re: This is why the tornado grading scale needs to be changed…

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The tornado had a gate-to-gate velocity reading of 260 MPH. Strong circulation could be detected up to 18,000 feet above ground level. Had this thing hit civilization it would have destroyed everything in its path. Thankfully it only damaged farmland. However, due to the way tornadoes are rated, this will only be an EF0/EF1.

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It’s a problem of the era the scale was created in.

Back when the Fujita scale was made, radar technology had not advanced enough to be able to tell strength and vertical reference of tornadic producing storms.

So, the only way to classify them was by how much damage they inflicted as they passed by.

Nowadays we have better technology, so another classification system, or a rework is necessary.