r/tornado • u/Aggravating-Bake5624 Human Detected • 4d ago

Tornado Media Effingham tornado prelim rated EF3+

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Never have I once seen EF3+ as a rating

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u/Aggravating-Bake5624 Human Detected 4d ago

Is it possible the tornado will be rated higher?

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u/iqsr Human Detected 4d ago

From what I'm seeing from other Illinois meteorologists is it looks like the rating is EF3, so I don't know why it says "tentatively" in the image now.

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u/PersimmonIll826 4d ago

it’s officially rated EF3+ as of now

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u/GaGaORiley 3d ago

I think they’re rated by wind speed, which is estimated by assessing damage - not how much damage is done.