What Is The Strongest Tornado In History?

I thought an F5 was the maximum. I'm just delighted we don't have tornadoes in the UK.... I'd have an on the spot heart attack!

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What about the Xenia, OH tornado? Fujita originally gave it F6

Jesus Christ you take a long time to state something that should be pretty straight forward.

When people talk about "well F5 is a home totally slabbed to the foundation, F6 is considered 'inconceivable damage,' what is inconceivable damage?"

How about the foundation itself being lifted and destroyed? Sounds like some inconceivable damage happened when foundations and shelters were damn near pulled from the ground.

If this type of tornado happened in 2024 it would be rated as any EF4 Plus and not any of five because meteorologist nowadays are just stupid I guess

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I’m from Ireland, of course a very small country, but I actually cannot comprehend a 10km (2.6 mile) wide tornado. My whole town and surrounding towns would’ve been decimated in that. I’m so sorry that Americans have to experience that and rest in peace to anyone who had to endure that and didn’t make it though. I’m genuinely shocked. I knew tornados were horrifying but I could never fathom it to be this bad. It’s crazy putting it into perspective.

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The Xenia Tornado is horrible, which is scary...

Rainsville ef5 has way more impressive damage then slightly moving a storm shelter

Xenia tornado tossed railroad cars, and tossed 2 school buses 1/2 mile

El Reno?

I agree on your top 3. Well done

TWISTERS (2024) opinion?

I don't know why but tornadoes here Alabama have always seemed a bit more sinister I don't know why it just feels that way

I think i can classify a 6, If a tornado damages SUB basements, then its a 6. Like imagine smithfield but instead of going 60, its going 8.... i cant even properly comprehend what that would mean damage-wise, but it could potentially re-route rivers and drain lakes

Guin F5 in 1974 is by far the strongest one imo, you only included the houses, the same tornado almost completely slabbed a production plant for mobile homes, leaving only bent and warped metal. it may have even scoured away a piece of the foundation (idk about that, look to the left of the image), it didn't just dislodge house foundations, in some cases the foundations were split in half or swept away leaving bare or partially filled sockets of what was left. Some of those foundations were reinforced and over 8-12 inches thick according to some images. One house was so completely demolished that the foundation slab was reported to have crushed another person. Everything mentioned was likely very well-built. This tornado could've likely been >330 mph.

My top 10 with wind estimates:
1. Guin F5 1974 (>330 mph)
2. Smithville EF5 2011 (300-325 mph)
3. Bridge-Creek, Moore F5 1999 (321 mph)
4. El Reno/Piedmont EF5 2011 (295 mph)
5. Niles-Wheatland F5 1985 (275-290 mph)
6.1974 Brandenburg F5 (280 mph)
7. Hackleburg EF5 2011 (260 mph)
8. Parkersburg EF5 2008 (255-265 mph)
9. Rainsville EF5 2011 (240-290 mph)
10. Jarrell F5 1997 (230-270 mph)
BONUS that could've gone at #4, El Reno 2013: 296-313 mph but only inflicted EF3 damage, thanks EF-scale.

I don’t really think its in the conversation for the top strongest tornadoes of all time but the Matador, TX tornado of 2023 did some incredible damage in certain spots

A tornado saved our country from the Brittish taking over D.C. during the revolutionary war. Thats a fact.

Jarrell in my opinion was very strong and violent for slow it moved

I remember a tornado that picked up an asteroid and threw it so far that it was lost for several days. I can't remember were it was. I dont think it was rated as an amazingly strong tornado but Never the less a strong one.

Jarrell is the absolute stuff of nightmares. An F5 that just stopped over a neighborhood and sat there. I know the weather is not evil but that was evil.

Very very good video, love the little chart at the end about all different factors that make a strong tornado, would love to see a possible part 2 with like rochelle Ef4 2015, hesston/goessel f5 of 1990 etc, overall though 10/10 video

Some of the sub-vortices on the May 31/2013 tornado were measured at near 400mph.

One thing to factor in was the building codes of the time of these tornadoes. The building codes of the Tri-State Tornado wasn't near as strict as they were for Moore 2013.

I hate when people argue it’s not the same tornado. Ummm yes it is. Tornados can lift up, get bigger, change shape, etc etc. to me, if the tornado is in the same path then it’s the same tornado and it baffles me that meteorologists haven’t come to this conclusion either

I remember this we where in Midwest city in McDonald’s basement it’s was scary

ngl, when i see a vid of urs i actually get happy lol. i liv in aus and we dont get many strong tornadoes or tornadoes at all so its very interesting to hear about all the tornadoes in america

EDIT: the strongest tornado i found in aus was the Bucca tornado in '92. apparently a 3 ton truck was thrown 300 metres, a fridges was blown away and never found and trees were speared through walls of homes. no fatalities tho. wild stuff...

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Anything 320mph+ should be an EF6. Change my mind.

Fun fact about the Jarrel, TX F-5. It would’ve only been rated an EF-3 with the enhanced scale. Through all the double creek estate homes huge construction error were made especially with anchoring to the foundation. Another reason why is was swept clean so “easily”

Ive seen and lived through too many tornados to count growing up in sw okie and north tx. I was not close but directly in both Moore and El reno tornados. I was lucky to dodge them in travel. In 2015 i lost my home business and everything i owned in a tornado in Tipton Ok. I hope im never in another but not likely because of where i live.

Some of the most strongest and fastest wind speed tornado always happends in el Reno and Moore

Really believe it is the Smithsville tornado. I now live a hour from the town. I here stories the ground where it went over is still noticeable

Greenfield tornado

Xenia, OH

What was the Tornado that twisted the 3 or 4 story Hospital??

Everyone forgot about the tornado that destroyed an entire city (the one I currently live in) called Purvis Mississippi

the Joplin tornado moved the entire hospital four inches off its foundation. my sister in law worked for a company that did the HVAC.

Did you know that the XENIA EF6 actually was supposed to be rated EF5 but got change a couple hours later after it ended and the El Reno was supposed to be rated EF5 but was rated EF3 even though it’s wind speed was 291+ miles per hour but the ratings don’t be rated be how powerful the winds it is actually based on the damage the tornado does.

Thanks for mentioning Sherman one of my favourites

The 2014 Vilonia tornado rolled a 29,998 pound fertilizer tank 0.74 miles. There are still disagreements in the weather community and among the public here in Arkansas regarding the final rating.

Wiki also mentions a 1764 tornado in Germany with winds over 300 mph, though precise data is lacking

In the smithville tornado there was curtains pulled through the ceiling in a moble home

Tornado, my buddy and I, is an excellent band name.