If we were to have a "National Tornado Day"...June 8th?

[J Gontesky]

Good article by the ICT NWS concerning significant tornadoes on this date, including the Topeka F5 of 1966 that shattered the "Burnetts Mound" protection myth.

http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/08/june-8th-national-tornado-day/

 

[Chris Bowman]

Read this last night on the office shift log and when it popped into the better browser to ship it over to the weather radio. I'll let the forecaster who wrote it know it is being well received. He'll appreciate it.

 

[MatthewCarman]

Very interesting article but I am sure there is a few other dates that our just as bad for tornadoes.

 

[Rob Satkus]

Interesting, but rather surprised June 8th 1974 wasn't mentioned, unless I skipped right over it...multiple tornadoes in OKC and Tulsa areas, Emporia Ks F4...

RS

 

[Shane Adams]

It's interesting how they still reference wind speeds from the old (no-longer-used) F-scale. Seems like since the new scale was implemented, all past tornadoes would automatically be re-adjusted...hence no more wind speeds over 205-210mph associated with any F4 or F5 tornadoes, be they past or present.

 

[Angie Norris]

It's interesting how they still reference wind speeds from the old (no-longer-used) F-scale. Seems like since the new scale was implemented, all past tornadoes would automatically be re-adjusted...hence no more wind speeds over 205-210mph associated with any F4 or F5 tornadoes, be they past or present.

Nope, all tornadoes rated prior to the EF scale keep their rating. I think the main reason behind that is avoiding the chaos that would be caused in the records.

It would be interesting to look at certain dates and see if any days seem to be more conducive to tornadoes...would be helpful in planning days off, don't you think?

 

[Tim Marshall]

Of course it is the tornado damage that is being rated, not the wind speed of the tornado. I believe some tornadoes do have wind speeds greater than 205-220 MPH. It's just that not much survives these wind speeds in order to give us an upper bound. Perhaps one day, all tornadoes will be scanned with some device and we will know what the wind speed is of each tornado. TM