It has been exactly 10 years since the last EF5 tornado struck the U.S.:
That tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma.Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterIt’s been a record-long 10 years since the last EF5 tornado happened in the U.S. And while that statistic sounds notable, it doesn't tell the whole story.That afternoon, a violent tornado raked through central Oklahoma from Newcastle to Moore to the southern side of Oklahoma City. This single tornado killed 24, injured 207 and was responsible for $2 billion in damage. It was also rated EF5.
Only the slab of this home was left after an EF5 tornado devastated Phil Campbell, Alabama, on April 27, 2011. Some other extreme examples of damage seen in the Joplin tornado included missing manhole covers, concrete parking curbs picked up and vehicles thrown more than 300 feet.This 10-year streak is the longest period on record without a single EF5 tornado. The old record-longest streak was an eight-year period between the May 3, 1999, Moore-Bridge Creek, Oklahoma, tornado and the May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, twister.
But if there aren't buildings in the area built strong enough to begin with to meet the standards of EF5 damage on the EF scale then it wouldn't be possible to achieve the rating, even if the tornado technically did have 200 mph-plus winds. All of this means that the lack of EF5s could be more of a statistical oddity rather than a sign of anything meaningful meteorologically speaking.It certainly doesn’t take a tornado as strong as EF5 to turn a life upside down.
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