Most violent tornado in history?

[C M May]

I always thought that the Pampa, Texas tornado packed some pretty strong winds, a real "drill bit" tornado

That Pampa tornado was amazing to watch. I think it was Tom Grazulis himself that said “if there was ever video evidence of 300mph winds at the surface, Pampa 1995 is it.”

 

[Jeff Wright]

A Lathe was made airborne.

Guin 74 was pretty stout.

My guess is that storms may have been more severe in prehistoric times...