warneagle
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Confirmed tornado near Turkey, TX.
From the initial wedge tornado.Is this from the main tornado or is this from the anticyclonic tornado?
Did the strongest winds of this tornado impact structures or other objects? Or were they sideswiped by the outer winds of the tornado? I would argue that the strongest vortices were not sampled by producing rate-able impacts.Not sure if this is shade towards me considering the quotations.
But I strongly stand by what I said in that this tornado simply wasn’t as strong at ground level despite what the radar displayed, which of course was hundreds of meters up anyways.
As the video I linked above shows, there’s simply nothing that even remotely hints at significant damage, even the few trees in the path of the tornado got off easy all things considered.
I already know about that research paper.Did the strongest winds of this tornado impact structures or other objects? Or were they sideswiped by the outer winds of the tornado? I would argue that the strongest vortices were not sampled by producing rate-able impacts.
Just fyi, Kosiba and Wurman found, in their small sample, that winds in tornadoes at 15m AGL are 30% stronger than those at 100m.
Yes, that may be, which is why I said small sample. Yet, it is a piece to the puzzle, and verifies to some degree what many have speculated on previously.I already know about that research paper.
Obviously though that doesn’t happen with all tornadoes, otherwise this one should’ve had ground scouring and debarking of trees to say the least considering the winds it had a couple hundred meters up.
The two gentlemen of that paper said a crucial key word, which is “usually.”
Oops, I meant gentleman and gentlewoman.Yes, that may be, which is why I said small sample. Yet, it is a piece to the puzzle, and verifies to some degree what many have speculated on previously.
Again, I submit to you the core of this tornado was not well sampled and its rating is not a true reflection of peak intensity and radar estimates. Not every strong tornado produces awe inspiring ground scouring.
Also, Karen Kosiba is a woman.
It can be confirmed that this tornado passed this forest directly with incredible radar appearance. It's quite common that winds aloft didnt transcend.Nothing new or surprise to see damage of this tornado like this.The tornado could've very well been significant, but there's no way of knowing due to the lack of damage indicators.