7/1/2016 Greenfield EF-5

Statistics:

Max Windspeed: 273 MPH

Cities Impacted: Greenfield

Time On Ground: ~50 to 65 minutes

Damage Rating: Weak EF-5

This tornado formed in the open desert, where it remained for much of its long lifespan. Shortly after the tornado peaked at 273 MPH, the tornado began moving towards Auburn. After it began weakening, it quickly changed course to Greenfield. The tornado reached Greenfield when it had winds of approximately 230 MPH. The tornado continued through the heart of Greenfield, continuing to weaken. The tornado fell below 200 MPH just past HQ, then continued out of the city. Only one house survived the tornado. Shortly after this tornado, tornadoes with both EF-4 and EF-3 wind speeds occurred just outside Trenton.

Random facts because I FEEL LIKE IT:

• This tornado is the first EF-5 tornado (on this blog at least) to peak outside of a city
• A TIV 2 was thrown from one impacted house to the only non-impacted house, left surprisingly undamaged.
• This tornado is one of the only tornadoes to have taken down both the siren and camera tower
• I don't know what else to put here. What do you wish to know? :3

Images:

Overhead view of Greenfield following the tornado (sorry about the darkness)

Storm shelter entrance completely blocked and destroyed

HQ completely leveled, entrance almost blocked

My damage survey

There is an asterisk (*) next to a house that says Weak EF-5. This is because I gave this one specific house an EF-5 rating because I saw that the slab was very slightly rotated. However, one damage survey personnel did not think the slab was rotated enough to be considered true EF-5 damage. Since there were other, more clear evidences of EF-5 damage present in their survey (which was more of a verbal agreement so I knew what to put on the EF-5 list), their rating still stood as EF-5.