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THE TORNADO T- SCALE
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T7 STRONGLY-DEVASTATING TORNADO 84 - 95 m/s (187-212
mph
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Wooden-frame houses wholly demolished; some walls of stone or
brick houses beaten down or collapse; steel-framed warehouse-type
constructions may buckle slightly. Locomotives thrown over.
Noticeable de-barking of trees by flying debris.
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T8 SEVERELY-DEVASTATING TORNADO 96-107 m/s (213-240
mph)
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Motor cars hurled great distances. Frame houses and their
contents dispersed over big distances; stone or brick houses
irreparably damaged; steel-framed buildings buckled.
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T9 INTENSELY-DEVASTATING TORNADO 108 - 120 m/s
(241-269 mph). Many steel-framed buildings badly damaged.
Locomotives or trains hurled some distances. Complete debarking
of any standing tree-trunks.
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T10 SUPER TORNADO 121 - 134 m/s (270-299 mph)
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Entire frame houses and similar buildings lifted bodily from
foundations and carried some distances. Steel-reinforced concrete
buildings may be severely damaged.
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