Was Greenfield an EF5 Tornado? - DAMAGE ANALYSIS: Greenfield, IA EF4

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  @CarmenPalermoStorms · 1 year ago · pinned

  Great video! Thanks for including my damage picture, it was quite a hectic situation so I was unsure of the exact location and I didn't spend much time getting pictures. Actually both of the manhole covers at the intersection of 7th and E Iowa Street were both sucked off. Me and another first responder covered them with plywood we found nearby before moving on so nobody would accidentally fall into it

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• LE

  @Lexrockstheblock · 1 year ago

  Reed timmer was just saying on twitter that a university (OU?) was asking for his footage to perform photogrammetry and argue for a higher rating for greenfield.

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• CI

  @citronquartz2779 · 1 year ago

  i really love how you emphasize how life altering and disabling injuries can be, it's a really good reminder for me who, i admit, forgets that "injuries" don't always just mean "cuts, scrapes, small bruises"

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• WE

  @Weed_Trimmer · 1 year ago

  Town gets wiped out by 2.5 mile wide tornado......<br><br>Nws: must&apos;ve been the wind.....high end ef3.

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• TO

  @tornadotrx · 1 year ago

  Greenfield was an EF5

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• CE

  @CeltonHenderson · 1 year ago

  Fantastic job dude, I&apos;m always honored to work with you on these in any capacity. There is no doubt in my mind this tornado was an EF5 and it still haunts me knowing I saw it right before it killed all those people and took everything from so many others.

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• CO

  @CoffeeonKorriban · 1 year ago

  As I&apos;ve said many times, the F scale used damage to estimate wind speeds. Those estimated wind speeds correlate with ratings. If the actual wind speed is known and verified, that should absolutely correlate to one of the categories.

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• DA

  @dannymorgan7252 · 1 year ago

  It was a 5. There’s something funky going on with these investigation teams moving the goal post when it comes to damage

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• MJ

  @mjw1978 · 1 year ago

  I still struggle to understand how those concrete parking stops were torn out of a parking lot and rolled in this beast, and yet this wasn’t included in the NWS survey as a DI. Despite the fact that, if I recall correctly, in Joplin MO 2011, surveyors there specifically noted this same phenomena there as one of the DI for it being classified as an EF5. There is either wild inconsistency from NWS Office to NWS office, or the EF scale really is as outdated as many of us see it to be. This is another fantastic video, sir; well done. Love these!

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• TI

  @timothyvanhoeck233 · 1 year ago

  The Greenfield tornado, for all the death and destruction it caused, was also perhaps one of the most striking examples of a multivortex tornado I have ever seen captured on video.

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• MO

  @MoodSwingzStudioz · 1 year ago

  Greenfield is my hometown! I live in Greenfield. Thankfully none of my family members were hurt and none of my family members suffered structural damage to their homes. Both of my cousins cars were totaled, but their homes were fine. Thank God. We lost a lot of homes in that tornado, but so many people in my town are choosing to rebuild and it makes me happy that they chose to do that. Thanks for posting this video! &nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/greenfieldstrong">#GreenfieldStrong</a>

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  @ernackgd · 1 year ago

  A nearly hour long video by june first is such a treat

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