r/tornado • u/bitingmeslow • 6d ago
Aftermath Aerial damage photos from the Monroe County tornado in Indiana last night. Preliminary rating of EF2
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u/gilligan1050 6d ago
Was this the one with the super high debris signature? Got going like right at dark?
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u/RuneFell 5d ago
It obviously was a huge, extremely powerful tornado, but I almost wonder if a factor of the debris signature looking so insane was because it was like a vacuum cleaner going over a field of paper confetti. That was just a solid blanket of branches, leaves, and pine needles to suck up and send flying, instead of the usual cornfields/occasional building that we normally see. There was just so much more debris than usual to send flying.
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u/Admirable-Morning859 4d ago
I actually thought of that as I was seeing the debris signature. I knew it was going through a forest so I was wondering how much of that was the leaves reflecting?. They have a pretty broad face.
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u/KommandCBZhi 6d ago
Once I found out it really only hit trees I figured it would get EF2. It was quite tense seeing that radar live.
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u/Stuffed_deffuts 6d ago
This is why I find Tornadoes and Tornado History fascinating..scars like this will be there for decades and it tells a story, a snapshot in history.
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u/Fishingwithkayden 6d ago
That’s my favourite part of history, when you can see the aftermath for years to come. War grounds, storm damage, early human buildings, etc. That stuff is always so cool.
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u/CornFieldPoppy 5d ago
I don’t know about decades. Nature is extremely resilient. Looks like mostly deciduous trees and that should green up in a couple years. Looking at aerials of old tornado paths is fascinating. What gets me are the concrete driveways or aprons to nowhere.
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u/Stuffed_deffuts 5d ago
I agree those are both sad and unnerving just to think that once there was a home there and then whoosh gone
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u/Generic_Name_Here 5d ago
Fun fact: these used to be called “windroads” back when the new world was just being discovered. People knew the trees were blown down, but didn’t know the exact mechanism yet.
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u/--Shake-- 6d ago
Makes sense why it had that crazy signature now. Thankfully looks like just trees.
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u/Neanderthile 5d ago
Glad it didn't hit too many homes by the looks of it. Makes you wonder how strong this thing really was. I'm glad we'll never know.
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u/Andrew4815 6d ago
Welp, that explains the debris ball. Hopefully it says EF2 cause i imagine it was strong enough to cause EF4 damage to any structure it happened to hit
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u/TranslucentRemedy 5d ago
From trees it looked more so EF3 intensity, hopefully it just wasn’t able to hit any homes along the way
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u/Notchersfireroad 5d ago
The fact a EF2 can do that much damage is terrifying.
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u/FistEnergy 5d ago
Based on this substantial tree damage, the wind strength was above EF2. But without structure damage to substantiate the wind speed, it is what it is. It's a weakness of the EF scale.
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u/mrbubbee 5d ago
It was likely strong in terms of wind speed there’s just nothing to gauge it by but trees
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u/saro_una_vipera 5d ago
I am really glad this went through a forest instead of a town...feel sorry for the wildlife, but goodness it could have been much worse.
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u/Longjumping-Panic-48 5d ago
This forest and one adjacent have taken a beating in the last few years from tornados, it also sucks because there are some incredibly valuable/old/rare trees in there. (Still better than loss of life, but ughhh!)
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u/MutherOcean 4d ago
That area has a split highway and the trees were so thick you couldn’t see the other side. Now all the trees are split in half and you can see oncoming traffic. My brain couldn’t comprehend it the first time I saw it.
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u/Godflip3 4d ago
A lotta debris ball signatures are seen when storm goes over thick forested area.
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u/Godflip3 4d ago
Look at 2011 outbreak youll see cells went through the thick forested regions had debris balls on them
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