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Less than 73 mph causing light damage including surface damage and upheaved weak small trees. |
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73 to 112 moh causing shingles to be ripped off a roof, cars overturned, and mobile homes pushed off their foundations. |
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113 to 157 mph causing framing to tear apart, over turned boxcars, stronger trees uprooted or snapped, and can lift cars off the road. |
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158 to 206 mph causing heavy structural damage to well built housing, overturned trains, and heavy cars lifted and thrown around like toys. |
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207 to 260 mph causing the leveling of well built housing, weak foundations blown away like dust in a vacuum cleaner, and large trucks and cars (semis and other road equipment) thrown around. |
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261 to 318 mph causing massive destruction to anything in it's path. |
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