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So yeah... It turns out there's an actual flipping study on tornado KE that gives the KE ratings of tornadoes: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:252956/datastream/PDF/view
Thanks, @Expectro2000xxx , for showing me that. In page 22 of the study, we are given the average KE ratings of each tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. They are as such...
EF0: 0.086 Terajoules (20.55449331 tons; City Block Level)
EF1: 0.844 Terajoules (201.7208413 tons; Multi-City Block Level)
EF2: 4.27 Terajoules (1020.554493 tons; Small Town Level)
EF3: 18.9 Terajoules (4517.208413 tons; Small Town Level+)
EF4: 51.3 Terajoules (12260.99426 tons; Town Level)
EF5: 102 Terajoules (24378.58509 tons; Town Level)
2010 Tallulah-Yazoo City-Durant tornado: 516.7 Terajoules (123.4942639 kilotons; Large Town Level)
To add further onto this, the study provided us with ways to CALCULATE tornado KE ourselves, which I think would be useful since many fictional tornados are small AF like the one caused by Taz when he spins. Mhmm. So yeah, I think it's time to change up how we handled tornadoes.
Thanks, @Expectro2000xxx , for showing me that. In page 22 of the study, we are given the average KE ratings of each tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. They are as such...
EF0: 0.086 Terajoules (20.55449331 tons; City Block Level)
EF1: 0.844 Terajoules (201.7208413 tons; Multi-City Block Level)
EF2: 4.27 Terajoules (1020.554493 tons; Small Town Level)
EF3: 18.9 Terajoules (4517.208413 tons; Small Town Level+)
EF4: 51.3 Terajoules (12260.99426 tons; Town Level)
EF5: 102 Terajoules (24378.58509 tons; Town Level)
2010 Tallulah-Yazoo City-Durant tornado: 516.7 Terajoules (123.4942639 kilotons; Large Town Level)
To add further onto this, the study provided us with ways to CALCULATE tornado KE ourselves, which I think would be useful since many fictional tornados are small AF like the one caused by Taz when he spins. Mhmm. So yeah, I think it's time to change up how we handled tornadoes.