May 2007 Storm Data released

Tony Lyza

Tony Lyza

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A few notes:

May 4th:
-Arnett, OK: EF1 rating
-Greensburg: 28.81mi length, 3000y peak width, Kiowa County called for a refrigerated refer truck in expectation of hundreds of fatalities, $250 million damage, 11 fatalities
-Trousdale: 23.5mi length, 3872y (2.2 mi) peak width, strong EF3
-Hopewell/Macksville: 18.23mi length, 2110y peak width, strong EF3 even though "one well-built home was completely swept off its foundation," 1 dead
-Central Stafford County: 17.4mi length, 1515y peak width, upgraded from EF2 (KAKE report) to EF3, 1 dead

May 5th:
-No EF3 tornadoes in DDC area; big tornadoes got EF2 ratings
 
2.2 mile width? WOW. That was one hell of a tornado.

Man it's such a miracle the Greensburg tornado didn't kill more than it did. 11 is still horrible obviously, but considering the nature of the tornado, it's a miracle. If that tornado had hit Greensburg before the radar era, who knows how bad it could have been.
 
Joel Wright said:
2.2 mile width? WOW. That was one hell of a tornado.

Man it's such a miracle the Greensburg tornado didn't kill more than it did. 11 is still horrible obviously, but considering the nature of the tornado, it's a miracle. If that tornado had hit Greensburg before the radar era, who knows how bad it could have been.
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You'd be looking at something much worse than Udall given that the town of Udall was only about 1/5 the size of the town of Greensburg.
 
Thanks Tony for the update! Looks like they increased the $$ amount of damage from 153,000,000$ to 250,000,000$! and path length from 22 miles to 28 miles! Thats incredible! Thank god Andover, Wichita, Dodge City etc. wasn't in the path of that monster!:eek:
 
I think the really extraordinary aspect of this storm is the number of large and (presumably) violent tornadoes that came from the same storm. Four tornadoes near or in excess of one mile in diameter---unbelievable! I don't really remember another storm that can boast the same; it truly was an epic event.

Gabe
 
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