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"First, they fascinate the fools. Then, they muzzle the intelligent."

— Bertrand Russell, 1940

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Intro

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Hi, I'm EF5. If you've seen the movie Twister you should already know what my username means, but if you don't, it's the highest damage rating a tornado can receive on the Enhanced Fujita scale. I'm an introverted weather nerd, who probably spends too much time online debating numbers with people.

I was born in the South but live in the North (still a southerner at heart). I enjoy hill country blues, weirdcore, vaporwave, and other musical genres. I also enjoy hiking.

Super Outbreak

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The April 27, 2011 "Super Outbreak" of tornadoes has always particularly interested me. In layman's terms, imagine 337 tornado warnings within a 24-hour period, many of which were accompanied by deadly tornadoes. Not a great day. Photo to the top-right is meteorologist James Spann, who saved hundreds of lives that day.

Severe weather events

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I have the rather nerdy hobby of tracking severe weather with other enthusiasts as it happens. A selection of events I've tracked:
Date Type Summary
April 3, 2024 Derecho Basically just a giant derecho.
April 27, 2024 Tornado outbreak Oklahoma madness.
May 21, 2024 Tornado Arguably an EF5 (but not).
March 14, 2025 Tornado outbreak "It's April 27, 2011 all over again!"
March 15, 2025
April 2, 2025 Tornado outbreak Meh, not really memorable.
May 16, 2025 Tornado outbreak Included "London".
June 20, 2025 Tornado outbreak and derecho Saw the EF3, but missed the EF5!
July 4, 2025 Flood Texas floods, surprisingly.

Wikipedia and fun

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Wikipedia is a double-edged sword. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's not. But there isn't much you can do when twenty people decided to debate over whether "Internet" is capitalized or not (it isn't). And weather editors specifically have a long history of debating the weirdest stuff - myself included.

When it's enjoyable make the most of it, and when it isn't maybe take a break.

Articles started

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To be expected, I write Wikipedia articles:

Tornado outbreaks

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Highest F#/EF# TORs confirmed Article Max risk level Class
EF2 86 Tornado outbreak and derecho of April 1–3, 2024 MDT
EF3 110 Tornado outbreak of December 26–29, 2024 MDT
EF2 39 Early March 2025 North American blizzard ENH
EF4 118 Tornado outbreak of March 13–16, 2025 HIGH
EF3+ 133 Tornado outbreak of May 18–21, 2025 MDT
EF5 41 Tornado outbreak and derecho of June 19–20, 2025 MDT

Individual tornadoes

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F#/EF# State / Country Date Fatalities Injuries Article DYK Class
F5–equiv. Missouri, Illinois, Indiana March 18, 1925 695 2027 1925 Tri-State tornado
F5 Paraguay September 20, 1926 300+ 500+ 1926 Encarnación tornado
F5 Texas April 12, 1927 74 205 1927 Rocksprings tornado
F5 Arkansas April 10, 1929 23 80 Sneed Tornado
IF5 Italy July 24, 1930 23 110 1930 Montello tornado
F4 Poland July 20, 1931 6 100+ 1931 Lublin tornado
F5 Texas April 3, 1964 7 111 1964 Wichita Falls tornado
F5 Iowa May 15, 1968 13 462 1968 Hansell-Charles City tornado
F5 Iowa 5 156 1968 Oelwein tornado
FU Bangladesh April 17, 1973 681+ 1000 1973 Faridpur District tornado
F5 Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana April 3, 1974 6 210 1974 Cincinnati tornado
F5 Kentucky 31 257 1974 Brandenburg tornado
F5 Alabama 28 267 1974 Tanner tornadoes#First tornado
F5 Alabama, Tennessee 16 190 1974 Tanner tornadoes#Second tornado
F5 Alabama 28 272 1974 Guin tornado
F1 New York November 16, 1989 10 18 1989 Coldenham tornado
F5 Kansas April 26, 1991 17 225 1991 Andover tornado
F5 Texas May 27, 1997 27 12 Jarrell tornado
F4 Ohio September 20, 2000 1 100 2000 Xenia tornado
F4 Kansas April 21, 2001 1 28 2001 Hoisington tornado
EF5 Kansas May 4, 2007 12 63 Greensburg tornado
EF4 Oklahoma, Missouri May 10, 2008 21 350 2008 Picher–Neosho tornado
EF2 Wyoming June 5, 2009 0 0 2009 Goshen County tornado
EF4 South Dakota May 22, 2010 0 0 2010 Bowdle tornado
EF4 Minnesota June 17, 2010 1 14 2010 Conger–Albert Lea tornado
EF4 Alabama April 27, 2011 6 48 2011 Cullman–Arab tornado
EF4 Alabama 13 54 2011 Cordova–Blountsville tornado
EF3 Alabama 7 52 2011 Sawyerville–Eoline tornado
EF4 Alabama, Georgia 17 50 2011 Flat Rock–Trenton tornado
EF4 Georgia, Tennessee 20+ 335 2011 Ringgold–Apison tornado
EF4 Indiana, Kentucky March 2, 2012 12 0+ 2012 Southern Indiana tornado
EF4 Texas May 15, 2013 6 54 2013 Granbury tornado
EF4 Nebraska October 4, 2013 0 15 2013 Wayne tornado
EF4 Arkansas April 27, 2014 16 193 2014 Mayflower–Vilonia tornado
EF4 Texas December 26, 2015 10 468 2015 Garland tornado
EF4 Oklahoma May 9, 2016 1 0 2016 Katie tornado
EF3–equiv. California July 26, 2018 3 5 2018 Carr Fire tornado
EF3 Mississippi February 23, 2019 1 19 2019 Columbus, Mississippi, tornado
EF3 Tennessee March 3, 2020 5 220 2020 Nashville tornado
EF3 Arkansas March 28, 2020 0 12 2020 Jonesboro tornado
EF3 Alabama January 25, 2021 1 30 2021 Fultondale tornado
EF3 Kentucky December 11, 2021 17 63 2021 Bowling Green tornadoes#Rockford–Bowling Green–Sunnyside–Cedar Spring, Kentucky
EF2 Kentucky 0 0 2021 Bowling Green tornadoes#Bowling Green, Kentucky
EF4 Iowa March 5, 2022 6 5 2022 Winterset tornado
EF3 Kansas April 29, 2022 0 3 2022 Andover tornado
EF2 Alabama January 12, 2023 0 2 2023 Selma tornado
EF3 Illinois, Indiana March 31, 2023 6 16 2023 Robinson–Sullivan tornado
EF3 Virginia 0 0 2023 Virginia Beach tornado
EF3 Oklahoma April 27, 2024 1 30 2024 Sulphur tornado
EF3 Kansas April 30, 2024 1 3 Westmoreland tornado
EF4 Oklahoma May 6, 2024 2 55 2024 Barnsdall–Bartlesville tornado
EF4 Kentucky May 16, 2025 19 108 2025 Somerset–London tornado
EF5 North Dakota June 20, 2025 3 0 Enderlin tornado
That's just my tornado articles. The full list is here.

Images I've taken

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Some useful links:

Maps

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I'm currently self-learning QGIS, and have made a few tornado-related maps: