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A fact from Debris fallout appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that debris fallout from a violent 2011 tornado included a photograph found 353 km (219 mi) downstream from its origin?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Debris fallout.

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 21:51, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that debris lofted by tornadoes has been known to rise over 6 km (3.7 mi) into the atmosphere and can be transported up to 353 km (219 mi) away?

Source: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/94/9/bams-d-12-00036.1.xml

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Comment: The height range for the Super Outbreak was 5.5 to 6.5 kilometres, so I went with the figure of 6.0. Probably one of the most interesting tornado science-related topics that exists.

Created by Departure– (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Departure– (talk) 18:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I am afraid I have concerns here related to article size. Only 100 words are in the prose section, which also doubles as the lead and is just a single paragraph. Then the rest of the article is a list of events grouped under 'notable events', which, a) is in the bullet point format (and thus not counted by the prose size checker), and b) is problematic - notable according to whom? This is a list with no clear criteria. Overall, I am afraid this article is just too short for a DYK - it does not have a lead section. Please ping me if this is expanded to at least have 250 words of non-bulleted prose, and I'll comment here again. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- If I transformed the "Notable Events" section into a reworded "History section" then would it count as prose and be accepted? Departure– (talk) 18:14, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  - The current expansion makes the length ok now (other issues are ok too). What to do about 'notable events' section is, frankly, something I am not sure. It's a very incomplete history. Maybe rename it to 'examples', which would remove the 'notable according to whom' wording, and leave it as it is now? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Piotrus: I'm going to do that, cheers! Departure– (talk) 03:03, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]