Aerial view of tornado damage in Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1955
Aerial view of tornado damage in Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1955
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For me Jarrell and Hackleburg would be close in the 97 or 98 range. IMO Hackleburg is the closest re-incarnation of the tri-state tornado we have seen to date. While the Hackleburg tornado may not have produced damage as violent as Jarrell the shear volume of EF5 damage it did was absurd. It was at EF5 level for much of its very long path.
It's path is also not that far off from the Guin, AL storm from 1974. The April 1920 outbreak is very similar to 4/27/11 in so many ways, from geographic extent to tornado intensity and duration.It's interesting to note that a tornado on April 20, 1920, affected many of the same locations in Alabama as the 4/27/11 Hackleburg tornado. The 1920 tornado began in Oktibbeha County, MS, and likely dissipated in Limestone County. There is some evidence it continued into Tennessee. However, it devastated Hackleburg, Phil Campbell, and numerous other small towns in Marion, Franklin, Colbert, and Lawrence counties. This tornado was rated an F-4, had a path length of at least 130 miles, and killed 88. It could have been a tornado family, but we will never know for certain.
Pavement souring damage from 16/5/24 DDC classic EF3 :from Basehunters video
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some damage made by this tornado, car tossed several hundred yards and some grass souring.
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Found some damage pics of it:There were a few tornadoes in 2004 that really stood out there. This is one of them. There was also a tornado on July 18, 2004 in Barnes County, ND that practically did F5 damage. It was actually considered for an F5 rating but was settled on a very high-end F4. I can't find any damage from that tornado anymore. Also the Harper County, Kansas tornado should definitely have been rated F5. Like I said 2004 had some very violent tornadoes.
The only thing is the NWS Grand Forks damage photos don't exist anymore. That is a good find though.Found some damage pics of it:
This link has lots of information on studies done on that oubreak: http://umanitoba.ca/environment/envirogeog/weather/ndtornadoes04.html
Here's some PDFs with information on the outbreak. Part 2 contains the information on the Hackleburg-like tornado:It's interesting to note that a tornado on April 20, 1920, affected many of the same locations in Alabama as the 4/27/11 Hackleburg tornado. The 1920 tornado began in Oktibbeha County, MS, and likely dissipated in Limestone County. There is some evidence it continued into Tennessee. However, it devastated Hackleburg, Phil Campbell, and numerous other small towns in Marion, Franklin, Colbert, and Lawrence counties. This tornado was rated an F-4, had a path length of at least 130 miles, and killed 88. It could have been a tornado family, but we will never know for certain.
A collection of several car damages made by Andover tornado, easily among one of the strongest when we talking about tornado car damage.View attachment 3203View attachment 3204View attachment 3205View attachment 3206View attachment 3207View attachment 3208View attachment 3209View attachment 3210View attachment 3211
Completely and utterly ridiculous mis-use of the EF scale due to arrogant personal bias and the lead surveyor having an agenda. I'm not even convinced that the E Wicker St home was the only one with anchor bolts. Several of these slabbed homes are simply skipped and ignored on the DAT, which is HIGHLY suspicious.The first two pictures continue the pictures above which mainly around Vilonia. The rest was in Mayflower.
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Why would they go to such great lengths to not rate this tornado an EF5? Are they really that arrogant? No EF5 this time and there never will be one in our area ever again.Completely and utterly ridiculous mis-use of the EF scale due to arrogant personal bias and the lead surveyor having an agenda. I'm not even convinced that the E Wicker St home was the only one with anchor bolts. Several of these slabbed homes are simply skipped and ignored on the DAT, which is HIGHLY suspicious.
Wasn't there also a suburban that was thrown and mangled beyond recognition from the house that l had EF5 damage? Also that 6th picture looks like Andover vehicle damage.A collection of several car damages of Vilonia tornado 2014
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To the best of my knowledge Arkansas is the only state east of the Rockies not to have had a tornado ranked F5 or EF5 in its entire history. Really interesting, especially considering the sheer amount of violent tornadoes it's had.Why would they go to such great lengths to not rate this tornado an EF5? Are they really that arrogant? No EF5 this time and there never will be one in our area ever again.