It's crazy how some houses are completely demolished, then their neighbors are totally unharmed. The Canton, TX tornado clipped our house. One side of the house was ripped to shreds and the other was in pristine condition. Wild.
SchwiftedBear From what I was told by my meteorology professor larger tornadoes are more often than not multi vortex tornadoes which means there's smaller tornadoes within the larger tornado that add to it's power. The houses that get the smaller vortexes with the main tornado get the most destruction because of the concentration of power. The houses that don't get them usually get minor damage because the smaller vortexes double the wind speed and strength of the larger tornado. So when you only get the larger tornado and not the vortexes you only get half the strength of the actual storm. Which is how our professor explained why some houses get destroyed and others don't.
That's the McCullar's house there at the beginning on top of that hill. Dawn and Chris, and their kids live there. Colton is a good friend from childhood, and it hit their house pretty good. Even when it first materializes, it's really unbelievably strong.
The EF scale is also rated depending on construction. The stronger the structure the higher wind load it would take to destroy it. The homes in Washington Illinois weren't the highest of quality of construction. Many of them were cheaply made dollar store wood and thin metal and plastics which can be swept away at EF3. The 190mph rating because of how large the homes were.
Nasty nasty tornado. It did so much damage. They really need to pick up a different classification system for tornados. The wind speed system isnt very accurate for conveying the damage caused. The damage severity system leaves out how severe the tornados can get in rural areas.
It's crazy how some houses are completely demolished, then their neighbors are totally unharmed. The Canton, TX tornado clipped our house. One side of the house was ripped to shreds and the other was in pristine condition. Wild.
SchwiftedBear From what I was told by my meteorology professor larger tornadoes are more often than not multi vortex tornadoes which means there's smaller tornadoes within the larger tornado that add to it's power. The houses that get the smaller vortexes with the main tornado get the most destruction because of the concentration of power. The houses that don't get them usually get minor damage because the smaller vortexes double the wind speed and strength of the larger tornado. So when you only get the larger tornado and not the vortexes you only get half the strength of the actual storm. Which is how our professor explained why some houses get destroyed and others don't.
High end F4,They did good protecting and rescuing their people.I wish them love,and pray for the recovery.
Instead of praying, donate to causes that regularly assist those affected by tornadoes.
Prayer does nothing.
That's the McCullar's house there at the beginning on top of that hill. Dawn and Chris, and their kids live there. Colton is a good friend from childhood, and it hit their house pretty good. Even when it first materializes, it's really unbelievably strong.
2 years late. But you really should be more careful with the personal info that you share online.
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I feel sick I don't want to remember this
I'm wondering why this tornado was rated as an EF4 instead of an EF5 tornado. Its damage was such horrible!
F4 was based on highest sustained wind speed 170-190 mph which is considered "devastating" wind. F5 is 200+
I see f-5 damage possibly 200 mph + winds here this is some of the worst damage ever seen in any tornado anywhere just devastating
The EF scale is also rated depending on construction. The stronger the structure the higher wind load it would take to destroy it. The homes in Washington Illinois weren't the highest of quality of construction. Many of them were cheaply made dollar store wood and thin metal and plastics which can be swept away at EF3. The 190mph rating because of how large the homes were.
Great job on the video...terrible tornado.
Thank you, Kristine
We lived in one of those houses
What road were you on? I walked through there a few hours after it happened. www.artistasylum.com/washington-tornado
Jim Burnham it was before the tornado happend we moved a month or two before it happened
BAD TORNADO
@@nuttymanyelismate he lived there so why wouldn't he say that?
Nasty nasty tornado. It did so much damage. They really need to pick up a different classification system for tornados. The wind speed system isnt very accurate for conveying the damage caused. The damage severity system leaves out how severe the tornados can get in rural areas.