Fringe Pattern Parkersburg Tornado Video #2 - House

[cherry0202]

house go bye-bye? :(

[Ichinii11]

I was shown both of these videos during a storm spotter training session last night, and sadly we were informed that there were two people inside of that house when the tornado struck, both died.

[lflygstad1994]

omg i went there like a month after it happened and they were still picking up stuff like debris and trees and stuff like that.

[onlyontuesdays99]

so confusing

[danschaoticmind]

That is some interesting video. You can watch the wind patterns shift for a moment before there is a flash of one of the transformers. Then whoom. Last thing you see is the roof lifting off the house.

Nice post. Hope the residents of the house were ok.

[sbunkboy3]

Yeah, I'm fascinated by how the wind seems to be going almost in the opposite direction (though at much lesser velocity) until right before the tornado strikes. I'm not that experienced in fluid dynamics, but I'd guess the spiraling motion of the wind acts like a slingshot on the edge of the tornado.

[dragonridley]

I don't thing centrifugal force plays that much of a role as ground level winds in a tornado flow inwards more than outwards. The change in direction may have been partially from a rear flank downdraft but I'm not sure

[jackzenh]

a tornado is a vertical spiraling wind column with speeds from 175 to over 300 miles an hour (similar to this case). They are very common from early spring to late summer in the midwest states. I drove through just a couple days after this happened... it was like a nuclear bomb had gone off - very very sad.

[dragonridley]

actually the windspeeds can be as low as 65 mph. Those are the windspeed estimates for an EF0. The 175 Mph you give would be an EF4.

[ikemeffects]

it was a tornado (ef5) in parkersberg, Iowa....

video was from the bank in town.

i was there to help search the homes. (fire fighter)

[PooUFoo]

...what? tornadoes????

[Jellohuskie]

dont get it.

[GodsWildfire]

I am befuddled, but curious.