Controversial Tornadoes

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Mobile doppler radar estimated winds of 308-318MPH for half a second, although the tornado would ultimately get the rating of EF4.

Many people believe that this tornado shouldve been rated EF5 due to many aspects, including a leveled candle factory and a house swept clean off its foundation, even cracking the slab and displacing the pieces.

This tornado would dig a 2 feet trench of dirt and completely destroy numerous homes, although these aspects of damage could've been done by EF4 winds, but still getting a rating of EF5.

This tornado bent train tracks and swept away well-built homes, leaving people to believe that this tornado could've earned an EF5 rating.

This tornado snapped trunks and heavily damaged a well built home, but got the absurd rating of F0, when in reality it should have been F2-F3.

This tornado did EF5-type damage, including slabbing 4 homes that were well-built and well-anchored, although it would only achieve the EF4 rating because trees were still standing behind the houses swept.

NWS damage surveyors gave this tornado a rating of 200MPH EF4, 1MPH short of EF5. Some think it should be EF5, some think the tornado is overrated.

This tornado toppled the towns water tower, obliterated a flower shop, and swept away well constructed buildings, leaving people to believe this high-end EF4 should've been EF5.

Due to a mangled combine, many people believe this tornado could've been rated F4 instead of F3.

Due to this F5 tornado's extremely slow movement, many people believe the rating should be F4, even F3.

This tornado would be measured at 2.6 miles wide and have recorded instantaneous wind gusts of 302MPH.

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This tornado "slabbed" the second floor of a well constructed apartment building, threw coal trains, and toppled a 25 ton steel bridge, leaving people to believe that this tornado should've been EF5 instead of EF4

This tornado would pulverize well-anchored homes, and one home did get an EF5 rating, although a tornado cannot be rated EF5 based on one singular EF5 indicator, leaving people to believe that this tornado shouldve gotten EF5 instead of EF4.

This tornado was granted an EF4 rating of 190MPH, although people believe the rating should be lower, but still EF4. This tornado occurred in 2025.

Due to this tornado being over a hundred years ago, many people believe that this tornado was multiple different tornadoes in the same path, and not a singular tornado.

This tornado was likely a family of tornadoes instead of a singular EF4, and satellite imagery shows a distinct seperate path that breaks off from the first one.

This tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded before the 2013 -- ---- EF3, although people still believe this tornado is wider.

This tornado "slabbed" CMU foundation homes, and only did EF4 type damage, although achieving the rating of EF5.

This tornado originally got a rating of F6 from Ted Fujita, but was later downgraded to F5. Nowadays, people still believe this tornado should've kept the F6 rating.

This tornadoes survey would be rushed and numerous aspects of damage were not rated properly, making people believe that the rating could be considerably higher. The official rating is EF3.

This tornado had measured wind gusts of 268MPH, despite getting an EF2 rating, although there is controversy if these measured winds are accurate or not.