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Tornado on the Ground in Okc & KS
Channel 5 Oklahoma ^
| 05/08/03
| Me
Posted on 05/08/2003 3:22:12 PM PDT by chantal7
Tornado on the ground. Heading for Tinker AFB.
Debris flying and electrical lines down.
I-240 and Sooner Road, it's crossing the road.
TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: tornado
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To: Catspaw
law enforcement is reporting it as such....it is east of Emporia (thank heavens it did not touch down in Emporia!)
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posted on
05/08/2003 4:55:29 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel!)
To: rwfromkansas
Isn't that probably an f5 just based on the size?
To: Budge
See post #115
143
posted on
05/08/2003 4:56:06 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
To: rwfromkansas
It would've wiped out most, if not all, of the town. How terrifying.
144
posted on
05/08/2003 4:57:17 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Catspaw
Emporia is big, so it wouldn't do that. But, it would have done significant damage.
145
posted on
05/08/2003 4:57:42 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel!)
To: Black Agnes
Isn't that probably an f5 just based on the size?
Nah. There's no direct size-intensity relationship.
As it is, the F scale is horribly abused. It's a DAMAGE measurement, not a wind speed measurement, but the damage is roughly correlated with a wind speed.
The ONLY measure of a tornado on the F scale is by a NWS team examining the damage the next day. You can't even F-rate a tornado at all if it just goes through a cornfield, really. But now news stations and whatnot are trying to instantly guesstimate F ratings (and usually inflating them).
To: John H K
Ah. Thanks. :)
To: nicmarlo
This weather has just been awful! Yesterday morning I had 3 phone calls around 3:30 AM (one from Budge) saying that there were 2 tornados heading right at us. Totally freaked me out! We have no place to get away from one. Did not start my day off well!
148
posted on
05/08/2003 5:05:08 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
To: Brad's Gramma
Great site, BG. Thanks. I hear thunder rumbling as I type.
149
posted on
05/08/2003 5:06:13 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: sheikdetailfeather
We're looking at about 20 minutes before it hits us in south Broken Arrow. Trying to decide whether we should evacuate. The Big One in '99, when we lived in Norman, missed us by only a couple of miles!
150
posted on
05/08/2003 5:06:16 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If you were me, you'd be like this, too.)
To: Catspaw
"a MILE wide? Holy moly. That's one heckuva tornado." That's almost as big as the one in '99.
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posted on
05/08/2003 5:07:12 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")
To: Tax-chick
Get yourself safe!
152
posted on
05/08/2003 5:08:26 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: chantal7
Here in Southern Tulsa County...hoping it misses us. Praying for those in the line of this storm, and those already hit.
To: Okies love Dubya 2
Have relatives in Tecumseh. Cannot reach anyone. Hope they are okay. Where are you? (You can freepmail me.)
To: Black Agnes
Fujita Tornado Damage Scale
| SCALE |
WIND ESTIMATE *** (MPH) |
TYPICAL DAMAGE |
| F0 |
< 73 |
Light damage. Some damage to chimneys; branches broken off trees; shallow-rooted trees pushed over; sign boards damaged. |
| F1 |
73-112 |
Moderate damage. Peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos blown off roads. |
| F2 |
113-157 |
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars overturned; large trees snapped or uprooted; light-object missiles generated; cars lifted off ground. |
| F3 |
158-206 |
Severe damage. Roofs and some walls torn off well-constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in forest uprooted; heavy cars lifted off the ground and thrown. |
| F4 |
207-260 |
Devastating damage. Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown away some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated. |
| F5 |
261-318 |
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses leveled off foundations and swept away; automobile-sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters (109 yds); trees debarked; incredible phenomena will occur. |
*** IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT F-SCALE WINDS: Do not use F-scale winds literally. These precise wind speed numbers are actually guesses and have never been scientifically verified. Different wind speeds may cause similar-looking damage from place to place -- even from building to building. Without a thorough engineering analysis of tornado damage in any event, the actual wind speeds needed to cause that damage are unknown.
155
posted on
05/08/2003 5:10:45 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: I'm ALL Right!
There's a shelter at the hospital on Elm just east of us. We checked it out as soon as we moved here!
156
posted on
05/08/2003 5:10:47 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If you were me, you'd be like this, too.)
To: CedarDave
Give me the url. Me, my dog, my daughter's dog and the neighbors will register....Do I need an authentic zip code & town?????
Give it to me, first, if so...
To: Petronski
Saw this damage on TV--wow. Heard people were injured, but no deaths, thank God.
To: I'm ALL Right!
Yep, we're all praying for those that were and are in the path of these storms.
To: Catspaw
"Please don't let it crash, please please, please."
You are obviously reading my mind.
160
posted on
05/08/2003 5:13:58 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
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