To: savedbygrace
Yeah, on the old scale a F3 tornado has winds of 158–206 mph. On the old scale a F5 tornado has winds of 261–318 mph.
The new scale ranks a F5 tornado as having wind speeds of >200 mph. So this was basicaly a F3 last year and a F5 this year.
65 posted on
05/07/2007 6:22:36 AM PDT by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: 300magnum
They arent going by just assumed windspeeds anymore. THe actual EF scale is tougher to attain an EF-5 because you have to hit a lot more damage indicators.
83 posted on
05/07/2007 6:37:26 AM PDT by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: 300magnum
The new scale ranks a F5 tornado as having wind speeds of >200 mph. So this was basicaly a F3 last year and a F5 this year.
On another thread someone posted that the tornado was a 'wedge' with measurements falling somewhere between a half mile to a mile and a half wide. At that size does it really matter whether you use the old scale or the new one?
Of course more F5 tornados could equal more funding.
131 posted on
05/07/2007 10:25:03 AM PDT by
dmartin
(Who Dares Wins)
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