Significant Tornado Events

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I typically roll my eyes at most of the content on the so-called "Rational" Wiki... but for once, I have to say they did a good job with that article. I'd have some choice words to describe Kevin, but they'd probably get me banned

Hey, I have Asperger's as well, so does that mean I'm automatically an omnipotent supreme weather weenie too?

Lol. Not really, unfortunately, but continuing to study it with decades-long grit and passion would do! Even if you have a disability, even one that supposedly gives you a 150+ IQ rate, it doesn't mean that you already know high-level things like calculus out of the box, but it does help you study more easily.

 

[SpotlightForRareTornadoes]

Lol. Not really, unfortunately, but continuing to study it with decades-long grit and passion would do! Even if you have a disability, even one that supposedly gives you a 150+ IQ rate, it doesn't mean that you already know high-level things like calculus out of the box, but it does help you study more easily.

I am certainly not a holy, all-powerful psychologist who "magically" knows everything, but I do know that a disability has nothing to do with being a right-out-of-the-box, Know-it-all Meteorological guru.

 

[Austin Dawg]

Forgot to post it but yesterday was the 30th anniversary of a now-relatively obscure tornado outbreak in Wisconsin, although it was unusually intense (Four F2+) and quite deadly by our standards (four fatalities total, two from each of the two F3 tornadoes).

30 years since a deadly tornado in Adams County

Tuesday marks the 30-year anniversary of a deadly tornado outbreak in central Wisconsin

www.wmtv15news.com

NSSFC/SELS (shortly before it became SPC) even put out a high risk that day, which remains the only one ever issued in August.

I remember this because my dad was living up there then. He live between Montello and packwaukee

 

[TH2002]

Lol. Not really, unfortunately, but continuing to study it with decades-long grit and passion would do! Even if you have a disability, even one that supposedly gives you a 150+ IQ rate, it doesn't mean that you already know high-level things like calculus out of the box, but it does help you study more easily.

I am certainly not a holy, all-powerful psychologist who "magically" knows everything, but I do know that a disability has nothing to do with being a right-out-of-the-box, Know-it-all Meteorological guru.

That line about me being an omnipotent weather weenie was a joke, lol. Welcome to the world of sarcasm.

Although I do actually have Aspergers' and other issues that I'd feel more comfortable talking about in DM's. Let's get back on topic.

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

I recently uncovered an old weather forum that had a thread with a large number of chasers discussing the Greensburg tornado. Using the Wayback Machine, I was able to archive the posts and found a website one of the members posted and discovered some pretty neat stuff.

The member was a chaser who came up on the Greensburg supercell from the south on Highway-183 around 10:00 PM or so, arriving a little late to the party but just in time to capture what I believe is the only images of the supercell cycling before producing the monstrous Trousdale tornado. There was probably 200+ photos in order between the time the Greensburg tornado occluded and when the Trousdale tornado was in progress. Here’s a select few of the better images I picked out from the gallery.

This screengrab shows the Greensburg tornado occluding and moving fully west as it crosses Highway-183 for a second time. This is as the tornado was executing a loop before it eventually stalled out and dissipated. Based on radar data, this image was taken around 10:02-10:03 PM.


These images show what I believe is the decaying remnants of the Greensburg mesocyclone becoming involved in the new handoff northeast of town, along with a huge RFD surge racing east toward the developing circulation. The second photo is the rapidly intensifying mesocyclone that goes on to produce the Trousdale tornado. Several satellite tornadoes and smaller vortices formed in the moments prior to the Trousdale tornado touching down.


Finally, these images captured the genesis of the Trousdale tornado, and showcase just how rapidly the circulation became very large within moments of touching down. Probably going to try and enhance some of these to fully grasp what’s going on here, but the second photo shows the tornado before it wedged-out, followed by a radar image around the same time the photo was taken.



And here’s the Trousdale tornado as it expands to 2 miles in width while also being accompanied by a satellite tornado. Based on Demko and Farrar’s video and these images, the Trousdale tornado had at least 3 satellite tornadoes that appear to have gone undocumented.

 

[Tornadowritter]

I recently uncovered an old weather forum that had a thread with a large number of chasers discussing the Greensburg tornado. Using the Wayback Machine, I was able to archive the posts and found a website one of the members posted and discovered some pretty neat stuff.

The member was a chaser who came up on the Greensburg supercell from the south on Highway-183 around 10:00 PM or so, arriving a little late to the party but just in time to capture what I believe is the only images of the supercell cycling before producing the monstrous Trousdale tornado. There was probably 200+ photos in order between the time the Greensburg tornado occluded and when the Trousdale tornado was in progress. Here’s a select few of the better images I picked out from the gallery.

This screengrab shows the Greensburg tornado occluding and moving fully west as it crosses Highway-183 for a second time. This is as the tornado was executing a loop before it eventually stalled out and dissipated. Based on radar data, this image was taken around 10:02-10:03 PM.
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These images show what I believe is the decaying remnants of the Greensburg mesocyclone becoming involved in the new handoff northeast of town, along with a huge RFD surge racing east toward the developing circulation. The second photo is the rapidly intensifying mesocyclone that goes on to produce the Trousdale tornado. Several satellite tornadoes and smaller vortices formed in the moments prior to the Trousdale tornado touching down.
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Finally, these images captured the genesis of the Trousdale tornado, and showcase just how rapidly the circulation became very large within moments of touching down. Probably going to try and enhance some of these to fully grasp what’s going on here, but the second photo shows the tornado before it wedged-out, followed by a radar image around the same time the photo was taken.
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And here’s the Trousdale tornado as it expands to 2 miles in width while also being accompanied by a satellite tornado. Based on Demko and Farrar’s video and these images, the Trousdale tornado had at least 3 satellite tornadoes that appear to have gone undocumented.
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Impressive images you got there of the Greenfields and Trousdale tornadoes, and while I replying to you, how has your research with the Tri State Tornado been doing like did you add any new victims either from 1 of the 6 people that might have fatally injured, or someone new entirely, or has the research/map stayed the same.

My final question is are there any more images of dark tornadoes like the ones above?

 

[Tornadowritter]

Is this the final death toll of the 1925 Tri-State Tornado in Missouri?

Reynolds County— Sam Flowers



Annapolis— Merrill Stewart, unidentified niece of Carl Brown



Leadanna— Osero Kelley, unidentified husband of Clara Brown née Lewis’s cousin



Near Lixville— John Fulton, Perry Fellows, Harley Fellows, Amanda Hanners, Trula Henry, Irene Clements, Grant Miller, unidentified schoolgirl, unidentified schoolchild



Near Biehle— August Lappe, Joseph Blechle



Brazeau— Crittenden Bull



Near Frohna— Martha Kaempfe, Louise Stueve



Ridge— unidentified schoolchild

 

[Tomcats Forever!]

I hadn't seen this aftermath pic from Piedmont '11 before. What a wipeout.

 

[SpotlightForRareTornadoes]

I hadn't seen this aftermath pic from Piedmont '11 before. What a wipeout.

And the tornado is STILL GOING in the background

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

I hadn't seen this aftermath pic from Piedmont '11 before. What a wipeout.

That's Jarrell-esque scouring there.

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

I recently uncovered an old weather forum that had a thread with a large number of chasers discussing the Greensburg tornado. Using the Wayback Machine, I was able to archive the posts and found a website one of the members posted and discovered some pretty neat stuff.

The member was a chaser who came up on the Greensburg supercell from the south on Highway-183 around 10:00 PM or so, arriving a little late to the party but just in time to capture what I believe is the only images of the supercell cycling before producing the monstrous Trousdale tornado. There was probably 200+ photos in order between the time the Greensburg tornado occluded and when the Trousdale tornado was in progress. Here’s a select few of the better images I picked out from the gallery.

This screengrab shows the Greensburg tornado occluding and moving fully west as it crosses Highway-183 for a second time. This is as the tornado was executing a loop before it eventually stalled out and dissipated. Based on radar data, this image was taken around 10:02-10:03 PM.
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These images show what I believe is the decaying remnants of the Greensburg mesocyclone becoming involved in the new handoff northeast of town, along with a huge RFD surge racing east toward the developing circulation. The second photo is the rapidly intensifying mesocyclone that goes on to produce the Trousdale tornado. Several satellite tornadoes and smaller vortices formed in the moments prior to the Trousdale tornado touching down.
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Finally, these images captured the genesis of the Trousdale tornado, and showcase just how rapidly the circulation became very large within moments of touching down. Probably going to try and enhance some of these to fully grasp what’s going on here, but the second photo shows the tornado before it wedged-out, followed by a radar image around the same time the photo was taken.
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And here’s the Trousdale tornado as it expands to 2 miles in width while also being accompanied by a satellite tornado. Based on Demko and Farrar’s video and these images, the Trousdale tornado had at least 3 satellite tornadoes that appear to have gone undocumented.
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Wow, finally found photos of this thing.

 

[Tornadowritter]

Here the map to go along with the death toll list above, but unfortunately I couldn’t locate where Amanda Hanners, or the 5th schoolchild died in Bollinger County at, so they are not on the map

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

Some impressive pics from Goldsby I found on the enhanced ratings debate thread. If there was still any doubt Goldsby was an EF5, these shatter it once and for all:

The 2nd to last one involving the ground scouring, completely debarked tree/shrub and house with the bolts pulled is among the most impressive damage I've scene:

 

[Tornadowritter]

Some impressive pics from Goldsby I found on the enhanced ratings debate thread. If there was still any doubt Goldsby was an EF5, these shatter it once and for all:

The 2nd to last one involving the ground scouring, completely debarked tree/shrub and house with the bolts pulled is among the most impressive damage I've scene:

Well Goldsby is definitely a ef5 cos at the 6th image only the foundation is left, so yep it’s ef5.

 

[joshoctober16]

And the tornado is STILL GOING in the background

that isn't even the piedmont EF5 , that was a second twin that wasn't officially listed by NWS but was found in the Radar data and Tornadotalk, seem to have been EF2 and then merged with the piedmont EF5 while the EF5 was at EF2 .... they merged into one.


photo was taken at the red arrow

 

[joshoctober16]

new cordova video found

 

[joshoctober16]

can some one verify this?

 

[SpotlightForRareTornadoes]

On this day, 20 years ago, Ivan spawned the largest outbreak of tornadoes ever created by a hurricane. In 24 hours, Hurricane Ivan spawned approximately 117 tornadoes across the east coast. This video covers tropical tornadoes and their surprising history.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

Photos of the Charlestown, Indiana F3 tornado of July 29th, 1943.

Funnel photos:



Damage photos:

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]