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Significant Tornado Events

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Here is also a damage map for all the Gorham structures. Red is devastating (completely levelled/swept), green is severe/wrecked, yellow is moderate. Most of these points were made by Robert H. Johns, Donald W. Burgess, Charles A. Doswell III, Matthew S. Gilmore, John A. Hart, Steven F. Piltz.
 
Post everything you got or it didn't happen (lol).

Blackwell/Udall pics might be of interest, although way earlier in the thread I posted a bunch, so I'm curious what you have.
K heres Blackwell/Udall:
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The Hazel-Atlas Glass Factory was heavily mangled and was arguably more intense than Udall:
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Some others:
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Found these on FaceBook if your wondering btw. Part 2 coming soon.
 

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I've seen lots of these Tri-State ones on Stormstalker's article; he had colorized versions in fact.

That said, not all of them, so nice finds!

The Blackwell ones are interesting although I still think Udall was the more intense tornado; Blackwell was intensifying as it went through town; Udall hit at peak intensity. It was basically Greensburg but not weakening, talk about bad luck!
 
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Of my many tri-state images these two are the only ones I am not 100% confident on their location. I believe they are De Soto though. However the second may be Parrish.

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These last two are Parrish, including an almost entirely debarked Locust Tree. 1731461732464.jpg
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Also this is a patch of 18 acre woods on C. S Conger Farm. For tri-state. It was almost entirely blown down flat by the tornado. The area never fully recovered even in 1938.
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Alright I have just gotten back from talking with Hamilton County Historical Society on Tri-State and boy, there are loads of high quality images, I will put some in the article but what stood out to me was the hundreds of young persimmon hardwood trees that were entirely stripped of their bark...in an entirely rural area. Just incredible, perhaps the worst instance of debarking I have seen. Photo credit to McCoy Memorial Library and Hamilton County Historical Society.
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Alright I have just gotten back from talking with Hamilton County Historical Society on Tri-State and boy, there are loads of high quality images, I will put some in the article but what stood out to me was the hundreds of young persimmon hardwood trees that were entirely stripped of their bark...in an entirely rural area. Just incredible, perhaps the worst instance of debarking I have seen. Photo credit to McCoy Memorial Library and Hamilton County Historical Society.
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Is that ground scouring in that pic? Also, persimmon wood has a Janka hardness of 2300, near the top of the scale. Only the absolute upper echelon of tornadoes like BCM, Bakersfield and Piedmont has done tree damage similar to that. Just insane stuff.
 
Is that ground scouring in that pic? Also, persimmon wood has a Janka hardness of 2300, near the top of the scale. Only the absolute upper echelon of tornadoes like BCM, Bakersfield and Piedmont has done tree damage similar to that. Just insane stuff.
I believe so yes, I have several other pictures showing extreme scouring but I don't wanna give too much away when my article is really close to release lol. But here are some, De soto had extreme damage. In New Addition of West Frankfort, the scouring was ankle deep.
 

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Alright I have just gotten back from talking with Hamilton County Historical Society on Tri-State and boy, there are loads of high quality images, I will put some in the article but what stood out to me was the hundreds of young persimmon hardwood trees that were entirely stripped of their bark...in an entirely rural area. Just incredible, perhaps the worst instance of debarking I have seen. Photo credit to McCoy Memorial Library and Hamilton County Historical Society.
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That is just utter desolation right there.
 
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