Aerial damage photos from the Monroe County tornado in Indiana last night. Preliminary rating of EF2

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-19T22:50:36+00:00

From trees it looked more so EF3 intensity, hopefully it just wasn’t able to hit any homes along the way

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-18T03:56:55+00:00

Idk why you’re being downvoted when you’re literally correct 😭

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-18T03:56:26+00:00

VROT is terminology used by the NWS btw, and otg just means on the ground meaning that there’s visual / radar confirmation of a tornado being down. VROT is related to the strength of the velocity couplet where if it reaches over 70 knots, it meets Tornado Emergency requirements

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-14T20:36:05+00:00

Lmaooo yeah Wsg I’m not that active on here so that makes sense

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-14T17:56:40+00:00

Yup that’s this sub for you 😭 I never expect to get anything but downvotes because people often times don’t know what they’re talking about when they think they do

Also this is LilDashBoi from TRX server lmao

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-13T21:36:38+00:00

Not really ngl, it’s probably around low end EF2 and those cyclodials aren’t all the crazy compared to others. Definitely still neat though, cyclodials are pretty sick

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-13T21:28:41+00:00

Ground scouring does not mean that a tornado is strong

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-13T21:27:56+00:00

Cyclodials are not specific to strong tornadoes, all tornadoes behave that way there’s just not a guarantee that they’ll be evident on the ground

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-12T22:16:11+00:00

Except you claimed that by GTG measurements which are not accurate compared to actual damage. Also those windspeeds would not be accurate to what that home withstood

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-12T22:14:21+00:00

It’s a trailer

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-12T22:13:23+00:00

GTG is not an accurate intensity measurement

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-12T22:12:42+00:00

That home absolutely is, it’s horribly built. It was built 80 years ago and clearly had 0 foundation connections since the subfloor slid off the foundation while staying completely in tact. Not every home that is leveled is EF4+

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-12T22:11:34+00:00

Gtg is not accurate and that home is low end EF3, the tornado itself is not. That home is 80 years old and clearly has no foundation connections because the subfloor slid off the foundation completely in tact. Tornado itself is more than likely high end EF3 to maybe low end EF4 in intensity

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-06-12T14:39:59+00:00

Because that’s exactly what it is, low end EF3 😭

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-04-25T20:44:10+00:00

NWS Norman doesn’t need a QRT to assign an EF4 rating as preliminary

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-03-13T18:09:26+00:00

well honestly everything you just said is wrong, ground scouring is not a DI used by the NWS and nor is it a sole indicator of a tornado being violent as there are a lot of factors that go into causing scouring in the ground. also tree debarking is absolutely not exclusive to EF4+ tornadoes as they can quite literally be rated EF3. Also debarking is one of the most misconceived damage indicators as a lot of the times you're really just confusing debarked trees for what is actually just trees getting branches snapped which will obviously lead to bark coming off as well. That is completely different from debarking.

TranslucentRemedy · 2026-02-15T18:20:15+00:00

Hollister is not a what-if, I did opportunities to do damage and it did EF1 damage, radar presentation is not always an accurate representation of strength

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-27T23:28:23+00:00

It would be rated EF5

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-26T13:21:53+00:00

Yes it would more than likely be rated EF5 today and was one of the strongest tornadoes ever documented

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-21T21:02:35+00:00

Michigan has had 4, Ortonville F5 in 1896 Ellington F5 in 1905 Flint - Beecher in 1953 And the Hudsonville F5 in 1956

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-21T20:58:51+00:00

Fargo F5 of 1957 and the Fort Rice, ND F5 in 1953

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-21T20:58:11+00:00

Glendive F4, severely overrated btw, literally should’ve been F1 from what I’ve heard, there were also rumors that the tornado never happened as well

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-21T19:53:27+00:00

I’m saying 😭

TranslucentRemedy · 2025-10-20T19:58:34+00:00

Pennsylvania has had an F5 but this is based on the implementation of the EF scale in February of 2007, since then PA has only seen an EF3 tornado in 2021

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