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The 5/21/24 Greenfield IA EF4+: interesting tidbits I've discovered in my time archiving every YouTube video I could find on it

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So; my first thread on TalkWeather, lets see how this goes; I'm pretty known for my rants.

Greenfield playlist in question for those curious:

Ive independently searched, and collected 198 YouTube videos(and counting) on the Greenfield tornado within a Playlist; with 158 videos of just the tornado, 30 livestreams, and 10 "bonus content/information" related videos. This obsession has lead to some fascinating discoveries; from there being 4-5 known videos within the town as it was being hit, but ZERO consist of a full view of the entire tornado; in fact there's a good chance no video exists of the Greenfield tornado, in full view, while hitting Greenfield. Along with the possibility of a "Debarked" telephone pole; I've yet to prove that it is debarked, but it's suspiciously pale in the aftermath of the tornado. Located around SW Oak St; there is also a completely debarked tree here, as seen on the DAT. Not just that, based off an eyewitness account provided by someone (being a Storm chaser friend of mine, plus his video) it is possible than the Greenfield tornado was trucking forward at an incredible 70-75 MPH at one point (most likely upon crossing the highway). This tornado is a truly incredible candidate for supersonic subvortices as well, with a paper by B. H. Fiedler(1997) discussing the possibility of 600+ MPH winds being found (very briefly) within tornadic subvortices; with the forward speed, highly multivortex nature, and clearly violent motion of those vortices, I would not consider this possibility to be unlikely. Although that is rather theoretical...

I'm fully open to any theories, takes, opinions, or information anyone is willing to share.
 

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