Tornado Strength Tournament Update: Participants list, Bracket start date
Hello everyone! After a month and a half of compiling and then editing down the list, I think I have a pretty respectable list of tornados with a claim to strongest F4/EF-4 ever. Now there are sadly a some notable F4s that did not make the list, as well as a few notable EF-4s. Van Wert; Marion, South Dakota; Enterprise, Alabama, Sipsey-Reform, Alabama; half of the 1965 and 1974 F4s; and Most of the Pilger tornado family are a few notable exemptions from the list. However, I think the list as it stands is about as good as it can get. There are a few tornados on the list that may not make sense, and I will not deny there is 1 tornado on the list here simply to drive engagement, but I have cases prepared for every tornado on the list. Now below is the complete list of 64 F4/EF-4 tornados that will be competing starting THIS FRIDAY, March 1st at 9am. At the bottom of this announcement will be the reveal of the first 1st round matchup as well.
Bakersfield Valley, Texas. 1990
Edmonton, Alberta. 1987
Plainview, Texas. 1970
Strongsville, Ohio. 1965
Bledsoe, Tennessee. 2011
Picher, Oklahoma. 2008
Pugh City, Mississippi. 1971
Hamburg, Indiana. 1974
Moshannon State Park, PA. 1985
Mulhall, Oklahoma. 1999
Oak Lawn-Chicago, Illinois. 1967
Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1990
Henryville, Indiana. 2012
Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. 1984
Higdon-Trenton, AL/GA. 2011
The Western Kentucky Tornado, TN/KY. 2011
Gosser Ridge, Kentucky. 1971
Grand Island, Nebraska. 1980
Louisville, Kentucky. 1974
Wichita Falls, Texas. 1979
Elkhart-Dunlap, Indiana. 1965
Piedmont, Alabama. 1994
Black Creek, Georgia. 2022
Mount Carmel, Illinois. 1990
Goldsby, Oklahoma. 2011
Goshen-Midway, Indiana. 1965
Worcester, Massachusetts. 1953
Prophetstown, Illinois. 1981
Loyal Valley, Texas. 1999
Pampa, Texas. 1995
Waseca, Minnesota. 1967
Binger-Scott, Oklahoma. 1981
Brent, Alabama. 1973
Vilonia-Mayflower, Arkansas. 2014
Hallam, Nebraska. 2004
Henryville, Indiana. 2012
Snow Hill-Winterville, NC. 1984
Hazlehurst, Mississippi. 1969
Toledo, Ohio. 1965
Chickasha, Oklahoma. 2011
Winfield, Kansas. 1991
Ringgold, Georgia. 2011
Red Rock, Oklahoma. 1991
Kellerville, Texas. 1995
Cullman, Alabama. 2011
Greenfield, Iowa. 2024
Yazoo City, Mississippi. 2010
Spencer, South Dakota. 1998
Washington, Illinois. 2013
Delta, Iowa. 1984
Rochelle-Fairdale, Illinois. 2015
St. Louis, Missouri/Illinois. 1967
Kokomo-Marion, Indiana. 1965
Harper, Kansas. 2004
Bassfield-Soso, Mississippi. 2020
Madisonville, Kentucky. 2005
Franklin, Kansas. 2003
Allison, Texas. 1995
Coldwater Lake-Tecumseh, Michigan. 1965 (The first one)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 2011
And with the list complete, I am pleased to announce that the first round matchup that will kick off this tournament will be Goshen/Midway, Indiana. 1965 vs Bledsoe, Tennesse. 2011! See you all Friday
Edit: I will remind everyone that this is meant to be light hearted and, if anything, informative. It is not a sport, nobody is celebrating that these tornados happened.