Niles-Wheatland was a wind-rowing machine lol.
The slithery streak from this tornado seems to be throughout almost all of its path from Niles onward.Niles-Wheatland was a wind-rowing machine lol.
Stillwagon Road (east of Niles Park Plaza):
Kermont Heights:
It was basically one long, skinny, slithery streak of regurgitated debris (although this one's after a lot of cleanup had already taken place).
The article itself is fully written now (although there's always more I'd like to add). I've just been sorting/cropping/uploading pictures, formatting everything, adding captions, etc. It doesn't sound like much, but when you have to do it for several hundreds of pictures.. blech. Anyway, I'll have it finished either tomorrow or Wednesday, just super super disappointed I couldn't manage it today.
Look mommy, this tornado was slow moving, so I rated it F4.
With Harper, the slow movement likely was a factor but still. The surveyor apparently regrets it and wishes he could go back and rate it F5 now.
Off-hand I can't confirm if this is true or not, but apparently in a more recent conversation with @Shakespeare 2016, Chance Hayes back-tracked on what he said previously, and reiterated that the slow movement meant the F4 rating is appropriate.
Finally, I've been looking for pics from this thing! That vehicle damage looks F5-worthy to me (F4s don't just mangle vehicles like that) but everything else around points to F4. Still, weird it only got F3.
Is there some ground scouring in that fourth pic?Damage from the 2003 Franklin tornado. This tornado is rumored to have produced F5-worthy structural damage though I haven't seen any photos of this.
I think there might be some in the last 2 pics as well.
Pretty sure this tornado was also one of the most photogenic tornado pictures ever, the one with a rainbow like right next to it.
Yeah, I see it as well.
I really could see an argument that Mulvane reached F5 intensity. Can't say it's clear cut F5 myself, but what it did to those vehicles is nothing short of unbelievable.
Only thing I've seen is this home in Franklin; if you look closely (and I mean VERY closely), you can see what appear to be anchor bolts on the foundation:Damage from the 2003 Franklin tornado. This tornado is rumored to have produced F5-worthy structural damage though I haven't seen any photos of this.
While I'd always known Chickasha had caused its fair share of ground scouring, I never knew just HOW much scouring there was; it's literally comparable to Bridge Creek, and that's remarkable.
Some more:
My brain is way too fried to even remember any other tornadoes from the 80s right now lol. But I don't think there's that much of a gap between Niles and Barrie tbh. Niles produced F4+ damage in multiple places across a lot of its path compared to basically a 3/4 mile streak in Barrie, but max intensity wise Barrie isn't too far behind.
aka, a bloody el-reno style tornado, either from 2011 or 2013, going straight through the heart of a major metropolitan area in texas, oklahoma, alabama, or kansas only ffs. or any other zone of an office who's not picky and quite generous. like nws Charleston. their work with the Pembroke tornado is of pure honesty and I don't have any problems with it's rating what so ever.
