You sir are correct ,there was a town in western Oklahoma that was blown completely flat with the head winds in a storm front back in the 40's ,the straight winds were clocked at 90mph according to the records...
I went there in March Zappo and i didn't wear enough heavy clothing. I thought that wind was going to blow my underware off.
Scary stuff, in England it makes headline news if we get a twister that knocks a potted plant over although we had one in Leeds that damaged a few houses WOW.