More Violent Weather – Maybe Science Doesn’t Suck
ecthompsonmd
April 16, 2012
‘Tis the season for ugly weather. From Weather Channel: 5 confirmed fatalities in Woodward, Oklahoma; 29 people were injured in the town and the tornado was rated a preliminary EF3 by the National Weather Service Thousands without power in Oklahoma and Kansas 75 percent of Thurman, Iowa destroyed; tornado that touched down was rated EF2 (wind speeds of up to 130 mph) with a path length of about 10 miles Tornado that hit Wichita, KS area rated a preliminary EF3, with some of the strongest damage observed at McConnell AFB Ottawa/Dickinson Counties: Preliminary EF1 tornado with winds of up to 100
