Lots of these photographs look taken post-clean up; that said, the first one (with the vehicle wrapped in debris) is somewhat impressive, there does appear to be hillside/ground scouring as well in it.Yeah, I'm sure there's tons of stuff out there to be found but I don't have a whole lot in my folder.
@Juliett Bravo Kilo @buckeye05 The mystery of the black barrel tornado photo is solved: this Kennard photo is taken from quite literally the same place and is almost identical.Kennard, IN F4:
Oh yeah, I should've included that one as well. IIRC there's a short film clip taken from basically the same area. I don't remember exactly where it was, but somewhere in the Knightstown/Grant City area.
Video of the Kennard tornado is posted on Blake Naftel’s YouTube channel, which is a great resource for historic tornado footage.
The famous 'mystery photo' was discussed and Kennard mentioned a couple of years back, a bit before I joined the forum. I saw this one mentioned as Kennard way back in 2011 on a university forum that no longer exists, so it always frustrated me seeing people say it was Brandenburg.
That’s Worcester. Waco was rain wrapped and not really visible.
www.kvue.com
One thing worth keeping in mind is that, while there's a specific process laid out for rating sigtors (https://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/sym/pd01016004curr.pdf), the people involved can and do change. Not just the MIC and other personnel at each office, but also the QRT members. Tim Marshall has obviously become sort of the face of the QRT but it's not just him by any means. I've never seen anything to suggest any one particular person holds that much sway over the rating process, and I don't doubt the people on those teams know what they're doing.
Ran out of room. I'm sure a lot of these have already been posted, but whatever.
Another thing I've been meaning to do but haven't had a chance yet - I want to recreate this graphic using the actual aerials. In the meantime, I've always found this incredibly sobering. It's one thing to know how many people died in such a small area, but it's another to see it visually.
Also, I might've mentioned this a few years ago but KVUE did a nice piece on the tornado that features some really high-quality video:
The Jarrell tornado: 20 years later
Twenty years ago one of the deadliest storms ever hit the town of Jarrell, Texas.
100% fatality rate in the core above ground.
There's a tornado in Bangledesh in 1964 claimed to take all 400 inhabitants's lifes in a village though details were limited.
What always gets me is that a number of people, including whole families, did the "right" thing — rushed home before the storm arrived and sheltered in the innermost room on the lowest level of their home — and it still wasn't enough. I'm amazed at how often people survive even incredibly violent tornadoes, but it just wasn't possible in Jarrell.
Stuff like Jarrell has beat me into the decision that if I ever see a tornado approaching my house & have enough time, I'll simply take my chances outrunning it in my car rather than ride it out in my basement, because you just never know.
I still think that trying to escape via a car is a bad idea, you can get caught in traffic in the path of the tornado.
Not a lot of traffic where I live; but yeah I would assess variables if possible.
