re: Today marks the 13th anniversary of the start of the April 25-28, 2011 Super Outbreak

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Based on the damage survey and the ground scouring of multiple feet in some areas.. the winds of that tornado was estimated 300 plus.

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I'm of the opinion that it was the strongest tornado that day, and ranks up there with the strongest ever.

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Astounding that only 16 people died in Smithville.

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It helped that Smithville was a small town with a small population. That storm was moving, too. Thankfully, it didn't stay down as long as some of the others that day.

ETA: The most impressive damage, IMO, was not just the granulated debris, but the damage that granulated debris actially caused. Brand new, slick concrete came out looking 100 years old, weathered and pockmarked, like it had spent considerable time in a sandblaster. Then, think about how that happened in a matter of seconds, not years or decades.