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Significant Tornado Events
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absolutely poggers....
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Thank you and everyone involved for making this happen! I'm psyched to see what's to come.
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Great to finally see a true successor to the Tornado History Project (which I still miss, and will always miss)
What I miss most about the THP is its simplicity; it was lightweight enough to run on just about any system I threw at it. I also missed the ability to search for tornadoes by a calendar day and am eternally grateful the Tornado Archive finally brings back this functionality. Love the ability to search for tornadoes that happened between two specific dates as well.
Unfortunately in the Data Explorer the tornado paths are not showing up for me. Is it a problem on my end or has that functionality just not been implemented yet?
What I miss most about the THP is its simplicity; it was lightweight enough to run on just about any system I threw at it. I also missed the ability to search for tornadoes by a calendar day and am eternally grateful the Tornado Archive finally brings back this functionality. Love the ability to search for tornadoes that happened between two specific dates as well.
Unfortunately in the Data Explorer the tornado paths are not showing up for me. Is it a problem on my end or has that functionality just not been implemented yet?
AngelAndHisWx
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I did a quick and dirty “best sources” merge of the beginning of Jarrell’s transition. It’s not frame perfect and pretty short since I could only work with what was available and continuous, but it should give the best glimpse of what is happening:
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Based on this map, the Smithville EF5 actually seems to have dissipated in Itawamba County, MS, and reformed into a new EF3+ that crossed into western AL.The one thing usually not mentioned much about Smithville is the path after town. Smithville is small and when the tornado exited it went straight through nothing but woodland for miles. From the highway when you look at where it entered the forestland it looked like you had cut a wide path with a giant chainsaw for a long way. It's hard to imagine what would have happened had it hit a larger town.
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thats insane.....
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No it was one tornado. It just weakened.
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That tornado (Pilger East) also swept away a well-bolted home (albeit a vehicle was thrown into it)
thats insane.....
I believe Pilger East was the second strongest tornado of the day but if I had to pick one that absolutely should have been rated EF5 it would be Stanton. This thing swept away a farmstead leaving little debris behind, totally debarked trees, and did this to a pickup truck:
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If you would like to check out the path of the 1993 High Uintas Wilderness tornado, put either of these coordinates into Google Maps and toggle satellite view (don't forget to zoom in):
40° 40' 27'' N, 110° 07' 10'' W
40.674167, -110.119444
It is really cool to see a tornado damage path so well preserved (unlike Teton-Yellowstone where most of the damage path burned the following year) and goes to show that violent tornadoes can alter an area's landscape for decades, if not even centuries.
40° 40' 27'' N, 110° 07' 10'' W
40.674167, -110.119444
It is really cool to see a tornado damage path so well preserved (unlike Teton-Yellowstone where most of the damage path burned the following year) and goes to show that violent tornadoes can alter an area's landscape for decades, if not even centuries.
Stanton was Incredible. There were chasers behind It said "you can feel the ground was rumbling caused by this tornado". It let me remember Roger Edward Once mentioned he can feel El Reno 11 through the ground 1.5 miles away at its peak intensity and It was the only one in his career.
Residents in Smithville also mentioned in interview that "you don't really need to see the tornado because you can feel the ground was shaking before It coming."
It seems like one of the phenomenon you can only feel in face of most violent tornados.
The truck damage was insane. I just can't see how It can be a truck before along with another car or part of the car buried deep into scoured grass nearby.
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Your daily reminder that tornadoes are pure chaos and nothing about them makes sense:
There are roughly a dozen homes in this shot that are totally destroyed (along with one business at the very top of the screen, just left of center). Many of them had several people inside, a number of whom failed to make it below ground before the tornado struck. And yet, there was only one fatality in this photo - a young boy who was killed in the basement of the highlighted house. The house itself actually remained somewhat intact, but the basement wall behind the boy and his family failed and the whole structure sort of slid down on top of them.
I'm always amazed by how often people actually survive strong and sometimes even violent tornado damage (with occasional and very notable exceptions).
There are roughly a dozen homes in this shot that are totally destroyed (along with one business at the very top of the screen, just left of center). Many of them had several people inside, a number of whom failed to make it below ground before the tornado struck. And yet, there was only one fatality in this photo - a young boy who was killed in the basement of the highlighted house. The house itself actually remained somewhat intact, but the basement wall behind the boy and his family failed and the whole structure sort of slid down on top of them.
I'm always amazed by how often people actually survive strong and sometimes even violent tornado damage (with occasional and very notable exceptions).
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just goes to show just how watered down and unimpressive most ef-scale rated tornadoes sound.
The first pic was done by West. It was mislabled to the East one. I think I can actually prove that the Incredible tree damage was mainly done by the East one. The center of the West one was far outside of the leftside of the pic so If it was the west one done this mainly, trees on the left side should be debarked more severely. But it was not. So it was mainly done by the East one.
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prepare to be talking about a new historic tornado
because this is likely one of the strongest tornadoes of all time......
because this is likely one of the strongest tornadoes of all time......
gregassagraf
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Well… one of the locations that should be more carefully studied becouse of its overlooked high tornado incidence is the La Plata Basin! Seriously, when you start to look deep into it you will find some impressive tornadic events!
Brice
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Most likely gonna be with the big boys, like the 4/27/11's, the Red Rocks, the Moores, the Jarrels, the Piedmonts..... This storm will be remembered
Juliett Bravo Kilo
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So the outbreak going on so far is interesting, one of the tornadoes (or possible family) had a path starting in northeast Arkansas, traveled through the Missouri Bootheel and ended in Tennessee, the path is similar to the 2006 Caruthersville tornado.
Been a while since I can think of a tornado outbreak this violent in December.
Been a while since I can think of a tornado outbreak this violent in December.
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I would like to do a compilation on some of the most intense storms that have affected regions around Uruguay river and La Plata river in the last 15 years.
September seventh 2009
Misiones, Argentina / Santa Catarina, Brazil F4 Tornadoes
Its controversial if these are the same tornado, since the city of San Pedro which was affected the most during the outbreak and the city of Guaraciaba, in Brazil are about 50 miles away from each other. Both cities sustained very similar damage.
In Guaraciaba, the storm managed to lift a whole house with a family inside and throw it 80 yards up a hill. It's a miracle that everyone survived. The accounts of a member of that family is in the video below, although in Portuguese.
December 6th, 2012
Dolores, Uruguay Tornado
Mostly remained over open area, but it was an large multiple vortex tornado.
I could not find a proper rating on this tornado.
![267876[9].jpg](https://attachments.talkweather.com/2021/12/10960_eaf121e8676f7ccf23bab066e0d85582_thumb.jpg "267876[9].jpg")
April 20th, 2015
Xanxere, Santa Catarina (Brazil) Tornado
Rated at EF3, this large tornado produced a lot of damage for the city.
It was a very large and long track tornado, but it didn't affect as big of a damage as it's appearance would suggest.
November 19th, 2015
Parana and Santa Catarina tornadoes (Brazil)
Multiple tornadoes were reported during this event, the largest of which affected the city of Marechal Candido Rondon, Parana.
It was only rated as an EF1, despite is huge size. Other two tornadoes were reported in the outskirts of the city.
large tornado event while it hit the main part of the city.
Other footage of the same event
April 15, 2016
Dolores, Uruguay Tornado
This is one of the most intense south hemisphere tornado in recent memory. The speed of its rotation and the presence of horizontal vorticies are statement of the power of this storm.
My laptop battery is dying and im currently out of power, so I will have to end here.
Here is a compilation of videos of that particular storm.
September seventh 2009
Misiones, Argentina / Santa Catarina, Brazil F4 Tornadoes
Its controversial if these are the same tornado, since the city of San Pedro which was affected the most during the outbreak and the city of Guaraciaba, in Brazil are about 50 miles away from each other. Both cities sustained very similar damage.
In Guaraciaba, the storm managed to lift a whole house with a family inside and throw it 80 yards up a hill. It's a miracle that everyone survived. The accounts of a member of that family is in the video below, although in Portuguese.
December 6th, 2012
Dolores, Uruguay Tornado
Mostly remained over open area, but it was an large multiple vortex tornado.
I could not find a proper rating on this tornado.
April 20th, 2015
Xanxere, Santa Catarina (Brazil) Tornado
Rated at EF3, this large tornado produced a lot of damage for the city.
It was a very large and long track tornado, but it didn't affect as big of a damage as it's appearance would suggest.
November 19th, 2015
Parana and Santa Catarina tornadoes (Brazil)
Multiple tornadoes were reported during this event, the largest of which affected the city of Marechal Candido Rondon, Parana.
It was only rated as an EF1, despite is huge size. Other two tornadoes were reported in the outskirts of the city.
large tornado event while it hit the main part of the city.
Other footage of the same event
April 15, 2016
Dolores, Uruguay Tornado
This is one of the most intense south hemisphere tornado in recent memory. The speed of its rotation and the presence of horizontal vorticies are statement of the power of this storm.
My laptop battery is dying and im currently out of power, so I will have to end here.
Here is a compilation of videos of that particular storm.
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the quad state tornado is likely to be rated EF-5.....
