant tornadoes that occurred in China this year? They rated Shengze, Wuhan, and Shangzhi, but seem to have stopped assigning more ratings after that. I have heard nothing official regarding Baochang, Guyuan (both of them), Fengning, that monster stovepipe in rural Inner Mongolia, Shenxian, Gaotang, Binzhu, Zhanhua, Zalantun, and Baoding. Are they planning to eventually assign ratings? They should if they can, because all of those were clearly either strong to violent.

We still lack some information about these tornadoes, and we don't know the official evaluation at present, but we have found some damage in many tornadoes. For me, Wuhan tornado is definitely worth the high-end rating of Ef3. Its damage to houses, factories and trees is impressive, and Baochang tornado has undoubtedly reached the intensity of ef4

 

[buckeye05]

Also, off topic, but has anyone seen the trailer for 13 Minutes? Heard the film itself isn't that good, but that has got to be the most realistic CGI wedge tornado I have ever seen. Even has a collar cloud! Somebody really did their homework. Most Hollywood tornado scenes have that unrealistic, smoky-looking, overly textured appearance, when in reality, most tornadoes have more of a "2-D" look to them. As a result, less detail and texture actually makes it look more like the real deal. Whoever animated the movie clearly figured that out.

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

We still lack some information about these tornadoes, and we don't know the official evaluation at present, but we have found some damage in many tornadoes. For me, Wuhan tornado is definitely worth the high-end rating of Ef3. Its damage to houses, factories and trees is impressive, and Baochang tornado has undoubtedly reached the intensity of ef4

Were there any likely significant tornadoes during the 5/14-15/21 outbreak besides Wuhan and Shengze?

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

Also, off topic, but has anyone seen the trailer for 13 Minutes? Heard the film itself isn't that good, but that has got to be the most realistic CGI wedge tornado I have ever seen. Even has a collar cloud! Somebody really did their homework. Most Hollywood tornado scenes have that unrealistic, smoky-looking, overly textured appearance, when in reality, most tornadoes have more of a "2-D" look to them. As a result, less detail and texture actually makes it look more like the real deal. Whoever animated the movie clearly figured that out.
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I'm pretty sure that is because it is real chaser footage as the one in the thumbnail is Tescott 2018.

 

[buckeye05]

I'm pretty sure that is because it is real chaser footage as the one in the thumbnail is Tescott 2018.

LOL ok I guess that's why it looks so real. Guess I gave them too much credit.

 

[TH2002]

At the request of Shakespeare 2016 here are the full resolution Marion photos (and before anyone rushes to lecture me about Tornado Talk and their "premium articles" I should note these photos are EASILY obtainable on the DuckDuckGo search engine, plus without context from the article it is hard to tell what a lot of the photos actually show)

 

[TH2002]

 

[TH2002]

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

Palm Sunday 1965 colorized.

 

[locomusic01]

I don't remember if I ever posted this, but here's a video from near the end of the Grand Valley F4's path. The description says it's from Tottenham, which is where some of the most intense damage occurred, but it's actually further east in the Holland Marsh. Quality is really terrible and (as usual) it focuses more on the minor damage than the harder-hit areas, but anyway: