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July 4, 2017

Spokane and Coeur D'Alene

Two EF-5s

At 130am, a tornado formed in a field on the West Plains and barrelled straight towards Spokane, a city of 280-thousand people. The tornado maintained a width of 100 feet and a speed of 80 miles per hour and travelled northwest along Interstate 90 for most of its life. The tornado tracked directly through downtown with winds of 440 miles per hour. Cars were thrown for miles and three towers that were not in the path collapsed. The freeway viaduct was dismantled in four places. The tornado was on the ground only for about 10 minutes and 8 miles. Due to the timing and intensity of the tornado, along with Spokane's utter lack of any warning as it hit, 47-thousand-318 people were killed. Almost all the victims were asleep when they died.

The second tornado in the area struck at 340am in the northern neighborhoods of Spokane. Two high schools, a large mall, and a water tower were completely destroyed. Ground scouring down to three feet deep was observed. The tornado travel in an easterly direction at 80 miles per hour and a width of 140 feet for its whole life. Due to the tornado's immensely powerful winds, its circulation winds destroyed everything within two miles of the condensation funnel. The northern end of the city was no more more when the tornado moved on. At 4am, the tornado entered Idaho and made a slight right turn. It destroyed Post Falls in its entirety in less than a minute while travelling 80 miles per hour. Whole forests were mowed down as the tornado started following Interstate 90 towards Coeur D'Alene, a city of more than 50-thousand. Cars on the freeway were tossed for several miles well before the tornado itself struck. The tornado acted like a blender-lawnmower hybrid as it struck Coeur D'Alene, stripping away all buildings and trees in a two-mile radius. A theme park 8 miles north of the city was severely damaged by the winds and flying debris. The tornado powered in a straight line over multiple large hills before dissipating at 425am. The tornado killed 70-thousand-548 people in Spokane and 37-thousand people in Idaho. The high death toll was blamed on the lack of a tornado warning system, the tornado's unprecedented power and speed, and its horrible timing.