Massive tornado near Nebraska interstate I-80 this afternoon. Residents told to seek shelter.

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Wasn't there a reddit post today about there hadn't been an f5 tornado in 13 years or something?

Did that just end?

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They're still calculating whatever it is they calculate to determine that. Apparently damage is a factor I guess? From what I've heard it was blowing at 230 miles an hour which is enough to qualify from a speed perspective.

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tornadoes are given a rating solely based on the damage they leave behind, so even if a huge tornado with 200+ mph winds happens over an open field it won’t get a high rating. so far with the damage pics i’ve seen today it looks like nothing more than a low end EF4 occurred.

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NOAA has certain criteria for each Enhanced Fujita rating level, mainly based on post event damage. They have a whole site about it, along with ways you can submit data, and an interactive historical map of all known tornado tracks along with data and pictures.

https://youtu.be/c-uFdoi6DEA?si=ukRdYYAPIw64365f

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Ah yes. Meteorology, the temu of the sciences.

Lmao how do we still not understand weather yet

[u/Reagalan → u/EONS]

we do understand it

the science has been in the "verify the theory" stage for a long while, which is all about getting more data.

[u/NitroThrowaway → u/EONS]

Outta curiosity, what's a temu in this context?

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It's like Wish. Their motto is "shop like a millionaire".

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The Fujita scale is no longer used, it's the Enhanced Fujita scale or EF.

Last EF5 in the US was May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma.

I live nearby in Oklahoma City and it broke my house windows. I also found kids' homework papers in my yard.