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  1. Tornado Intercept Vehicle Tier List 2 : r/stormchasing - Reddit

    Jun 23, 2023 · EF5: - Tornado Puncher - While not technically a TIV in my eyes since it is a remote-controlled vehicle and not a man-driven one, with its 5-ton weight, aggressively …

  2. Would I Survive an EF5 in this? : r/tornado - Reddit

    It's also important to remember that even in an EF5 tornado, it is not at EF5 power for its entire duration or throughout the entire tornado. The shelter would likely be safe enough, but it has …

  3. The heaviest know object to be lifted by a tornado - Reddit

    Oct 14, 2022 · The 1.9 million pound (862 metric tons) oil rig was lifted and rolled by the EF5 tornado in El Reno in 2011. We may often heard that tornadoes picked up and carried …

  4. How have we gone almost a decade without an EF5? : r/tornado

    Aug 3, 2022 · We’re all familiar with the 2013 Moore EF5, which was the last tornado to officially be rated as such. Certainly over the last decade there have been a handful of tornadoes …

  5. What was the thinnest EF/F5 tornado in history? - Reddit

    The 1956 F4 tornado that hit Saugatuck and Oval Beach to Holland areas in Michigan was, for the most part, less than 150 yards wide. The tornado was posthumously rated F4 by Tom …

  6. Is a tornado greater than EF5 possible? : r/tornado - Reddit

    F6 came about because the original Fujita scale posts the upper wind speed limit of an F5 tornado at 318mph. Since a tornado whose wind speeds exceed 318mph is theoretically possible, …

  7. For those wondering what an EF5 tornado would do to a skyscraper

    I think that a tornado similar to the infamous Jarrell F5 could cause a skyscraper to collapse. Sustained winds of 350+ km/h for a few minutes would likely damage enough columns that …

  8. Top Tornado Wind Speed (in Theory)? | Stormtrack

    Jan 31, 2017 · The significance of the "318mph" wind speed reference is due to the fact that in 1999, an F5 tornado had a wind speed estimate range of 261-318mph on the Fujita Tornado …

  9. 10 years since the last EF5. Which tornado came closest?

    It happened shortly after said EF5, but the obvious answer is El Rino 2013. I'd say the Mayfield tornado is probably the closest since that, though there have been some other bad ones.

  10. TIL there hasn't been an EF5 tornado since 2013 in the US

    Apr 25, 2024 · The Hackelburg EF5 was particular insane as it was on the ground 132 miles just devastating everything in its path. 238 people killed by tornadoes in Alabama alone from this …