SilentShadow87
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Philadelphia, MS EF5 tornado videos in rough chronological order:
At around the 1:45 mark in this video the incredible speed of the tornado is easy to see....
^Tornado would have been at EF5 strength around the time of this video.
I still think this tornado was a very strong contender for the title of most violent ever recorded. The ground scouring it left was just insane and by far the deepest ever recorded...Just to compare, the Bridge Creek tornado scoured 8 inches of topsoil, the Smithville tornado scoured 12 inches, the Jarrell tornado scoured 18 inches, and the Philadelphia tornado scoured 24 inches. It's even more impressive considering both it and the Smithville tornado caused that level of ground scouring while roaring along at nearly 70 mph (possibly slightly above in the case of Smithville).
At around the 1:45 mark in this video the incredible speed of the tornado is easy to see....
^Tornado would have been at EF5 strength around the time of this video.
I still think this tornado was a very strong contender for the title of most violent ever recorded. The ground scouring it left was just insane and by far the deepest ever recorded...Just to compare, the Bridge Creek tornado scoured 8 inches of topsoil, the Smithville tornado scoured 12 inches, the Jarrell tornado scoured 18 inches, and the Philadelphia tornado scoured 24 inches. It's even more impressive considering both it and the Smithville tornado caused that level of ground scouring while roaring along at nearly 70 mph (possibly slightly above in the case of Smithville).