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You have to wonder what would've happened if it tracked through Tuscaloosa or Birmingham.That tornado was an an absolute beast.
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You have to wonder what would've happened if it tracked through Tuscaloosa or Birmingham.That tornado was an an absolute beast.
At least somewhat Jarrell esque. Almost exactly 50 years to the day from the Leedey, OK tornado to the Jarrell, TX tornado. Some areas from the Leedey tornado look extremely barren.When it comes to pre-1950 tornadoes, the Leedey, OK event was surprisingly well-documented for its time:
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It would have surpassed the death toll of the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell EF5 tornado from that day and even the Joplin EF5 not even a month later. It would of killed hundreds or even thousands. The death toll would have been staggering and absolutely terrifying.You have to wonder what would've happened if it tracked through Tuscaloosa or Birmingham.
The more I think about the more I realize Tupelo of 1936 is basically Smithville going through a densely-populated area, so I guess I just answered my own question/speculation there. Still, really amazing all the F/EF5s that narrowly avoided heavily populated areas. One of these days though....It would have surpassed the death toll of the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell EF5 tornado from that day and even the Joplin EF5 not even a month later. It would of killed hundreds or even thousands. The death toll would have been staggering and absolutely terrifying.
I believe the damage photos in this page was from 2007 Trousdales EF3(there will be nice if someone can correct me if I am wrong about this), the big one after Greensburgs EF5, which was 2.2 miles wide. There were some seriously impressive tree debarking here.
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That entire family was all exceptionally violent (and large as well). I got the impression they were basically entire mesocyclones on the ground.This tornado was easily capable of EF4+ damage. It was quite violent.
I know Grazulis said this was the first F5 caught on videotape. I'm also pretty sure it's the first F5 that we have audio of.That is an extremely violent tornado. I like how the guy in the vid says that's paper. That is a lot more than paper. I never knew the violence of this tornado until recently.
You really have no idea how impressive this thing is until you really read up on it and consider how unusual its location was and the sheer ferocity of it. Grazulis actually referred to it as a 'maxi-tornado' and very few tornadoes earn that label from him.That is an extremely violent tornado. I like how the guy in the vid says that's paper. That is a lot more than paper. I never knew the violence of this tornado until recently.
Besides the Greensburg EF5 tornado the other three likely had the ability to do EF4+ damage. That day was a wedge fest for some storm chasers. I wonder what would have happened had these other three wedge tornadoes would have hit a well-built house at peak intensity. Would it have been less, the same, or more intense than other traditional smaller wedge F5/EF5 tornadoes?That entire family was all exceptionally violent (and large as well). I got the impression they were basically entire mesocyclones on the ground.
I also read the description of this only video documentation in that famous article but can't find it.Supposedly there's a storm chaser that has the only video documentation of this event somewhere.... wish someone could find it....
There was another "Greensburg tornado" happened on May 23 2008. It was a 1.8 mils wide monster wedge tornado and rated EF3. The peak vrot of this thing reached 122KT in terms of overall TVS, even higher than Greensburg in 2007.
I have a good document of this event written by Dodge City NWS saved in my computer but can't find the link of this now. There were 5 miles wide tornado and 13 half mile wide tornado on that day, almost all of them remain on open field, many of these big wedge had peak vrot over 90KT. It has been hard to see such events like 07/5/4 and 08/5/23 in recent years.
Here is an F5 tornado that is not really well known. The Oakfield, Wisconsin tornado on July 18, 1996. It was relatively narrow when it did F5 damage. While definitely not the most intense tornado ever documented it sure packed a punch. https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/n...seen-video-captured-1996-f5-tornado/30414771/
Oakfield, WI F5 Tornado – July 18, 1996 – Tornado Talk
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The aluminum can factory was also completely destroyed.
I would think this tornado would rate at least a high-end EF4 even by todays standards. Though I could be wrong.I've always been interested in that tornado, being the most recent official violent tornado to occur in my home state. The rating seems a tad generous especially compared to some of the rationales which have been used to rate tornadoes EF4 instead of EF5 in recent years.
It reminds me a bit of Elie, Manitoba...narrow but intense, and doing a small localized pocket of F5 damage amongst lesser damage everywhere else.I would think this tornado would rate at least a high-end EF4 even by todays standards. Though I could be wrong.
That would probably be a good way of putting it.It reminds me a bit of Elie, Manitoba...narrow but intense, and doing a small localized pocket of F5 damage amongst lesser damage everywhere else.
It grew a little bit wider to a cone type in latter part of its life.It reminds me a bit of Elie, Manitoba...narrow but intense, and doing a small localized pocket of F5 damage amongst lesser damage everywhere else.
Two people were killed in their vehicle from one of these tornadoes. http://davieswx.blogspot.com/2008/05/deadly-nighttime-tornado-in-eastern.htmlThere was another "Greensburg tornado" happened on May 23 2008. It was a 1.8 mils wide monster wedge tornado and rated EF3. The peak vrot of this thing reached 122KT in terms of overall TVS, even higher than Greensburg in 2007.
I have a good document of this event written by Dodge City NWS saved in my computer but can't find the link of this now. There were 5 mile-wide tornados and 13 half-mile-wide tornados on that day, almost all of them remain on open field, many of these big wedge had peak vrot over 90KT. It has been hard to see such events like 07/5/4 and 08/5/23 in recent years.