Hallam Tornado rated F4

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Hallam Tornado rated F4

#1 Postby CaptinCrunch » Mon May 24, 2004 3:33 pm

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY
235 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

...MAY 22 LANCASTER COUNTY TORNADO UPGRADED TO F-4 INTENSITY...

A SURVEY TEAM FROM THE OMAHA/VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
CONTINUED TO SURVEY DAMAGE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S STORM IN LANCASTER
COUNTY.

THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT THE TORNADO STRENGTH WAS RATED F-4 ON THE
FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE. F-4 TORNADO WINDS ARE BETWEEN 207 AND 260
MPH. THE TORNADO WAS EXTREMELY WIDE.

THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON TO
DETERMINE THE TRACK LENGTH. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED
AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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#2 Postby wx247 » Mon May 24, 2004 3:34 pm

I mentioned this in a thread here earlier. Looking at that damage, I felt it was an F4.
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#3 Postby Pebbles » Mon May 24, 2004 3:35 pm

WOW :eek:
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#4 Postby weatherwunder » Mon May 24, 2004 5:45 pm

Just driving around the damage yesterday, and with what I saw, I said right away it would end up an F4.
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