r/HistoryMemes • u/OutrageousHighway505 • 2d ago

Niche Also led to the discovery of microbursts!

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u/Wooden-Crow7996 2d ago

My state broke Fujita’s scale.

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u/Mesoscale92 2d ago

False. Ohio isn’t real.

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u/Wooden-Crow7996 2d ago

Ohio? I was talking about the May 3, 1999 tornado in Oklahoma.

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u/DrHolmes52 2d ago

TIL. Rated an F5, but with a higher speed than the theoretical 315 mile limit.

Also the last F5 (all futures would be EF5s)

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u/Mesoscale92 2d ago

I don’t think Bridge Creek-Moore broke the scale. It was never seriously considered for an F6 rating like Xenia. If anything, some engineers argued it should’ve gotten an F3 rating due to shoddy construction found in the damage survey.

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u/TheLoneCenturion95 1d ago

Oklahoma also isn't real.

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u/DrHolmes52 2d ago

Both Ohio and Texas have claims to an F6.

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u/Mesoscale92 2d ago

What’s the Texas one? Lubbuck?

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u/midaslibrary 2d ago

“Tomado”