Significant Tornado Events

[MNTornadoGuy]

I was reading the EJSSM paper on the April 3, 1956 tornado outbreak, and Grazulis had some interesting things to say in his review of it.

 

[Cartier God]

I was reading the EJSSM paper on the April 3, 1956 tornado outbreak, and Grazulis had some interesting things to say in his review of it.
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Whether it produced F5 damage or not, the documentation of the Hudsonville tornado is arguably its most impressive characteristic. I would say that it was one of the most photographed tornadoes of its time. There are at least 30 photographs (from a variety of vantage points) of the tornado that I can find on the internet, some color. This is in addition to color film footage, which is essentially unheard of for tornadoes prior to the 1960's. More photos of the tornado probably exist elsewhere, and I've seen at least 60 photos of the damage as well. Is there any tornado prior to 1956 that even comes close to being as completely documented as Hudsonville?
Here's a link to an excellent flickr album with most of the available tornado/damage photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50000032@N03/page1

 

[tornado examiner]

yesterdays tornadoes werent really super impressive but still...surprisingly lethal for a highly visible day light wedge....

 

[CheeselandSkies]

yesterdays tornadoes werent really super impressive but still...surprisingly lethal for a highly visible day light wedge....

I'd say it was pretty darned impressive for 62/57 at 41 degrees north on March 5th.

 

[tornado examiner]

oh...

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

1950s Chevy mangled beyond recognition by the 2014 Vilonia tornado.

 

[Oakhurst_Wx]

@buckeye05 I was wondering if you would be able to share any additional photos of incredible damage from Vilonia. I'm looking into it for my own personal research and would really appreciate any help.

 

[buckeye05]

@buckeye05 I was wondering if you would be able to share any additional photos of incredible damage from Vilonia. I'm looking into it for my own personal research and would really appreciate any help.

Sure thing. Will post all the photos I have soon,

 

[tornado examiner]

okay the winterset tornado has now been rated low end ef4..........do y'all agree with that?

 

[tornado examiner]

im guessing the house it swept away was well built....

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

okay the winterset tornado has now been rated low end ef4..........do y'all agree with that?

Yes the rating for Winterset is well-deserved.

 

[tornado examiner]

i havent seen very much even ef3 damage apart from that one house a few trees and other sporactic damage. am i missing something? how well built was that swept home???

 

[Oakhurst_Wx]

im guessing the house it swept away was well built....

okay the winterset tornado has now been rated low end ef4..........do y'all agree with that?

Yes, the rating seems valid to me

 

[buckeye05]

i havent seen very much even ef3 damage apart from that one house a few trees and other sporactic damage. am i missing something? how well built was that swept home???

Multiple homes were swept away, and it looks like at least one or two were reasonably well-built. EF4 seems like the right call.

Stronger than Newnan, I’ll say that much.

 

[tornado examiner]

who has good pictures of that one slabbed home?

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

Hardwood trees were denuded to all but the largest branches, cars were shifted or flipped, and multiple homes (1-2 of which seemed to be anchored with bolts) were leveled and swept away. I strongly believe that they made the right call to rate Winterset LE EF4.

 

[tornado examiner]

oh yeah thats more like it....

 

[TH2002]

who has good pictures of that one slabbed home?

Here is one of them

 

[tornado examiner]

yeah i can say it too now...

 

[tornado examiner]

its nws des moine which means they might not add the damage points to the dat.......just how they didnt on december 15 2021.....they better not pull that again. i kinda wanna study this thing...