Joe Nield
EF5
I have good friends in Beloit. Am so thankful they were missed. My heart goes out to those not so fortunate.
Question: Are the homes up there structurly strong? I would think so because of the cold, but have not been up there. I know this is very important in rating the damage. TWC pics are not telling me the whole story.
With the potential for a final rating in excess of F3, I believe a Quick Response Team will, or probably already has been, dispatched to the area. As was mentioned earlier, some of the most significant damage I've seen on newscasts appears to be good F4, but the QRT people are very well versed in these sorts of things, and will help make that final determination with confidence.
For more information, see the following:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/wcm_jobaid/qrt-short.shtml