Significant Tornado Events

[Kds86z]

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Probably one of the few known images of the May 18, 2025 Plevna Kansas tornado at its peak width. It looks absolutely enormous.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Huh, TIL that Greensburg 2007 (crazy that I have to specify the year) was a “dead man walking”.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[ColdFront]

Even the northern or southern high risks of 3/31/23 (taken individually) didn't quite achieve a look like that. Certainly none of the Plains high risks since 2012 have.

Putting my reply in this thread since I think we can all agree that 3/14-3/15 etched itself a place in the significant tornado event book.

That radar presentation is exactly how I imagine some of the higher end historical outbreaks would look on WSR 88D. A Northeast-to-Southwest Oriented line of pure discrete supercells, all very obviously tornadic. Very textbook, aesthetically pleasing radar image.

Of course, when you get a cooperating storm mode in an area that real time mesoanalysis was showing SCP over 30, that’s the result.

 

[Kds86z]

Putting my reply in this thread since I think we can all agree that 3/14-3/15 etched itself a place in the significant tornado event book.

That radar presentation is exactly how I imagine some of the higher end historical outbreaks would look on WSR 88D. A Northeast-to-Southwest Oriented line of pure discrete supercells, all very obviously tornadic. Very textbook, aesthetically pleasing radar image.

Of course, when you get a cooperating storm mode in an area that real time mesoanalysis was showing SCP over 30, that’s the result.

Exactly. Classic line of tornadic supercells perfectly spread apart. Very rare.

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Just finished up the Wikipedia page for the Rockford tornado of 1928. Funny enough, the NWS rated it an EF3 in the Damage Assessment Toolkit and on its website despite it happening in the 1920s. It’s (iirc) the oldest tornado to be rated on the EF scale. The same thing happened to the Depauw F5, Belvidere F4, both Nashville F3s, and the Brandenburg F5.

 

[Kds86z]

Exactly. Classic line of tornadic supercells perfectly spread apart. Very rare.

following that event with yall here was crazy. Multiple pds warnings and tornado warnings. Hard to keep track. Of course it took until after dark before it took off and kept telling yall to hold up LOL because tornado warnings were hour or hours before anything hit the ground but SPC said it wouldn’t be until after dark.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Just finished up the Wikipedia page for the Rockford tornado of 1928. Funny enough, the NWS rated it an EF3 in the Damage Assessment Toolkit and on its website despite it happening in the 1920s. It’s (iirc) the oldest tornado to be rated on the EF scale. The same thing happened to the Depauw F5, Belvidere F4, both Nashville F3s, and the Brandenburg F5.

Pretty sure they're not supposed to be doing that.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Kds86z]

 

[Central Ohio Wx]

Pretty sure they're not supposed to be doing that.

You'd think it's just a limitation with the DAT only allowed to input EF scale parameters, but then they go and legitimately rate it "EF/F3+" on the official website.

 

[AJS]

The Westminster, TX tornado of May 9, 2006 was NOT an “ F3. “

Also wanted to give a warm welcome back this forum after a bit of a mental health break. Life can get kinda crazy at times, especially during senior year of high school, but thankfully doing a lot better and got some great research and images ready to share with all of y’all.

 

[N0mz]

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The Westminster, TX tornado of May 9, 2006 was NOT an “ F3. “

Also wanted to give a warm welcome back this forum after a bit of a mental health break. Life can get kinda crazy at times, especially during senior year of high school, but thankfully doing a lot better and got some great research and images ready to share with all of y’all.

The last years of the classic fajita scale got almost as bad as the stretch we're currently in with the EF scale

 

[Kds86z]

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The Westminster, TX tornado of May 9, 2006 was NOT an “ F3. “

Also wanted to give a warm welcome back this forum after a bit of a mental health break. Life can get kinda crazy at times, especially during senior year of high school, but thankfully doing a lot better and got some great research and images ready to share with all of y’all.

Sorry to hear @AJS and as always appreciate your honest and authenticity.