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Hard to fathom that it’s been a whole year since one of the worst tornado outbreaks in modern history put our nation’s resilience to the ultimate test.
89 lives lost
672 injured
$3.9 billion in damages
12/10/21, a day we will never forget…💔
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Severe Weather Enthusiast 🌪️⛈️ • Wisconsin had a tornado once, I promise
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- 2007 vs 2025 Greensburg, Kansas
2007 vs 2025 (screenshot from reeds stream) - Left: Katie-Wynnewood, OK tornado (5/9/2016) [EF4] Right: Andover, KS (4/29/2022) Let this serve as a reminder that a tornado doesn’t have to be a mile-wide wedge to be violent…
- I have yet to see motion from a tornado as violent as this. Still so far away, with 1999-level footage at the time. The Bridge Creek/Moore, OK F5 was a true monster, and by most accounts *THE* F5.
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Bridge Creek - Moore, May 3rd, 1999. Imagery is from the Center for Severe Weather Research (CSWR) - Other EF5 contenders to reanalyze: New Wren, MS 2011 Chickasha, OK 2011 Goldsby, OK 2011 Washington, IL 2013 Pilger, NE 2014 Stanton, NE 2014 Vilonia, AR 2014 Louisville, MS 2014 Rochelle, IL 2015 Chapman, KS 2016 Bassfield, MS 2020 Mayfield, KY 2021 Rolling Fork, MS 2023
- Photos on the left: tornadoes that occurred on May 4, 2007 Photos on the right: tornadoes that occurred on May 18, 2025 Same towns, similar times, similar tornadoes. History nearly repeated itself tonight.
- *141 kts VROT on the tornado near Hollister and Loveland, OK* Officially the 2nd highest behind… the 2013 El Reno, OK tornado with 149 kts VROT. A truly incredible, violent tornado in an unassuming environment/setup.
- Barnsdall, OK was a victim of some incredibly unfortunate timing here. Just a few minutes later and that supercell would’ve gotten engulfed by the bow echo, choking out the tornado.
- The difference in times you ask? The Arnett tornado on 5/4/2007 occurred at around 5:45 pm. The one today occurred at 5:52 pm. The Greensburg, KS tornado on 5/4/2007 formed at 9:03 pm and dissipated at 10:05 pm. The one today formed at ~9:20 pm and dissipated at ~10:05 pm.Photos on the left: tornadoes that occurred on May 4, 2007 Photos on the right: tornadoes that occurred on May 18, 2025 Same towns, similar times, similar tornadoes. History nearly repeated itself tonight.
- Here’s my two cents: For some reason, the Diaz, AR tornado finally being the tornado to (potentially/hypothetically) end the EF5 drought feels strange to me. Let me explain. x.com/tornadowis/sta…
Would anyone else feel a little bit strange if the Diaz, AR were to achieve an EF5 rating (hypothetically)? Just curious - Up there with one of the scariest images of a tornado of all time. 📍Lake City, AR 📸 @BrandonCopicWx
- Went offline for two hours, and I’ve come back to videos of violent wedges, reports of a quad-state tornado, and now this horrific situation in Mayfield, KY. Forget “living up to expectation,” this just went historic. I can only pray that people are safe.
