| Reason | Answer | % Correct |
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| This tornado would be measured at 2.6 miles wide and have recorded instantaneous wind gusts of 302MPH. | 2013 El Reno OK EF3 | 91%
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| Due to this F5 tornado's extremely slow movement, many people believe the rating should be F4, even F3. | 1997 Jarrell TX F5 | 65%
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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. | 2024 Greenfield IA EF4 | 65%
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| 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. | 2023 Rolling Fork MS EF4 | 61%
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| 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. | 2015 Rochelle-Fairdale IL EF4 | 57%
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| 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. | 2021 Mayfield KY EF4 | 57%
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| 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. | 1925 "Tri-State" MO-IL-IN F5 | 52%
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| 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. | 1974 Xenia OH F5 | 48%
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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 | 2011 Tuscaloosa AL EF4 | 48%
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| This tornado was the widest tornado ever recorded before the 2013 -- ---- EF3, although people still believe this tornado is wider. | 2004 Hallam NE F4 | 43%
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| 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. | 2014 Vilonia AR EF4 | 35%
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| 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. | 2025 Marion IL EF4 | 30%
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| 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. | 2011 New Wren MS EF3 | 22%
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| 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. | 2011 Philadelphia MS EF5 | 22%
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| This tornado "slabbed" CMU foundation homes, and only did EF4 type damage, although achieving the rating of EF5. | 2011 Rainsville AL EF5 | 22%
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| 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. | 2009 Goshen County WY EF2 | 17%
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| 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. | 2011 Goldsby OK EF4 | 17%
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| 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. | 2010 Yazoo City MS EF4 | 13%
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| This tornado bent train tracks and swept away well-built homes, leaving people to believe that this tornado could've earned an EF5 rating. | 2016 Chapman KS EF4 | 13%
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| Due to a mangled combine, many people believe this tornado could've been rated F4 instead of F3. | 2006 Marmaduke AR F3 | 4%
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| 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. | 2006 Tumbleton AL F0 | 4%
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