Woodford County Illinois Tornado Could Be An F4

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Woodford County Illinois Tornado Could Be An F4

#1 Postby michaelwmoss » Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:41 am

They are going to have to bring in experts for this one. It was reported to be from 1/4-1/2 mile at times!!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx//events/jul132004/jul13.php

Picture Of The Tornado Here:

http://www.hoinews.com/home/headlines/878132.html

One last picture from a different perspective

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/040714/w071402.html
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#2 Postby Anonymous » Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:03 am

thanks for sharing! Looks as if it was a large tornado.
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#3 Postby michaelwmoss » Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:42 am

No problem. It will be interesting to see what they conclude.

Correct me if I am wrong: Has the U.S. had any F5's this year?
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#4 Postby Brent » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:26 am

michaelwmoss wrote:No problem. It will be interesting to see what they conclude.

Correct me if I am wrong: Has the U.S. had any F5's this year?


I'm pretty sure we haven't. Last one was May 3, 1999 in Moore, OK I believe.
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#5 Postby michaelwmoss » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:09 am

Has It Been That LONG?!?!?
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#6 Postby michaelwmoss » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:15 am

It is confirmed, this tornado was a definate F4. Updated pictures of damage, radar, and the tornado itself at:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx//events/jul132004/jul13.php
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#7 Postby Stormsfury » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:23 am

I'm pretty sure we haven't. Last one was May 3, 1999 in Moore, OK I believe.


Brent's right, according to the statistics I scanned through at SPC ... (at least the killer tornadoes) ... the last TWO F5's occurred on May 3rd, 1999 (that were killer tornadoes) at Moore and Amber, OK.

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#8 Postby michaelwmoss » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:52 am

Wasn't the Amber, OK Tornado the one that was 2 miles wide at one time?

This definately could have been much worse in Illinois. We can be thankful the storm merged into a developing Derecho before coming here to Johnson County. I can only image what kind of damage that would have caused in the Indianapolis area.
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