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Fastwalker
Senior Member
832 posts, Mar 2003
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posted 05-22-2003 09:14 PM
  
Half a mile wide! Is that an f-4? (I forget how high that scale goes)..Tornados have always fascinated me, and I've had dreams and nightmares about them since I was a kid, even though I live in a state where they're very rare. There is just something so eerily Tasmanian Devilish about them...
[Edited 2 times, lastly by Fastwalker on 05-22-2003]
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ChemCaptain
Senior Member
United States
495 posts, Apr 2003
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posted 05-23-2003 06:36 AM
Goes to F-5.. then theres the theoritical F-6.. They say it would be so strong they would not even be able to tell there was an F-6 tornado because it would be surrounded by F-4s and 5s.
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theseeker
One moon circles
Damnit...I'm a doctor jim
3297 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 05-23-2003 03:14 PM
the may 3rd tornado had wind speeds of 318 mph the fastest windspeed ever recorded on earth...it was classified as a f-5 (fugita scale) only because the scale doesn't go any higher... also mesocyclone of the may 3rd tornado had rotation area of over 3 miles wide...
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David
Chemtrail Information Agent
1245 posts, Oct 2000
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posted 05-23-2003 04:45 PM
Q: How about the highest winds measured in a tornado?A: On May 3, 1999, scientists using a Doppler on Wheels radar measured the fastest wind speed ever recorded, 318 mph, in one of the tornadoes that hit the suburbs of Oklahoma City. Before that, another portable Doppler radar had recorded a 288 mph wind in the Red Rock, Okla., tornado of April 26, 1991.
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theseeker
One moon circles
Damnit...I'm a doctor jim
3297 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 05-23-2003 04:58 PM
uhh...that's what I said david...thanks anyway...top 9 Oklahoma...
http://www.newsok.com/?weather#
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David
Chemtrail Information Agent
1245 posts, Oct 2000
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posted 05-23-2003 05:06 PM
On May 3, 1999,
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ChemCaptain
Senior Member
United States
495 posts, Apr 2003
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posted 05-23-2003 07:21 PM
Seeker never specified year, david..
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Lulu
ice behaving badly
right here
2440 posts, Dec 2000
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posted 05-23-2003 09:02 PM
>>the may 3rd tornado had wind speeds of 318 mph the fastest windspeed ever recorded on earth...<<Maybe seeker means that this may 3 record tied the record in 1999?
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theseeker
One moon circles
Damnit...I'm a doctor jim
3297 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 05-23-2003 09:41 PM
there was only one may 3rd tornado with 318 mph winds there chief....(smirk)
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Fastwalker
Senior Member
832 posts, Mar 2003
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posted 05-26-2003 06:31 AM
Well one thing you can say about that...if it ever came by your place, you probably wouldn't have to worry about painting the house again?Why is it tornados seem to have a magnetic attraction to trailer parks?
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theseeker
One moon circles
Damnit...I'm a doctor jim
3297 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 05-28-2003 02:32 AM
slides from the may 8th 2003...sheesh...tornado...
http://photos.newsok.com/storm050903/ had this round sphere object form may 8th that came out of the clouds on the news tonight but can't find it on their site... wild
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theseeker
One moon circles
Damnit...I'm a doctor jim
3297 posts, Jul 2000
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posted 08-07-2003 10:55 PM
floridaTornado Destroys About 500 Florida Homes
1 hour, 29 minutes ago Add U.S. National
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. - About 500 homes were damaged or destroyed by a tornado that touched down Thursday in north Palm Beach County, flipping semitrailers, snapping power poles and tearing roofs off businesses. Only minor injuries were reported.
Most of the damage took place north of West Palm Beach. At the Garden Walk mobile home park, the tornado collapsed the roofs and walls of several homes and pushed others off their foundations. At least two tractor-trailers nearby were tossed upside down.
About 21,000 people were without electricity in Palm Beach County. Power was out in most of Riviera Beach, where reports of damage were extensive. The roof of a Pepsi-Cola plant was torn off, heavy rain caused street flooding and closed roads, and looting was reported in the storm's wake.
At Driftwood Plaza in nearby Jupiter, a metal roof covering 32 stores was damaged, said Tammy Goodwin, owner of the Coastal Massage Day Spa.
"We were right in it," she said. "Pieces of the roof were flying off. A pole came down. There was a lot of damage, a lot of debris. Things were flying."
Red Cross spokeswoman Laura Botting said two shelters had been opened in Palm Beach County as of 9 p.m., and that other shelters may open if needed.
The weather service said the tornado was spotted at 5:13 p.m. and cleared out by 5:40 p.m. Forecasters were surprised by the rapid development of the system.
"It caught us," forecaster Bob Ebaugh said.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&u=/ap/20030808/ap_on_re_us/florida_tornado_1&printer=1
[Edited 1 times, lastly by theseeker on 08-07-2003]
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