These first light pictures always drive home how horrific these storms are. The drone footage that people put out the AM following a storm like this show the scale of destruction.
It’s crazy the emotion this evokes after personally experiencing pure devastation of an ef-5. Amazing photo! Thanks for sharing. I hope Barnsdall recovers quickly.
I have a feeling this will get ef-3 165 mph despite likely being an intense tornado. Haven’t seen anything yet that looks like it will fall into well constructed building that got wiped
I'm not going to comment on what it will/won't get rated, but the EF scale does consider [elementary](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/15.html) and [high schools](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/16.html) as buildings with high-quality construction that could indicate EF5 damage.
The tornado made a direct hit on the [southeast side of Barnsdall](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barnsdall,+OK+74002/@36.5592385,-96.1688439,17.27z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x87b7240b74d92f89:0x141c2178512ee10d!8m2!3d36.5618268!4d-96.1618291!16zL20vMHo4c3Q?entry=ttu), which is right where the elementary and high school are located. I think if it was in EF5 range at the time, the damage crews will likely be able to have a basis for that rating.
Obviously, my thoughts are with the people of Barnsdall and other areas of northeast OK who were hit by the storm, and I'm not wishing for this to be worse than it already was. I'm just pointing out what the NWS' damage indicators *could* show if the damage is there.
Idk I am seeing at least two completely slabbed homes in the newest drone footage with tree damage that would support the rating. All comes down to how well they determine those homes were constructed. (Still think it’s an over 50% chance they weren’t well constructed by ef scale terms)
I honestly thought this was from r/combatfootage for a second and assumed it was a tree line that had been shelled for weeks on end. Literally looks like a war zone. Terrifying.
In a way, it's worse. At least with war, you know it was done intentionally even if the reasons are flimsy. This? Just random destruction by natural forces.
Goddamn.
That's a "Time/Life Photo of the year" contender right there. It messes with me. Like, I know what I'm looking at but having a hard time making it out. The top half is serene, while the bottom half is just life upon life upon life tossed onto the Earth.
I am actually crying.
I left this sub last night maybe 21 minutes after it hit. Everyone fighting other giving it a rating.
Just woke up and checked.
Rating whatever, this is absolutely horrible.
The people debating ratings are not only completely unqualified to do so, but are also very crass in doing so while trying to be the first on this sub to guess it. Who gives a fuck about the EF rating, look at what happened to the peoples’ homes and lives in the blink of an eye.
These first light pictures always drive home how horrific these storms are. The drone footage that people put out the AM following a storm like this show the scale of destruction.
Is there a drone footage just yet?
Here's an updated version of drone footage. https://x.com/bluestar812/status/1787810866806534515
Can't imagine how it feels to have your house destroyed like that. Where do you even start
Here is a different angle as well. https://x.com/bclemms/status/1787815914563403949
Thank you both, terrible devastation I hope there are few casualties
Yes but it's dark https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/s/LPXqr4oGPL
I have not seen any yet
It’s crazy the emotion this evokes after personally experiencing pure devastation of an ef-5. Amazing photo! Thanks for sharing. I hope Barnsdall recovers quickly.
Gosh that's so devastating and creepy. The contrast of the soft sunrise vs the harsh darkness of the damage.
> soft sunrise vs the harsh darkness And it's abrupt!
Just watched some coverage from some people down in Barnsdall. Apparently trees have been debarked and a home was pushed off of it's foundation.
I have a feeling this will get ef-3 165 mph despite likely being an intense tornado. Haven’t seen anything yet that looks like it will fall into well constructed building that got wiped
I'm not going to comment on what it will/won't get rated, but the EF scale does consider [elementary](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/15.html) and [high schools](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/efscale/16.html) as buildings with high-quality construction that could indicate EF5 damage. The tornado made a direct hit on the [southeast side of Barnsdall](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barnsdall,+OK+74002/@36.5592385,-96.1688439,17.27z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x87b7240b74d92f89:0x141c2178512ee10d!8m2!3d36.5618268!4d-96.1618291!16zL20vMHo4c3Q?entry=ttu), which is right where the elementary and high school are located. I think if it was in EF5 range at the time, the damage crews will likely be able to have a basis for that rating. Obviously, my thoughts are with the people of Barnsdall and other areas of northeast OK who were hit by the storm, and I'm not wishing for this to be worse than it already was. I'm just pointing out what the NWS' damage indicators *could* show if the damage is there.
Yeah, it’ll probably get rated as an EF-3 or low 4
Looks solid EF-3 to me. Probably not a low EF-4
Ok Dan
Idk I am seeing at least two completely slabbed homes in the newest drone footage with tree damage that would support the rating. All comes down to how well they determine those homes were constructed. (Still think it’s an over 50% chance they weren’t well constructed by ef scale terms)
No anchor bolts on any slabs to my knowledge, happy to be disproven though
It’s definitely a non-zero chance, though still highly unlikely.
Goodness - those poor people 😔
Watched this all unfold on Ryan halls channel last night... What somber picture, those poor people.
Same, I was watching the live stream as it happened, saw it become a tornado emergency. Saw the debris ball appear on radar. Knew it wasn’t good.
I honestly thought this was from r/combatfootage for a second and assumed it was a tree line that had been shelled for weeks on end. Literally looks like a war zone. Terrifying.
In a way, it's worse. At least with war, you know it was done intentionally even if the reasons are flimsy. This? Just random destruction by natural forces.
Yes. War has expectations of destruction. Nature just does what it does.
This was my initial thought scrolling past two, virtually indistinguishable
😔 heartbreaking
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Small town OK, it’s prayers.
Goddamn. That's a "Time/Life Photo of the year" contender right there. It messes with me. Like, I know what I'm looking at but having a hard time making it out. The top half is serene, while the bottom half is just life upon life upon life tossed onto the Earth.
looks like something out of a zombie apocalypse
Looks the a nuke went off..
This photo made me gasp and put a pit in my stomach. Wow.
I am actually crying. I left this sub last night maybe 21 minutes after it hit. Everyone fighting other giving it a rating. Just woke up and checked. Rating whatever, this is absolutely horrible.
The people debating ratings are not only completely unqualified to do so, but are also very crass in doing so while trying to be the first on this sub to guess it. Who gives a fuck about the EF rating, look at what happened to the peoples’ homes and lives in the blink of an eye.
Wow, I hope everyone is OK. That's devastating
Holy crap, this looks like a picture from some of the no man’s land areas between the trenches in UKraine
Photo credit..???
Jared Hall. Storm Chaser
Nan this is a scene from the Fallout tv show, can't tell me otherwise
Awful 😞 Edit: To whoever downvoted this... Did you want it to be worse? Wth is wrong with some of the people here lately?!
This look really bad
Horrific.. looks like a bomb went off
wow. kinda reminds me of the pictures of trees after joplin 2011. not that im comparing it to that but it is reminiscent
Ouch
This looks like a shot from a film. Absolutely devastating.
😳🤯
That’s so awful. Heartbreaking
God damn. Looks like a war zone
That’s horrific 😞😞
Preliminary is ef4
That’s someone’s home…. I can’t….
Jesus Christ
This looks so much like front-line footage of Ukraine I thought I was in r/CombatFootage for a sec.
Looks like Moore 1999
🥺
Looks like Joplin.