Lake Martin EF4
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A day late on that one chief
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Tornado Anniversaries
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A day late on that one chief
Kds86z
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*shrug*
Lake Martin EF4
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The main July 19th event was in 2018, with intense tornadoes striking Marshalltown and Pella.
en.wikipedia.org
weather.com
www.thegazette.com
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcSVZ2OhUGvyUoZZlzDoSjY7OWPCmeLtY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FOVeMgxijto&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2JkwIqbuWHg&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dTz47aEDmkQ&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IdYHPiK4okY&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OGuXcQMp87o&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
But, IMO, more important in the grand scheme of things: Twisters made its US debut one year ago today.
en.wikipedia.org
tvtropes.org
https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/1m49pre/1_year_of_twisters_review/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MKKn11w4a4w
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdh2KDgbh0
No map today because the Redditor didn't upload it.
2018 Iowa tornado outbreak - Wikipedia
Tornadoes Strike Several Iowa Towns, Leaving Significant Damage; At Least 17 Injured | Weather.com
Powerful tornadoes struck the Midwest on Thursday afternoon, leaving severe damage. Here's what we know.
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'Catastrophic damage' reported in Marshalltown, tornado fizzles out in Tama County; more damage in central, southeast Iowa
[naviga:iframe frameborder="0″ height="600″ src="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=48797f484b4b44e39f0c80971b51ddb5″ width="100%"][/naviga:iframe] Source: National Weather Service data. Map by John McGlothlen / The Gazette Iowa tornadoes cause …
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Iowa storms: Disaster declared; Pella, Marshalltown tornadoes rated an EF-3; Bondurant rated EF-2
Multiple tornadoes were reported in central Iowa.
www.desmoinesregister.com
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcSVZ2OhUGvyUoZZlzDoSjY7OWPCmeLtY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FOVeMgxijto&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2JkwIqbuWHg&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dTz47aEDmkQ&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IdYHPiK4okY&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OGuXcQMp87o&pp=ygUUSnVseSAxOSAyMDE4IHRvcm5hZG8=
But, IMO, more important in the grand scheme of things: Twisters made its US debut one year ago today.
Twisters (film) - Wikipedia
Twisters
Any spoilers for Twister will remain unmarked. You Have Been Warned.Twisters is a 2024 American Disaster Movie and a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister. It is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and …
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MKKn11w4a4w
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jgdh2KDgbh0
No map today because the Redditor didn't upload it.
Lake Martin EF4
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July 21: Will have to edit this post in more detail at a later date. Notable events included the Teton-Yellowstone F4 of 1987...
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...and a few F4s in Iowa and Minnesota.
Map:
1987 Teton–Yellowstone tornado - Wikipedia
Teton Wilderness, WY F4 Tornado – July 21, 1987 – Tornado Talk
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On This Date: A Violent Tornado In Wyoming's Mountains
Each year, we usually see a handful of truly intense tornadoes in parts of the South or Midwest. But in 1987, one such intense tornado touched down near a Wyoming national park.
...and a few F4s in Iowa and Minnesota.
Map:
Lake Martin EF4
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Today is big chonky hailstone day. Still the largest hailstone ever recorded even 15 years later.
Kds86z
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Lake Martin EF4
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7/26: the day of the Reserve, MT EF3 in 2010. A very good argument can be made for EF4 for this tornado, which was likely Montana's strongest. Sadly, there were 2 fatalities.
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www.foxnews.com
davieswx.blogspot.com
www.heraldnet.com
Further details:
2 killed, 1 hurt in rare Montana tornado - CNN.com
Two people were killed and one was seriously injured when a rare tornado struck a family ranch in northeastern Montana, the Sheridan County coroner said Tuesday.
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Rare tornado sweeps through Montana's rural northeast corner, killing 2 and injuring 1 at farm
A tornado ripped a family's farmhouse from its foundation in Montana's remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a ...
www.foxnews.com
Tornado in Montana kills 2 at farm | ABC7 Chicago | abc7chicago.com
A rare tornado ripped a family's farmhouse from its foundation, throwing one of the victims some 200 feet away.
abc7chicago.com
Tornado Touches Down in Northeast Corner of Montana, Kills 2 - Flathead Beacon
A rare tornado tore through a farmhouse and killed two people inside, leaving nothing but the house’s foundation and a few twisted vehicles as it swept through Montana’s remote and sparsely populated northeastern corner. A teenage boy and a man in his 40s were killed on the farm when the tornado...
flatheadbeacon.com
Rare deadly tornado in Montana - 7/26/10
Killer tornadoes are rare in Montana due to the sparse population. Prior to 2010, only 2 deadly tornadoes had been recorded in the state, w...
davieswx.blogspot.com
Tornado in NE corner of Montana kills 2 at farm | HeraldNet.com
HELENA, Mont. — A rare tornado ripped a family’s farmhouse from its foundation in Montana’s remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a 71-year-old woman who was found next to her grandson’s body. Her nephew’s body...
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Robby Richardson Obituary (2010) - Billings, MT - Billings Gazette
View Robby Richardson's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
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Unrelated to the current discussion but I strongly suspect the 7/26/2010 Reserve tornado was worthy of an EF4 rating and the actual strongest tornado in Montana's recorded history. The state's only official F4 (Glendive 1961) is not listed as a significant tornado by Grazulis and from what I've heard was literally a brief touchdown in an empty field. The Reserve tornado on the other hand completely destroyed the Smith Ranch at its peak intensity, sweeping away every building on the property with the exception of one quonset hut that was flattened regardless. A two-story ranch house was swept clean, and two people were killed there despite sheltering in the home's basement. In addition, a pickup truck was thrown a quarter mile, a combine was rolled "several times" per the NWS survey and left a mangled mess, and grain bins full of grain were obliterated, including one that had its foundation cracked. Though the ranch home was not well anchored, the damage seems pretty consistent with other tornadoes rated low-end EF4 including Pocahontas 2011 and Keota 2023 (the homes impacted in those cases were also not well constructed, but the contextual damage was still used to rate those tornadoes as violent including a combine wrecked in a very similar fashion by the Pocahontas County EF4).
Footage of the thing:
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For reference, the combine in Reserve:
The combine in Pocahontas (unlike Reserve this is a plowed farm field):
Kds86z
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7/26: the day of the Reserve, MT EF3 in 2010. A very good argument can be made for EF4 for this tornado, which was likely Montana's strongest. Sadly, there were 2 fatalities.
2 killed, 1 hurt in rare Montana tornado - CNN.com
Two people were killed and one was seriously injured when a rare tornado struck a family ranch in northeastern Montana, the Sheridan County coroner said Tuesday.Rare tornado sweeps through Montana's rural northeast corner, killing 2 and injuring 1 at farm
A tornado ripped a family's farmhouse from its foundation in Montana's remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a ...Tornado in Montana kills 2 at farm | ABC7 Chicago | abc7chicago.com
A rare tornado ripped a family's farmhouse from its foundation, throwing one of the victims some 200 feet away.abc7chicago.comTornado Touches Down in Northeast Corner of Montana, Kills 2 - Flathead Beacon
A rare tornado tore through a farmhouse and killed two people inside, leaving nothing but the house’s foundation and a few twisted vehicles as it swept through Montana’s remote and sparsely populated northeastern corner. A teenage boy and a man in his 40s were killed on the farm when the tornado...flatheadbeacon.comRare deadly tornado in Montana - 7/26/10
Killer tornadoes are rare in Montana due to the sparse population. Prior to 2010, only 2 deadly tornadoes had been recorded in the state, w...Tornado in NE corner of Montana kills 2 at farm | HeraldNet.com
HELENA, Mont. — A rare tornado ripped a family’s farmhouse from its foundation in Montana’s remote northeastern corner, killing two people and leaving neighbors and authorities to dig through the rubble to rescue a 71-year-old woman who was found next to her grandson’s body. Her nephew’s body...Robby Richardson Obituary (2010) - Billings, MT - Billings Gazette
View Robby Richardson's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.www.legacy.com
Further details:
Thanks I posted this above @Lake Martin EF4
CheeselandSkies
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Not exactly a tornado event per se, but it's the 5th anniversary of the Big Wind Bag of 2020.
I got some lightning and a free car wash, although there was damage in Monroe a couple miles south of where I was.
I got some lightning and a free car wash, although there was damage in Monroe a couple miles south of where I was.
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Ok, here we go...
(Copy/pasted from my YouTube description):
On August 18th, 2005, Wisconsin experienced what still stands as its record single-day tornado outbreak, with 27 occurring in the state. The most significant of these was a high-end F3 which tracked for 20 miles through residential subdivisions on the northern edge of the city of Stoughton, in southeastern Dane County. The house where my parents and I lived at the time (and they still do) is in one of these subdivisions. The tornado missed us by less than 1/4 of a mile, and the one man who died in it (I believe still the last tornado-related fatality in southern Wisconsin to date) lived on the opposite end of the same subdivision.
I was 19 at the time and about to start my sophomore year in college. I had long had a fascination with severe weather and tornadoes from childhood and intended to take up storm chasing at some point. For a long time I was angry at myself for not being more prepared on this day and ready to get better footage (a quick YouTube search will unveil the many incredible videos which exist of this tornado, captured by several people who lived not far away). I felt like the atmosphere had tried to hand me the ultimate "backyard chase" and I botched it. You never actually see the tornado itself, just debris falling out of the sky beneath violently churning clouds over our house before I ran for cover (portions of the audio muted because I was shouting like an idiot), and then the structure on the back edge of the supercell thunderstorm after it had moved off and was producing a series of weaker tornadoes north of Lake Koshkonong/west of Fort Atkinson.
Most of this footage has never been seen before on YouTube. I had the damage tour section on my old channel, uploaded about a year and a half after the fact in YT's old, lousy 240p resolution, but that was about it.
AI-upscaled screen capture of the thumbnail; the back side of the supercell after the tornado had passed, with a rainbow:
Our driveway strewn with small tree debris in the immediate aftermath:
Looking into our neighbor's yard, several large downed limbs are visible:
Large tree downed across the street (the trunk was hollow, so not quite as impressive as it looks):
My dad chainsawing a path for his van after getting back from work:
Looking across our backyard the next day, note piece of structural debris in the foreground:
Remarkably, only one of the plant stands on our screened-off porch section of the back deck was blown over (ironically, this same plant stand was bequeathed to me by my parents when I moved out, it's currently supporting the petunias on my apartment balcony):
Two days later, on August 20th, we took a more extensive tour of the damage. Part 1 here since it'll bump up against the attachment limit.
There were two houses here at the intersection of Spring & Skaalen Roads, they both disintegrated and were "slabbed," but all the debris ended up in the trees immediately downstream:
Garage collapsed onto the vehicle inside:
(Copy/pasted from my YouTube description):
On August 18th, 2005, Wisconsin experienced what still stands as its record single-day tornado outbreak, with 27 occurring in the state. The most significant of these was a high-end F3 which tracked for 20 miles through residential subdivisions on the northern edge of the city of Stoughton, in southeastern Dane County. The house where my parents and I lived at the time (and they still do) is in one of these subdivisions. The tornado missed us by less than 1/4 of a mile, and the one man who died in it (I believe still the last tornado-related fatality in southern Wisconsin to date) lived on the opposite end of the same subdivision.
I was 19 at the time and about to start my sophomore year in college. I had long had a fascination with severe weather and tornadoes from childhood and intended to take up storm chasing at some point. For a long time I was angry at myself for not being more prepared on this day and ready to get better footage (a quick YouTube search will unveil the many incredible videos which exist of this tornado, captured by several people who lived not far away). I felt like the atmosphere had tried to hand me the ultimate "backyard chase" and I botched it. You never actually see the tornado itself, just debris falling out of the sky beneath violently churning clouds over our house before I ran for cover (portions of the audio muted because I was shouting like an idiot), and then the structure on the back edge of the supercell thunderstorm after it had moved off and was producing a series of weaker tornadoes north of Lake Koshkonong/west of Fort Atkinson.
Most of this footage has never been seen before on YouTube. I had the damage tour section on my old channel, uploaded about a year and a half after the fact in YT's old, lousy 240p resolution, but that was about it.
AI-upscaled screen capture of the thumbnail; the back side of the supercell after the tornado had passed, with a rainbow:
Our driveway strewn with small tree debris in the immediate aftermath:
Looking into our neighbor's yard, several large downed limbs are visible:
Large tree downed across the street (the trunk was hollow, so not quite as impressive as it looks):
My dad chainsawing a path for his van after getting back from work:
Looking across our backyard the next day, note piece of structural debris in the foreground:
Remarkably, only one of the plant stands on our screened-off porch section of the back deck was blown over (ironically, this same plant stand was bequeathed to me by my parents when I moved out, it's currently supporting the petunias on my apartment balcony):
Two days later, on August 20th, we took a more extensive tour of the damage. Part 1 here since it'll bump up against the attachment limit.
There were two houses here at the intersection of Spring & Skaalen Roads, they both disintegrated and were "slabbed," but all the debris ended up in the trees immediately downstream:
Garage collapsed onto the vehicle inside:
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CheeselandSkies
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Part 2...
Three houses and a shed with partial roof damage. I imagine these only received a glancing blow from the tornado:
Distant views (the neighborhood was thoroughly cordoned off at this point, inaccessible to "outsiders" apart from first responders/cleanup crews) of the most heavily-damaged area, along the south shore of Lake Kegonsa between Country Club Road and Skyline Drive. Most of these houses were still standing at least partially, but a few were "flattened" in what could be considered low-end (E)F4 fashion, with no walls standing but most of the debris remaining in a pile. La Plata syndrome of course dictated that they go with high-end F3, but given the isolated nature of that type of damage and overall lack of slam-dunk violent contextual indicators, I don't think it's an egregiously lowballed rating:
This historic (1890s) farmhouse about 1/2 mile to our east, while still standing, had extensive structural damage including complete removal of the roof. It had to be torn down and a replica built:
This house, on the north end of our neighborhood had partial roof loss, but otherwise shifted off the foundation and down the hill in one piece. A textbook "slider":
The neighbor's house had partial roof loss, as well as loss of several of the large trees surrounding it, but was otherwise intact:
Across the street from the previous two, this house lost the roof and parts of the exterior walls. In addition, I believe this was the house where the fatality occurred. A severe case of bad luck given the relatively light damage to surrounding houses; he was on his way to the basement to take shelter when the chimney collapsed on him:
On August 26th, an arborist working on the trees in our backyard, to remove those limbs that were damaged but hadn't completely fallen...yet:
Three houses and a shed with partial roof damage. I imagine these only received a glancing blow from the tornado:
Distant views (the neighborhood was thoroughly cordoned off at this point, inaccessible to "outsiders" apart from first responders/cleanup crews) of the most heavily-damaged area, along the south shore of Lake Kegonsa between Country Club Road and Skyline Drive. Most of these houses were still standing at least partially, but a few were "flattened" in what could be considered low-end (E)F4 fashion, with no walls standing but most of the debris remaining in a pile. La Plata syndrome of course dictated that they go with high-end F3, but given the isolated nature of that type of damage and overall lack of slam-dunk violent contextual indicators, I don't think it's an egregiously lowballed rating:
This historic (1890s) farmhouse about 1/2 mile to our east, while still standing, had extensive structural damage including complete removal of the roof. It had to be torn down and a replica built:
This house, on the north end of our neighborhood had partial roof loss, but otherwise shifted off the foundation and down the hill in one piece. A textbook "slider":
The neighbor's house had partial roof loss, as well as loss of several of the large trees surrounding it, but was otherwise intact:
Across the street from the previous two, this house lost the roof and parts of the exterior walls. In addition, I believe this was the house where the fatality occurred. A severe case of bad luck given the relatively light damage to surrounding houses; he was on his way to the basement to take shelter when the chimney collapsed on him:
On August 26th, an arborist working on the trees in our backyard, to remove those limbs that were damaged but hadn't completely fallen...yet:
Lake Martin EF4
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Behold, the closest Wisconsin has come to a violent tornado since 1996. It's the iconic Stoughton day!
en.wikipedia.org
storymaps.arcgis.com
climatology.nelson.wisc.edu
www.channel3000.com
Wisconsin tornado outbreak of 2005 - Wikipedia
August 18, 2005 Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak
Revisiting The Largest Tornado Outbreak In Wisconsin State History
storymaps.arcgis.com
Looking Back: 20 Years Since Wisconsin’s Largest Tornado Outbreak | Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Hundreds of homes were destroyed and thousands of lives impacted in a storm that many Wisconsin residents will never forget.
climatology.nelson.wisc.edu
'One of those things you really don't forget': Stoughton remembers 2005 tornado
STOUGHTON, Wis. -- On this Monday in 2005, Wisconsin experienced the most tornadoes in one day — 27 — including what was then an F-3 tornado over the Stoughton area.
Lake Martin EF4
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Behold, the closest Wisconsin has come to a violent tornado since 1996. It's the iconic Stoughton day!
en.wikipedia.org
storymaps.arcgis.com
climatology.nelson.wisc.edu
www.channel3000.com
Wisconsin tornado outbreak of 2005 - Wikipedia
August 18, 2005 Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak
Revisiting The Largest Tornado Outbreak In Wisconsin State History
storymaps.arcgis.com
Looking Back: 20 Years Since Wisconsin’s Largest Tornado Outbreak | Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Hundreds of homes were destroyed and thousands of lives impacted in a storm that many Wisconsin residents will never forget.
climatology.nelson.wisc.edu
'One of those things you really don't forget': Stoughton remembers 2005 tornado
STOUGHTON, Wis. -- On this Monday in 2005, Wisconsin experienced the most tornadoes in one day — 27 — including what was then an F-3 tornado over the Stoughton area.
CheeselandSkies
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Kds86z
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Lake Martin EF4
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Not specifically a tornado anniversary, but OTD 20 years ago, the storm we now know as Katrina got its name.
Lake Martin EF4
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And 20 years ago today, Katrina made its first landfall as a hurricane in South Florida.
Kds86z
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Yes, kds86 is right. OTD 18 years ago, we got the good ol' Northwood tornado!
www.tornadotalk.com
www.kfyrtv.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2wsd5TtN8o&pp=ygUUbm9ydGh3b29kIG5kIHRvcm5hZG8=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2S5d14cklk&pp=ygUUbm9ydGh3b29kIG5kIHRvcm5hZG8=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INtoYtzKXiY&pp=ygUUbm9ydGh3b29kIG5kIHRvcm5hZG8=
Northwood, ND Tornado Outbreak – August 26, 2007 – Tornado Talk
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Aug. 26, 2007, Northwood EF-4: in-depth analysis and looking back at the damage caused
This summer, Meteorologist Jacob Morse has been looking back at significant tornadoes in North Dakota’s history. He wraps up his series in Northwood, where a violent tornado occurred on this date 18 years ago.
www.kfyrtv.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2wsd5TtN8o&pp=ygUUbm9ydGh3b29kIG5kIHRvcm5hZG8=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2S5d14cklk&pp=ygUUbm9ydGh3b29kIG5kIHRvcm5hZG8=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INtoYtzKXiY&pp=ygUUbm9ydGh3b29kIG5kIHRvcm5hZG8=