On May 20th, 2013, a powerful EF5 tornado struck the city of Moore in Central Oklahoma, leaving behind a trail of mass destruction. The tornado killed 24 people and injured over 200 more, making it one of the deadliest in recent history. The Moore – New Castle tornado is also the last officially rated EF5 tornado to date.
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The climate change crowd keeps preaching to us that tornadoes are growing more powerful. First of all, the statistics are mostly inconclusive concerning the idea that tornadoes are becoming more powerful. Second, the fact that it's been well over 11 years since the US saw an EF-5 tornado throws a wrench into the idea that tornadoes are becoming more powerful. A data gap over that much time will skew any statistical analysis that takes time into account. Thankfully the truth is that EF-5 tornadoes are so incredibly that a lot of data about them is incomplete. There's just not enough data on EF-5 tornadoes to make statistically meaningful connections or trends over time. That's something we should all be thankful for!
Hey y'all, saw some mentions of the panning being off. That was an error in Audacity that I didn't notice until after, it will be fixed for the next video.
This tornado was probably around 270 mph at peak but nothing like the May 3rd 1999 Bridge Creek tornado.
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Once again amazing job. I love the editing style. Very historically accurate video.
The Newcastle Moore EF5 of May 20, 2013, sits in such a unique spot where it's extremely well known and extremely well covered, but it's actual strength is sometimes downplayed. Likewise, it also gets overshadowed by the May 3rd, 1999 F5. I have to strongly disagree with those downplaying its rating or saying it was "barely an EF5". I challenge those to stop sensationalizing for a second; take a look at the damage surveys from the NWS of Smithville, Hackleburg, and this tornado, and you will see this tornado was every bit as violent as those two. It violently ripped plumbing and electrical routing out of foundations like Jarrell and Smithville and, violently granulated debris/caused profound pavement and topsoil scouring like Phil-Campbell Hackleburg. This is one of the most violent tornadoes in history and very much deserves the title of being "May 3rd all over again". Every time I am confused about a tornado receiving an EF4 rating, I look back at the damage survey of this tornado, and I'm reminded of just how unfathomable EF5 damage truly is.
People have to take into account that this tornado was already violent and had already produced EF4 damage BEFORE the storm merger that blew this thing up into a wedge took place. It touched down as a thin, not too out-of-the-ordinary rope/cone. However, this tornado became violent VERY fast and already started producing severe to intense damage even in its cone/rope phase. This thing was trouble from the moment it received its first tornado warning.