DAMAGE ANALYSIS: 2014 Vilonia, AR EF4 Tornado

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• CA

  @carlyannawx · 3 years ago

  The fact that there was a fatality in a storm shelter is so horrifying

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• EB

  @ebeth34 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I really hope that the EF scale is corrected to identify the true strength of a tornado. While the damage indicators makes sense, not properly identifying the storms strength outside of these parameters impacts historical tornado data. Funding for tornado damage from government and insurance companies could increase of the number if significant tornadoes were properly identified to assist those in need following these storms. The issue, in my eyes, is greater than just the typical argument over EF4 vs. EF5 as statistical data impacts the money available for assistance: Thanks for you videos, I really enjoy them.

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• LU

  @lucashaskins5536 · 3 years ago

  I believe there was a TON of controversy surrounding the rating of this tornado. Many did and still do believe this was an EF5.

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• AW

  @Awkwardrains · 3 years ago

  Was in vilonia when this happened. Got ripped from my house and boy was it terrifying. I&apos;m thankful to be alive. <br><br>That being said, you did a wonderful job at explaining how massive the damage was! Alot of people focus more on the tornados size than the damage it cause I&apos;ve come to notice.

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• JA

  @jaydarobertson3623 · 2 years ago

  Him: and if April 27th sounds familiar-<br><br>Me: oh that’s my sisters birthday..<br><br>Him: that was the day the world exploded<br><br>Me: o h

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• AR

  @arapenn · 3 years ago

  I had just moved to Arkansas from Korea right before this tornado, I remember all the houses being grounded, truly terrifying.

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• CL

  @clutchthecinnamonsergal8493 · 3 years ago

  The scale is too strict nowadays…they could literally make excuses to have the bloody smithville ef5 to be rated an ef4 if it happened today. And as we all know that tornado produced some of the most violent damage ever recorded.

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• CA

  @cam545 · 3 years ago

  I remember this. I lived exactly 100 miles away northeast and we had some random debris from Vilonia. We found personal photos and papers that had Vilonia either written on them or in the pictures.

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• CC

  @ccbarnes56 · 1 year ago

  The Vilonia house that is shown at around the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2FSCr8rx4k&amp;t=510">8:30</a> mark replaced the house that I grew up in from 1956 to 1974. This new home was a beautiful, well-built home and it was disorienting to see the empty slab when I visited the owners a few days after. &nbsp;Her parents&apos; home, just about 50 steps away, was severely damaged but the entertainment center in the living room was almost untouched. I have never seen this much damage.

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• CH

  @CheesyOreos · 3 years ago (edited)

  I am 11 years old and I have a grandma who lives in Vilonia, i recounted her telling me once that when the tornado hit her and my grandpa immediately went to the nearest storm shelter that was in a church, sadly she did have to see the tornado, but thankfully her AMAZING house was somewhat on a hill and the tornado was kinda far away but my grandma did snap a few photos of the occasion though sadly I do not have them

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• TO

  @tornadoclips2022 · 3 years ago

  It’s crazy to think how much worse it could have been if it hit a city or a main town

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• BR

  @brianfrase8532 · 2 months ago

  I remember this storm, I was in the ARNG at the time. I had a buddy in my unit who was actually photo&apos;d with his flag on his house that was destroyed in Vilonia. Thank God he and his family were not harmed.

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