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  1. wxmx
    They acknowledge the chair in the wall and the hose in the tree as evidence of the strength of the tornado.
  2. wxmx
    It looks like the branch partially detached from the tree because of the action of the wind, the hose blew in and then the branch snapped back
  3. wxmx
    Ok, gotcha. This limitation is for all tornado ratings, but they show more often the stronger the tornado.
  4. wxmx
    But there are structures that can withstand winds >210 ... though they are not that common (think reinforced concrete structures). Not sure if the gap between those type of structures and well built structures that can't withstand winds >210 mph is large, or if there's no calibration for the kind of winds that could destroy the "super-structures". IOW, what would be the kind of damage for 220mph? for 250mph?
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    I really understood your point from the beginning, I was playing devil's advocate. Also I thought your range for low-end EF-5 was really restrictive... being that EF-5 baseline is >200mph and 210mph wasn't a low-end in your opinion, you left only 205mph as the unique value for low-end EF-5s (going by 5mph increments)... but I see your point about the realistic upper end in windspeed of a tornado (which I think it can be >220mph)
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    Would a 145kt Cat 5 hurricane be low end? That's ~10mph above the cat 5 baseline
  7. wxmx
    What would be a high-end EF5?
  8. wxmx
    Taking into account that most EF-5 (not F5) tornadoes have been low end (within 10 mph from the EF5 baseline), it's not a surprise, it is?...even 215mph would be low end, i guess.
  9. wxmx
    Yep, that was my estimate also...close to 80-85 kts. 150+mph and visibility would be close to zero, extremely difficult to film anything like that when rain is present
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