Based on aerial imagery this photograph appears to have possibly been taken at the northern edge of town. The brown area is barren farm fields while the grassy area is the embankment of W Cruger Rd.
Yeah I think it's pretty clear at this point that the traditional "tornado alley" extends into both the Canada Prairies and far northern Mexico areas; it's just that in Mexico's case the area is so remote and largely nothing but desert or wilderness wasteland there's few man-made structures that can be hit and few people to report any tornado in the area.
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Likely a large number of those tors will remain a mystery. China has only three official tornado damage survey teams and they've kept surveying the Shengze and Wuhan tornado for the past two days (both are rated EF3), so it's very likely the rest of these "suspected" tors will be ignored or mislabled as "straight line winds".
Yes, that's it! I've been looking for that picture for the past 2 hours and couldn't for the life of me find it.
Is this the home that was swept away by the 2014 Columbia tornado?
Probably the worst call I’ve ever seen JAN make. This was the same year as Vilonia. Maybe it’s no coincidence.
Damage from the 2004 Hallam tornado in rural areas.
There definitely are anchor bolts visible along the basement foundation perimeter and in that first photo, but the lack of sill plate removal, and relatively untouched shrubbery is quite suspect.
Interesting detail I noticed on the American side, is that many of the tornadoes either moved or curved to the southeast, you don't see that direction a whole lot with major tornado outbreaks. Niles-Wheatland is even more interesting as its path is more or less due east exactly, also not something you see all that much with tornado paths.
Was that house well-bolted to the foundation? Whether the house was bolted or not however I'm pretty sure they broke the constraints of the EF scale which doesn't normally allow swept away frame homes to be rated lower than EF3.I know that the 2014 Smithfield, NY tornado was already mentioned as a likely underrated event, but I wanted to share this photo of the most intense point of damage. A three story farmhouse on a hill was swept clean from its basement foundation, and debris from the home was thrown into another house downwind, destroying about half of it. It was rated an 135 MPH EF2, apparently based on the assumption that due to the fact the house was on a hill, gravity played more of a role in the destruction of the house than actual wind. I don't really buy it though. I can't think of any scenario where a three story home being totally swept away and obliterated should be rated below EF3.
It's worth noting that no tornado warning was issued prior to this strong and deadly tornado. In addition, NWS Binghamton made a statement on social media right after the event, emphasizing that the tornado "was NOT an EF3". Seems a little defensive, and may have something to do with the missed tornado warning, but that's speculation on my part.
