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Tornado near Greenwood/New Whiteland, IN area a bit ago. Video submitted with permission to share from Jacob Crocker.
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#OldPhotoFriday
– Moville, IA F3
#tornado
on May 30, 1899. This extremely slow-moving twister cut a 12-mile path from near Moville and Kingsley. Only 3 farms were hit. It is one of only a few known tornado photos from the 19th century and the first in Iowa. Image from IAGenWeb:…
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NEW From Tornado Talk! A comprehensive overview of the Xenia, OH F5
#Tornado
- April 3, 1974!
On a day that has lived in infamy, the city of Xenia, OH, fell victim to the deadliest of 148 twisters during the April 3-4, 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak. Its track began southwest of…
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#Tornado
History for December 10-11, 2021
The events of just 2 years ago were on the minds and hearts of everyone yesterday as we watched significant tornadoes once again across portions of the south.
We have a very special summary about the 2021 outbreak. The article…
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April 25-28, 2011: The Historic Super Outbreak!
“The individual
#tornado
paths from the April 25-28, 2011, Super Outbreak added up to an almost unfathomable 3,200 path miles, by far the greatest of any U.S. outbreak. This total path was over 600 miles longer than the April…
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Memorial Fund for Corbin Jaeger, one of the chasers tragically killed yesterday. Please share & donate if you can.
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#OldPhotoFriday
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#Tornado
approaching Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. July 8, 1927. Via the NOAA Photo Library!
#wxhistory
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#OldPhotoFriday
– Deshler, OH, F4
#tornado
on June 8, 1953. This mighty twister trekked at least 60 miles across northwestern Ohio, killing 8 and injuring 48. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes noted that damage near Cygnet may have been of F5 intensity. It was part of a…
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The Immeasurable Cost of the Dec 10-11, 2021
#Tornado
Outbreak: Last year, many of us watched as storms tore apart lives & communities across AR, MO, TN, IL & KY. These are the stories of the 92 people who died & the 23 significant tornadoes that formed.
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Tragedy in Alabama: The Guin, AL F5
#Tornado
– April 3, 1974!
This detailed overview explores this destructive twister, one of the strongest of the outbreak and with one of the longest paths. It claimed 32 Alabamian lives and traveled over a hundred miles. Most notably, the…
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Overview of the April 25-28, 2011 Super Outbreak! 362 Confirmed
#Tornadoes
, 4 Rated EF5. 11 Rated EF4. 21 Rated EF3. 324 Fatalities. Over 3100 Injuries. This overview contains links to all of our Super Outbreak summaries! Image from
@USTornadoes
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Kanopolis Lake, KS EF4
#Tornado
– April 14, 2012!
Per the SPC, 83 tornadoes occurred on this day. Just over half of them (42) were in the state of KS. The strongest tornado for the day was one of the 42: It was an EF4 that traveled through parts of Rice, Ellsworth, McPherson…
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Greensburg, KS EF5
#Tornado
– May 4, 2007!
Was the first to be given an EF5 rating under the new Enhanced Fujita Scale. The supercell that generated the EF5 also produced more than 20 other tornadoes across parts of SW KS during an 8-hour period. The max width of the…
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#OldPhotoFriday
– Louisville, Kentucky F4
#tornado
on April 3, 1974. This tornado carved a nearly 19-mile path through the Louisville metro, killing 3 and injuring 225. It was part of the infamous 1974 Super Outbreak. This photo was taken by Larry Spitzer of the Courier Journal…
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The Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, AL EF5
#Tornado
– Apr 27, 2011. One of four EF5s that hit during the
#2011SuperOutbreak
. A 132 mile continuous track was determined by the NWS Offices. Max width = 1.25 mi. 72 fatalities. Summary:
#alwx
#tornadohistory
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#SummarySunday
We have a collection of summaries from meteorologists, chasers and survivors describing in their own words how they remember the Super Outbreak of April 25-28, 2011! Here is an excerpt from Chris Darden, Meteorologist-In-Charge at
@NWSBirmingham
:
"The days…
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#OldPhotoFriday
– The Marion, IL, F4
#tornado
on May 29, 1982. This twister devastated the town of Marion, killing 10 and injuring 181. It was widely visible and photographed by numerous people. Per Storm Data and the NWS Paducah, 648 homes and hundreds of businesses were damaged…
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The April 25-28, 2011 Super Outbreak! We have been working to document some of the
#tornado
events from the outbreak. Here is our overview page showing the summaries completed & the ones to come. We hope we have honored every community impacted.
#wxhistory
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April 27, 2011 - It is a day etched in the minds of so many. There are stories of tragedy and heartbreak. But also hope and heroism.
In 2021, we captured some of those stories for over 25
#tornadoes
from the April 27 outbreak. We still have a few to explore. It is important to…
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We wanted to give an update on our April 3-4, 1974 Project!
Over the past year, Tornado Talk has embarked upon 3 major trips to do research for detailed narratives on this outbreak. We have been overwhelmed with the amount of information, photos, videos, interviews we have…
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NEW From Tornado Talk! An Overview of The Guin, AL F5
#Tornado
– April 3, 1974!
On April 3, 1974, an unprecedented number of violent tornadoes raged through the Ohio River Valley. By evening, over a hundred had died in the Midwest. Even as the sun went down and activity in…
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Xenia, OH F5 – Apr 3, 1974! Deadliest of Superoutbreak. In top 10 of costliest tornadoes on record. Per
@sigtor2019
- “...was the most publicized tornado of the day and perhaps the most well-studied tornado in history, from a wind-engineering perspective.”
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The April 3-4, 1974 Super Outbreak! 148 Twisters in 24 Hours. 95 rated F2 or stronger on the Fujita scale & 30 were F4 or F5. 15 Tornadoes occurring simultaneously at the height of the event. 2500+ miles of damage path. 335 fatalities. 6000+ injuries.
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#OldPhotoFriday
– The Alfalfa, OK, F3
#tornado
on April 11, 1927. Per Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes, this massive twister killed one and injured six along a 55-mile path in central Oklahoma. Photo from the Library of Congress.
Read about more tornado history events on…
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Apr 27, 2011: 207
#tornadoes
, most ever in a 24-hour period. We have a series of free & premium summaries covering some of the major events not only for Apr 27 but the entire outbreak. This overview provides links to each of them. Image via
@USTornadoes
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The Pilger, NE
#Tornado
Family – June 16, 2014! A NEW detailed summary by "The Tornado Talk Crew"! They explore the 4-EF4 tornadoes that struck this area including the photogenic twins!
#newx
#tornadohistory
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Edmonton, Alberta F4
#Tornado
– July 31, 1987! Known as "Black Friday" - It is the deadliest known tornado for Alberta and the second-deadliest for the country. 27 killed. 300 injured. Led to the development of Alberta’s Emergency Public Warning System.
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The South Dakota
#Tornado
Outbreak of August 28, 1884! Detailed summary from
@TornadoStudy
about this outbreak. One of these twisters would become the second earliest photographed in history. Premium summary:
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#OldPhotoFriday
- The Xenia, OH F5 Tornado – April 3, 1974! Photo taken from the Greene Memorial Hospital by Fred Stewart via
@NWSILN
summary of the event. Our summary:
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Just a bit ago near Hatton, ND! RT
@ReedTimmerAccu
: WEDGE close range southeast of Hatton, ND!!!
#ndwx
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#OldPhotoFriday
- The large, violent, tornado as it passed near Corry, PA during the May 31, 1985 Outbreak. Photograph by Tom Atkins, WJET/Fox 66. Our summary of the outbreak:
#pawx
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No words. This is just awful. Heartbreaking scenes from Mississippi.
First Light of Rolling Fork Mississippi after a Violent
#Tornado
last night.
#mswx
@SevereStudios
@MyRadarWX
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Damage at Indian Lake, Ohio.
#ohwx
.
Y’all pray for the folks of Indian Lake… cops said I missed the tornado by about two minutes…
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Tallulah, LA Across Yazoo City to NE Mississippi Long Track EF4 – April 24, 2010!
149 mile path. Actual time on the ground: 2 hours and 44 minutes. In Yazoo County, MS, the twister reached its maximum width of 1.75-miles – the widest in the state’s recorded history at the…
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June 4, 2005: An F2
#tornado
struck near Hiawatha, KS, damaging or destroying 15 buildings. More from
@NWSTopeka
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#OldPhotoFriday
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#Tornado
in Shelby County, AL during the March 21, 1932 Deep South Outbreak. Photo by W.M. Russell. Found on this Jefferson County, Ala. history site.
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#OldPhotoFriday
- The Thurston to Moville, NE-IA, F2
#Tornado
on May 1, 1930. This obscure, rural twister destroyed a few barns during its 40 mile path. The photo was taken as it passed north of Homer. -
#newx
#iawx
#weatherhistory
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#OldPhotoFriday
– Guin, AL, F5
#Tornado
– April 3, 1974. We’re just a few days away now from the 50th anniversary of the momentous 1974 Super Outbreak. This small shelter was built by Robert Baker after a 1956 tornado damaged his home. While he and others nearby hunkered inside…
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It was deemed "The Night of the Tornadoes" - Most deadly
#tornado
outbreak in Florida
#history
occurred during the nighttime hours of Feb 22-23, 1998. 7 tornadoes, 3 rated F3. 42 were killed. 3,000 structures damaged, 700 destroyed.
#flwx
@NWSMelbourne
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March 13, 1990 outbreak: 2-F5 tornadoes occurred! 2 killed, 60 injured. The Hesston Tornado damaged/destroyed 226 homes, 21 businesses. The Goessel Tornado formed 1 mile north of town & ran parallel to the Hesston twister for 2 miles before merging.
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#OldPhotoFriday
– Tulsa, OK, F3
#tornado
on December 5, 1975. Despite the short 1.5 mile track, this twister was intense and caused extensive damage in NE Tulsa. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes notes several homes swept clean from their slabs, and lists it as an F4.…
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Belvidere, Lake Zurich, and Oak Lawn, IL F4
#Tornadoes
– April 21, 1967!
It is considered Northern Illinois’ Worst Tornado Disaster.
Belvidere, IL F4: 24 killed and 450 injured. 13 of the deaths were at Belvidere High School. The tornado moved into the bus loading areas as…
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Pampa, TX F4
#Tornado
– June 8, 1995! Part of a tornado family. 3 mile path. 7 injuries, 0 fatalities. 100+ homes & 50 businesses damaged/destroyed. This tornado moved machinery that weighed more that 30,000 pounds.
#txwx
@NWSAmarillo
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Top
#Tornado
Events of the
#Decade
! May 24, 2016! The Dodge City Tornadoes! Multiple highly visible tornadoes
#OTD
(some occurred simultaneously). 5 rated EF3. GREAT article by
@islivingston
with
@USTornadoes
on his "Best Chase Ever".
#kswx
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On This Day In
#Tornado
History! February 5, 2008!
The second-largest February tornado outbreak since 1950 occurred during the evening of February 5 and the early morning of February 6, 2008. The event began on Super Tuesday, while 24 U.S. states held primary elections and…
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How a Legendary Storm Chaser Changed the Face of Tornado Science - In 2013, Tim Samaras died in one of the epic storms he’d spent decades chasing. A new book chronicles his harrowing last days - via
@SmithsonianMag
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#OldPhotoFriday
– The Monroe, OH, F3
#tornado
on May 10, 1969. This twister injured 26 and tracked 35 miles across southwestern Ohio. Per Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes, there was about $1 million in damage. Image sourced from the Monroe Historical Society:…
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🚨 🚨 🚨Tornado Talk is hitting the road! We've plotted the paths of some of the most impactful tornadoes of the April 3-4, 1974 Super Outbreak & will be traveling to many of these areas to do extensive research for the 50th Anniversary. Read more here:
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This week's
#PhotoOfTheWeek
goes to Erik Burns of Tornadic Expeditions Storm Chasing Tours. This was taken on July 11, 2017 in Minnesota.
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#SummarySunday
Per The Storm Prediction Center, 83 tornadoes occurred on April 14, 2012. Just over half of them were in Kansas. The strongest for the day was an EF4 that traveled through parts of Rice, Ellsworth, McPherson and Saline Counties. Total path length was 50.28…
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February 22-23, 1998 in Central Florida: It was deemed “The Night of the Tornadoes” – Most deadly tornado outbreak in Florida history. 7 tornadoes, 3 of which rated F3. 42 people killed, 260+ injured. 3,000 structures were damaged, 700 destroyed.
#flwx
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The Candlestick Park” F5
#Tornado
– March 3, 1966!
More than likely a tornado family. Named after a shopping center in south Jackson, MS, which was completely destroyed. Eyewitnesses reported cars thrown more than a half of a mile and pavement scoured off of the ground. There…
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#OldPhotoFriday
- The Scottsbluff
#Tornado
- June 27, 1955. This F4, which killed 2 & injured 29, was one of the first to be comprehensively photographed. This photo, from the National Archives and Records Administration, was captured from the Weather Bureau office in Scottsbluff
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The Calumet-El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie, OK EF5
#Tornado
– May 24, 2011! Rating based on Univ. of OK Mobile Doppler Radar Measurements. Est. peak winds "greater than 210mph". 63.1 mile path. 13 fatalities, 460+ injuries.
#okwx
#tornadohistory
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#Tornado
Events of the Past
#Decade
! A devastating EF5 moved 14 miles in 40 minutes from Newcastle, OK thru Moore and South OKC. Max width of just over 1 mile. 24 were killed, 200+ injured. 4000+ structures damaged/destroyed. Images via
@NWSNorman
#okwx
#wxhistory
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#TornadoTuesday
– The afternoon of June 17, 2010, featured a violent tornado outbreak in the northern Great Plains. The events spawned 75 twisters, mainly in North Dakota and Minnesota. Of the four EF4 tornadoes that occurred that day, one tore through the rural pastures of…
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Top
#Tornado
Events of the Past
#Decade
! Apr 14-15, 2012: 95 tornadoes occurred, largest outbreak for the year. A deadly EF3 hit near Woodward, OK killing 6 people. The strongest was an EF4 near Kanopolis Lake, KS. Outbreak map:
@mapgirl18
/ Kanopolis Lake Tornado:
@NWSWichita
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One of the largest fall tornado outbreaks in the US occurred from Nov 21-23, 1992. Per the NOAA National Disaster Survey Report - a total of 94 tornado tracks were identified. 6 were rated F4, 15 rated F3. 26 were killed, 600+ injured.
#tornadohistory
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#Tornado
Events (2010-2019)! June 6, 2018! An isolated supercell in Central Albany County, WY produced a photogenic tornado ~8 mi. North of Laramie. Rating: EF3. A satellite tornado developed 2 mi. south of the parent tornado. Rating: EF2.
@NWSCheyenne
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Parkersburg-New Hartford, IA EF5
#Tornado
– May 25, 2008! 43 mile path. 600+ homes damaged/destroyed. 21 businesses demolished. Max width over 1 mile N. of Dunkerton. 70 injuries, 9 fatalities. NEW Summary:
#iawx
#tornadohistory
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The Widespread November 21-23, 1992
#Tornado
Outbreak! One of the largest fall outbreaks in the US! 94 tornadoes. 6 tornadoes rated F4 & 15 rated F3. 600+ injuries reported, 26 fatalities. 15 of the 26 fatalities were in MS.
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#OldPhotoFriday
– The Sayler Park, IN-KY-OH F5 Tornado on April 3, 1974. Crossing three states and taking three lives along a 21-mile path, this was the fourth F5 during the 1974 Tornado Super Outbreak. Photo taken by Frank Altenau and from the NWS Wilmington OH:…
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#OldPhotoFriday
– The Burdett, KS,
#tornado
on June 1, 1935. This is one of several rural twisters captured that day in central portions of Kansas, though few people were affected. This photo is from Thomas Grazulis’ book Significant Tornadoes, cited to the Western History…
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