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Classic example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_El_Reno_tornado

This had wind speed measured by radar, but ultimately didn't hit any substantial structures, so they couldn't justify anything above EF3. Tornadoes are only rated based on the damage they do to damage indicators, the wind speeds are just best guesses.




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