On the fujita scale, what would the tornado on the Wizard of Oz measured?

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Answer 1

I considered Dr. Ted Fujita to be a good friend of mine. We talked about a lot of things while doing research together on Typhoons in the Western North Pacific Ocean, but I never recall him talking about having seen the Wizard of Oz. I'm sure had he seen this movie he would have argued that he needed to add at least one more category to his tornado scale - I mean lifting houses right out of Kansas. Get out of here with a storm like that!

Answer 2

there was a tornado in platville maryland that was initialy rated a F5 tornado due to the F5 damage. Houses were completely cleaned off their foundation, similar to that of the wizard of oz.. Upon further study though it was found that many of the houses had very weak anchoring bolts so they literally were pushed off the foundation. the houses were found a few dozen feet downwind of the tornado. There is also a new EF scale for tornado damage, i would guess EF2-3. Weak structures, improperly built structures often make a tornado look much more powerful than it actually is

Answer 3

Maybe an F5. I was watching a stormchaser video and he also took photographs of tornados and lightning. He said on that video that the tornado in the wizard of oz was as realistic as any real one he had ever seen with his own eyes.

Answer 4

It would've been within an F4 to F5 range. Their house was carried off in that scene, but in the end of the "Wizard Of Oz", their house wasn't destroyed.

Answer 5

F5 I think. Even though Architecture at that time wasn't as good as it is now. And to move a house that far. I would assume it was a POWERFUL tornado.

Answer 6

would definitley be an F5- would have to take an F5 to move a house into a different world!