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The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
The tornado was rated as a high-end EF3 with wind speeds estimated at 155 mph (249 km/h), reaching a peak width of 1,300 yards (1,200 m) along a 34.64-mile (55.75 km) path, remaining on the ground for 38 minutes. [11] As this tornado was ongoing, a separate circulation spawned the violent Greenfield tornado. [12]
The tornado was the strongest tornado of the 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak, and second deadliest behind a later F4 tornado the same day. The tornado is most notable for tracking directly through Inverness, Mississippi, destroying over 90% of the town. The tornado is the first and only F5/EF5 tornado to impact the state of Louisiana.
An EF5 tornado is one of the most catastrophic weather events on Earth. ... A total of 50 tornadoes have been rated F5/EF5 since records began in the United States in 1950. ... but new standards ...
Days after a powerful tornado tore through Andover, Kansas, residents have begun to pick up the pieces, and startling new imagery of the twister in all its fury has emerged. More than 1,000 ...
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The tornado was the first F5 or EF5 tornado in Iowa since one hit Jordan on June 13, 1976, and the second deadliest in Iowa since official record-keeping began in 1950. The deadliest tornado affected the Charles City area on May 15, 1968, and killed 13 while producing F5 damage. [ 12 ]
1899 New Richmond tornado; 1905 Snyder tornado; 1908 Dixie tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 25 – June 1, 1917; 1919 Fergus Falls tornado; Tri-State tornado outbreak; 1930 Montello tornado; 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of March 16–17, 1942; 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornado outbreak