was it a tornado? or just straight line winds? you decide!

[Rob Satkus]

Preliminary data from TUL indicates this was a tornado...F1, 1.5 mile path, 100yds wide. Information I had says a survey was done, but I don't know if that was done by TUL people or based on Brian's information.

Rob

 

[Brian Emfinger]

Preliminary data from TUL indicates this was a tornado...F1, 1.5 mile path, 100yds wide. Information I had says a survey was done, but I don't know if that was done by TUL people or based on Brian's information.

Rob
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i havent seen anything come down from tulsa... do u have a link?

 

[Rob Satkus]

i havent seen anything come down from tulsa... do u have a link?
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Brian,

No official link as of yet...I heard it from a friend that works at NWS OUN, he passed along the info that someone from NWS TUL had surveyed the damage and it is a confirmed tornado.

Rob

 

[J Gontesky]

I don't get why it's policy to assume it's not a tornado if the evidence is inconclusive. Who decided that straight line winds get the automatic nod without overwhelming edvidence to the contrary?
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Occam's razor.

Since straight line winds are a much more common occurance than tornadoes (even weak ones), in the absence of evidence clarifying, one would conclude straight line winds.