Significant Tornado Events

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

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I believe the first photo is of new Vilonia media.

NVM, it isn't but it appears to be a photo of it near Roland not shared often.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Pretty insane find of the Mayfield tornado passing north of this man's house near Eddy Bay, KY. The freight train is loud and audible at around 9-10 minute in. Shocked it hasn't more views.

 

[ItsOneLouder]

I just ran across some damage photos on eBay for a tornado that happened near Van Wert, Ohio, on March 9, 1918. The damage looks pretty significant (a house leveled and swept away, others unroofed or partly collapsed), but Grazulis somehow missed it, and it's not on Tornado Archive. Lots of newspaper clippings on local history Facebook pages, though. Poor Van Wert.

 

[DanLarsen34]

Pretty insane find of the Mayfield tornado passing north of this man's house near Eddy Bay, KY. The freight train is loud and audible at around 9-10 minute in. Shocked it hasn't more views.

Honestly, this is up there with the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell footage where the tornado passed close to a house. The constant roar throughout this video is insane.

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

Honestly, this is up there with the Hackleburg/Phil Campbell footage where the tornado passed close to a house. The constant roar throughout this video is insane.

And the tornado was only at EF3-EF4 intensity as this was recorded. The lightning show along with it just makes it so intense to watch. The trees even violently sway too if you look closely. I'm not sure if you can see the tornado in this at all

 

[jiharris0220]

The Topeka Ks tornado absolutely deserved its F5 status.
The ground scouring, wind rowing and total annihilation of low lying trees/shrubbery was a bad as it gets.
The 1960/70s era of rating has a rep when it comes to overestimating violent tors, but things like this makes me think, that at least a lot of it, is due to very spotty documentation.

 

[eep]

The Topeka Ks tornado absolutely deserved its F5 status.
The ground scouring, wind rowing and total annihilation of low lying trees/shrubbery was a bad as it gets.
The 1960/70s era of rating has a rep when it comes to overestimating violent tors, but things like this makes me think, that at least a lot of it, is due to very spotty documentation.

Kinda reminiscent of Fargo the way it mulched the ground.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

I’ve been reminiscing of how wild that armory velocity couplet was on march 23 2023

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

I’ve been reminiscing of how wild that armory velocity couplet was on march 23 2023

And yet it only ended up doing EF3 damage despite having a 107.5kt VROT. Makes me wonder if we could reevaluate VROT in broader situations. I've always noticed in situations like Hollister while you had a very broad yet violent couplet, but none of that touched. There were some pixels in the middle that probably accurately reflected the tornado far better in intensity. We should be using the highest pixels that actually touch on radar, instead of using whatever is stronger on both sides and not touching at all.

 

[UncleJuJu98]

And yet it only ended up doing EF3 damage despite having a 107.5kt VROT. Makes me wonder if we could reevaluate VROT in broader situations. I've always noticed in situations like Hollister while you had a very broad yet violent couplet, but none of that touched. There were some pixels in the middle that probably accurately reflected the tornado far better in intensity. We should be using the highest pixels that actually touch on radar, instead of using whatever is stronger on both sides and not touching at all.

I remember how I thought it was a violent tornado when it hit. It was one of the most violent looking couplets I’d ever seen. Up there with soso and mayfield.

That soso ms tornado is very overlooked imo

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

I remember how I thought it was a violent tornado when it hit. It was one of the most violent looking couplets I’d ever seen. Up there with soso and mayfield.

That soso ms tornado is very overlooked imo

Soso could meet the EF5 criteria for the multi-tree DI, i believe. Contextually, despite how wide it was, it was very violent

 

[UncleJuJu98]

Soso could meet the EF5 criteria for the multi-tree DI, i believe. Contextually, despite how wide it was, it was very violent

I’ve heard a lot about it should have been a ef5 talk. I think it doesn’t get as much talk because it hit a lot of trees and not more populated areas.

 

[Eoline]

4/27/2011 Glade Spring, VA EF3

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

4/27/2011 Glade Spring, VA EF3
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Dude what, this thing happened at 2am. Assuming this is a untitled YouTube video?

 

[Eoline]

Dude what, this thing happened at 2am. Assuming this is a untitled YouTube video?

Landon and I are friends on Discord; he found this sequence and another higher-quality one.

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[Eoline]

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Landon and I are friends on Discord; he found this sequence and another higher-quality one.

TikTok - Make Your Day

Also Barnesville which is hidden on an old Facebook video which I can’t remember the link to:

 

[WeathermanLeprechaun]

What's the original source though of those photos? It isn't disclosed in that description.

 

[Eoline]

What's the original source though of those photos? It isn't disclosed in that description.

Let me ask.

 

[Eoline]

While I’m waiting for that here’s Tuscaloosa: