Trying to makeshift - estimate the wind speeds of violent looking tornadoes 2024 - 2025. (Fort Pierce, Gary, Lake City, ETC.
Before reading the list, know that I did not use photogrammetry, I only focused on a point in the tornado from appearance to disappearance. I then calculated the tornado's width based on position to see how fast the point crossed. Speed calculate to get the result. My method is HIGHLY unreliable, but my calculations (at least I think) are believable and not TOO far off.
Fort Pierce: flying debris crossing. No radial velocity inclusion. From 200 - 240 M.P.H.
Fryberg - Indian Lake: cloud formation, appearance - disappearance happened on the vortex. 144 M.P.H.
Lincoln: 0.25 miles wide at the core when crossing I - 80. Flying debris crossed the tornado at 2 seconds. However, the drbris was far from the tornado and I bumped it up to 5 seconds. 180 M.P.H.
Watertown: debris crossing. 180 - 216 M.P.H. The tornado was about 0.10 miles wide right as it blew off the roof of a house, and debris crossed in 1.5 - 2 seconds.
Gary: Tornado recorded when it directly hit "the" house. Debris next to the circulation crossed in 1 second. If the tornado was 0.05 miles wide, 180 M.P.H. If it was 0.07 miles wide, 252 M.P.H. if it was 0.10 miles wide, 288 M.P.H. Tornado's width was not recorded on the damage assessment toolkit. Rough estimations of width.
Lake City: Tornado circulation was 1 mile wide when Brandon Copic records it impacting Lake City. I narrowed it down to the core being 0.5 miles wide, and the cloud formation crossed in about 8 seconds. 225 M.P.H, literally resembling the 224 - 228 M.P.H velocity scan of the tornado in the Lake City area.
Once again, I have very little tools, extreme accuracy, or even a timer to record these findings. (had to count in my head) But again, these IMO truly are believable wind speeds from these tornadoes. I'd love to see someone reliably do this, though! Anyway, I'm also taking requests for a potential part 2 of these calculations, and it can be any tornado this time, as long as the video quality is good. Anyway, thanks for understanding my limitations. Do not take these results too seriously.