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A Super tornado hitting Dallas? Yeah, right!

#1 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:19 am

I know this story was already posted in the USA Weather Forum, but I just wanted to get some attention on this topic. Click on the link below to read full story.

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=80513
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#2 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:37 pm

When I moved to Texas 3 1/2 years ago, I was looking forward to living with the excitement of tornadoes - I still have never seen one in my life, or even a green sky or a funnel cloud.

I don't know if that means a tornado is unlikely to devastate my city someday - it just means people are complacent.
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#3 Postby Astro_man92 » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:53 pm

well I wouldn't say imposible but. I think that civil unrest is a tad less likley to happen tommorrow then a cat 6 ("super") tornado hitting there in the next 100 years.
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#4 Postby conestogo_flood » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:49 pm

You can't say it is a slim chance. It is a very real chance. Don't pardon it, that is the dumbest thing to do.

Any city is at risk of an F5, Dallas has a greater chance because it is in tornado alley.

This is just like saying the likelyhood of a 4.0 earthquake in L.A. is unlikely.

Oklahoma City was hit by an F5, what where the chances? Also, what were the chances of a repeated hit nearly on the same path of the F5 in 2003 with the F4?
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#5 Postby MGC » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:58 pm

The F4 in OKC in 2003 was my first tornado to see. Why can't the Big D get hit by an F5? The probility is small but very possible. I'd rather have my town hit by an F5 tornado than Katrina. I was in OKC a couple of weeks after the F5 in May 1999 and while tragic, it was nothing compared to Katrina......MGC
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#6 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:32 pm

An F2 tornado hit downtown Fort Worth in 2000 - some of you might remember it.

Some damage photos:

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#7 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:40 pm

Some more pictures from right after the tornado:

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#8 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:45 pm

The tornado itself:

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#9 Postby Astro_man92 » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:47 pm

OMG :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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#10 Postby conestogo_flood » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:51 pm

That damage at F0/F1? Oh my gosh...

Just think what it will look like with an F3-F5.
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#11 Postby milankovitch » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:56 am

conestogo_flood wrote:That damage at F0/F1? Oh my gosh...

Just think what it will look like with an F3-F5.


Doesn't it say F2?

Anyways, a stronger tornado I imagine could gut, and cause severe structual damage if not outright collapse a high-rise.
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#12 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:41 am

The website I got the images from said it was an F2. The Dallas Morning News says it was an F3, but downtown Fort Worth only experienced F0-F1 strength winds. I trust the News more.
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