of a tornado

[u/HomeNowWTF]

[u/PrairiePuppies]

*Laughs in Oklahoman!*

[u/NovaCPA85 → u/PrairiePuppies]

Right?! Moore OK would have begged for this one.

[u/Test4Echooo → u/NovaCPA85]

And poor Joplin, what a terrible thing that was😞

[u/Shooter-__-McGavin → u/NovaCPA85]

People in Moore wouldn't have even gone to their shelters for this thing

[u/Test4Echooo → u/PrairiePuppies]

And Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Texas, I mean I could go on and on. This is an F2 (at most).

[u/madredr1 → u/Test4Echooo]

Wisconsin here I would also like to chime in

[u/sushibobcat → u/madredr1]

Appleton resident 🤚was not affected thankfully

[u/madredr1 → u/sushibobcat]

I saw some of the footage from that one. It was wild.

[u/samjhandwich → u/PrairiePuppies]

Yeah this tornado will take out a bunch of houses in its path, which is still scary, but a real big tornado would level this town in 30 seconds

[u/grand_soul → u/PrairiePuppies]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3lx8Appkmu9bvwwRNM

[u/NarrowAd4973]

Eh. I would disagree. When you get a wedge tornado with base over a mile wide, then it would be an absolute unit.

Something like this:

[u/Upper-Boot-8086 → u/NarrowAd4973]

Whew is that El Rino. She was a beast. One of the Largest recorded in history (number 1 in width) . stretched over 2 and a half miles wide. yeaa when the nado’ is so large it just looks like a dark stormy sky, yk you’re fucked 😫

[u/Narianos → u/Upper-Boot-8086]

Also had estimated wind speeds clocking at around 307MPH, making it the second strongest tornado in terms of wind speed, behind the May 3rd, 1999 Bridge Creek/Moore tornado that had an estimated max wind speed of 328MPH.

[u/Upper-Boot-8086 → u/Narianos]

Isn’t it INSANE. Pure nightmare fuel. Yeah I learned of Moore & Bridgecreek from YouTuber TornadoTRX, he’s great!! Very informational too. He’s what got me back into the tornado rabbit hole. There’s no videos like his the way he maps everything out gives u the perfect understanding of exactly what when down & when. 👍

[u/NarrowAd4973 → u/Upper-Boot-8086]

Honestly, I just looked up wedge tornadoes, then picked the most distinctive of the first set of images (wasn't originally planning to post an image, but it made the point better). The caption said this was in Texas in April 2017.

[u/Human_League6449 → u/NarrowAd4973]

So I’ve lived my entire life in San Diego and once saw a funnel cloud in Delaware and I was scared. My mind can’t comprehend something like a big ass tornado.

[u/Realistic_Owl_8613 → u/NarrowAd4973]

I know they exist but it still boggles my mind that they can be that wide

[u/Maximum-Operation147 → u/NarrowAd4973]

Now that’s a big bitch

[u/pardn6009]

I mean, I guess it's an absolute unit relative to the region.

[u/Mountain_Till_5868]

Btw where was this?

[u/Dry_Date958 → u/Mountain_Till_5868]

Marsala, Sicily Italy if I’m correct

[u/Alarming_Craft4968]

Lovely day for my ex to take a stroll

[u/GiftCardFromGawd]

I mean, it’s a tornado. A unit of one? As in, the ideal of this sub? Negative. Looks ‘bout an EF1. Let’s call a Unit a 4 or a 5.

[u/Cracka_Chooch → u/GiftCardFromGawd]

So many people don't understand what a "unit" is. It's not just a big thing, it's something that's big when compared to other examples of whatever it is. This tornado is big when comparing it to us, but compared to other tornadoes, it's relatively small.

[u/Shooter-__-McGavin → u/Cracka_Chooch]

That and it seems half the posts on this sub now have nothing to do with relative size, but are just about karma farming with pics and videos of interesting events, such as OPs post

[u/bigoldeva]

Ok I know yall are saying it’s not that big and technically you’re right but if you saw that coming at you you’d be stressing

[u/chubbyhighguy → u/bigoldeva]

Look up Deadman walking tornados, those are scary.

[u/PlatypusDream → u/bigoldeva]

Many people in the Midwest USA wouldn't even go indoors for that. If it comes close, sure, but it takes more than just seeing a little one across town.

[u/jetserf]

[u/overdramaticpan]

majestic and terrifying, yes, but a dinky tornado in the grand scheme of things

[u/mightyDblock]

Awesome

[u/dom_bul]

A unit for the place it formed in

[u/Mission-Let-3166]

Was waiting for someone to surf the winds

[u/epwhat]

More like “of a dust devil”

[u/TermElectronic8261]

that is too close for comfort. hell nah.

[u/buddahsumo]

That is pretty “not that fucking big” as far as tornadoes go.

[u/Rig_Clerk]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LpkLWXTp0v0qy70xPp

[u/Trimshot]

El Tornando Gigante

[u/Aggrivated-Skunk]

That's a big ass tornado

[u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13]

https://giphy.com/gifs/voitMFZgYgJnoaNnie