Battletech vs Tornadoes - Science Fiction Meteorology

Battletech has lots of awesome rules to break down in stupid unnecessary levels of sciency details...and that is what I am doing today. We are looking at the rules for Tornadoes in Battletech: Alpha Strike and seeing how well they compare to the actual real life storms.

Why is Battletech still using the Fujita Scale and do the F5's of Alpha Strike compare to events like the Tri-State Tornado, Tinker Air Force Base 1948 and El-Reno 2013? Let's find out.