Tornado Anniversaries

[DetectiveWX]

It's also the 73rd anniversary of the Mid-South 1952 outbreak, the deadliest to strike the Mid-South in history since Tri-State 27 years earlier with at least 209 fatalities. Arkansas was absolutely slammed with at least 110 deaths, TN with 60.

 

[Tennie]

It's also the 70th anniversary of the Mid-South 1952 outbreak, the deadliest to strike the Mid-South in history since Tri-State 27 years earlier with at least 209 fatalities. Arkansas was absolutely slammed with at least 110 deaths, TN with 60.

IIRC, that also marked the first successful "tornado forecast" (which would eventually be called a "tornado watch") that the Weather Bureau issued (at least, successful in terms of the fact that it encompassed the area where the majority of tornadoes occurred--the casualties showed that there needed to be improvement on actually getting people in the forecast areas to take them more seriously...).

And while we're at it, today is the second anniversary of the tornado outbreak that produced the Rolling Fork and Amory tornadoes. Watching the former on radar, I hadn't felt so sick to my stomach since the 2021 Mayfield tornado.

 

[Brice W]

IIRC, that also marked the first successful "tornado forecast" (which would eventually be called a "tornado watch") that the Weather Bureau issued (at least, successful in terms of the fact that it encompassed the area where the majority of tornadoes occurred--the casualties showed that there needed to be improvement on actually getting people in the forecast areas to take them more seriously...).

And while we're at it, today is the second anniversary of the tornado outbreak that produced the Rolling Fork and Amory tornadoes. Watching the former on radar, I hadn't felt so sick to my stomach since the 2021 Mayfield tornado.

Rolling fork is probably the scariest tornado I’ve tracked on radar. Something about this thing was pure evil. I definitely think this tornado had the potential of doing EF5 damage. But going with HE EF4 for this was the right move and one of the better surveys in quite awhile.

 

[Tennie]

Today is the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak that terrorized several Midwestern states, killed 266 people, injured 3,662 more, and led to the Weather Bureau (later the National Weather Service) changing up their approaches to warning the public about severe weather (including the introduction of the "tornado watch"/"tornado warning" terminology and what would become NOAA Weather Radio, to name a couple such changes).

 

[US_Highway15]

Today is the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak that terrorized several Midwestern states, killed 266 people, injured 3,662 more, and led to the Weather Bureau (later the National Weather Service) changing up their approaches to warning the public about severe weather (including the introduction of the "tornado watch"/"tornado warning" terminology and what would become NOAA Weather Radio, to name a couple such changes).

Was gonna make a post about this but I figured I'd post it here. I live a few minutes down the road from where the famous twin tornadoes photo was snapped by Paul Huffman. Stopped by yesterday to snap a "then/now" picture. If you zoom in on the bottom picture where the Lowes sign is, that's where the mobile home park was completely destroyed.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

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Was gonna make a post about this but I figured I'd post it here. I live a few minutes down the road from where the famous twin tornadoes photo was snapped by Paul Huffman. Stopped by yesterday to snap a "then/now" picture. If you zoom in on the bottom picture where the Lowes sign is, that's where the mobile home park was completely destroyed.

That's awesome! Looks like the railroad signal is in about the same spot, just replaced with a more modern version.

 

[Kds86z]

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Was gonna make a post about this but I figured I'd post it here. I live a few minutes down the road from where the famous twin tornadoes photo was snapped by Paul Huffman. Stopped by yesterday to snap a "then/now" picture. If you zoom in on the bottom picture where the Lowes sign is, that's where the mobile home park was completely destroyed.

These twins always grabbed my attention as a kid. The photo..

 

[Kds86z]

These twins always grabbed my attention as a kid. The photo..

Shewee..

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

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Was gonna make a post about this but I figured I'd post it here. I live a few minutes down the road from where the famous twin tornadoes photo was snapped by Paul Huffman. Stopped by yesterday to snap a "then/now" picture. If you zoom in on the bottom picture where the Lowes sign is, that's where the mobile home park was completely destroyed.

Wow, 60 years ago!!!

 

[SGFmoTwister]

April 18th-20th, 1880 tornado outbreak (including Springfield-Marshfield twister that killed at least 99)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_April_1880
https://sgcld.thelibrary.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/v8/n6/w84l.htm

 

[Kds86z]

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Probably one of if not the most forgotten violent tornadoes of April 2011:

2011 St. Louis tornado - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Kds86z]

 

[AJS]

Man, can’t believe it’s already been a year.

 

[Kds86z]

Man, can’t believe it’s already been a year.

For real @AJS . Watching that monster wedge near Omaha put my anxiety through the roof.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Ah yes, one year since this maddening wild goose chase. On the storm before it produced then left in the dust. Or if I'd just stayed on I-80 instead of getting off at Stuart I could have gone right to the Minden-Harlan tornado, but I thought the storms in far western Iowa would be too close together and interfere with each other.

 

[Kds86z]

 

[DetectiveWX]

Nothing unusual happened that day...note the key words "Nothing unusual" as the powder keg was building and building...

 

[Brice W]

Nothing unusual happened that day...note the key words "Nothing unusual" as the powder keg was building and building...

And BOOM! The very next day we witnessed a true generational tornado outbreak to such extremities that it got classified as a “Super Outbreak” A day that will go in history. April 27, 2011.

 

[Shakespeare 2016]

And BOOM! The very next day we witnessed a true generational tornado outbreak to such extremities that it got classified as a “Super Outbreak” A day that will go in history. April 27, 2011.

14 years ago today!! Wow, it seems like it was yesterday.