Significant Tornado Events

[TH2002]

I don't know why does most of the posts from 2021 have broken photo

Loading fine for me. The host @locomusic01 uses (Imgur) is blocked in Indonesia.

No offense loco, but imgur is a dogs#!t host anyways. I personally use Flickr, but you may prefer imgbb.

 

[locomusic01]

Loading fine for me. The host @locomusic01 uses (Imgur) is blocked in Indonesia.

No offense loco, but imgur is a dogs#!t host anyways. I personally use Flickr, but you may prefer imgbb.

Well that explains it then, thanks. I've never had any problems with imgur, but I use imgbb for larger files anyway so maybe I'll just use that for everything.

 

[TH2002]

Speaking of West Frankfort, here are some others (some of which were taken SW of town I believe) that I don't think have been posted here before:

Also the M&O Shops in Murphysboro:

And two from near Frohna, MO:

The fourth and sixth photos caught my attention. In the fourth photo, there's something in the background (visible to the left of the car in the center) that appears to be the exposed basement of a swept away home? Honestly could be a pond or something else though, hard to tell. Whatever the case, the damage definitely has that "total wipeout" look I tend to associate with the upper echelon of tornadoes.

The sixth photo definitely appears to be the mutilated remains of a vehicle or farm equipment.

 

[andyhb]

Curious if anyone has more pictures from the Central NE F5 tornado on 5/5/1964. I've seen some of the higher resolution overhead shots and the path looked very obvious, and a few of the damage photos from the ground look impressive, but they are of lower quality than the aerials.

The outbreak that yielded that tornado was one of the more impressive to ever affect the Plains, IMO. Significant tornadoes from North Dakota and west-central MN all the way to west-central OK. The environment in Nebraska (ERA5 sounding from near Bradshaw at 22z) was incredible.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Curious if anyone has more pictures from the Central NE F5 tornado on 5/5/1964. I've seen some of the higher resolution overhead shots and the path looked very obvious, and a few of the damage photos from the ground look impressive, but they are of lower quality than the aerials.

The outbreak that yielded that tornado was one of the more impressive to ever affect the Plains, IMO. Significant tornadoes from North Dakota and west-central MN all the way to west-central OK. The environment in Nebraska (ERA5 sounding from near Bradshaw at 22z) was incredible.

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Holy b***s. To see a setup like that come down the pipe and then actually verify would (besides being catastrophic) crash every weather forum and social media site on the Internet.

 

[CheeselandSkies]

Tonight/tomorrow morning is the 40th anniversary of the Barneveld F5 of 1984. One of only three F5s (not one tornado has been rated EF4+ in the state since the introduction of the EF-scale) recorded in Wisconsin in the NOAA database going back to 1950. Although it occurred a year and a half before I was born, I'm reminded of it every time I pass the Barneveld exit on my way to Iowa for a chase.

Barneveld Tornado - 40 Years Later

One of the strongest tornadoes in Wisconsin history moved through Barneveld on June 8th, 1984.

www.wmtv15news.com

 

[locomusic01]

Curious if anyone has more pictures from the Central NE F5 tornado on 5/5/1964. I've seen some of the higher resolution overhead shots and the path looked very obvious, and a few of the damage photos from the ground look impressive, but they are of lower quality than the aerials.

The outbreak that yielded that tornado was one of the more impressive to ever affect the Plains, IMO. Significant tornadoes from North Dakota and west-central MN all the way to west-central OK. The environment in Nebraska (ERA5 sounding from near Bradshaw at 22z) was incredible.

What a weird coincidence! I was literally looking for photos from the Bradshaw F5 last night, but then I got totally sidetracked because I found a bunch of stuff from some other rather obscure Nebraska events. It's on my research list for sure — as you said, the setup for the event was wild. I assume you've probably seen the photos from the NWS page? Besides those and the aerial shots, all I have currently are a few not-great newspaper clippings:











This is a flatbed truck from York Manufacturing Co., which is apparently a mile away from this location according to the newspaper account:



This is the wreckage of a house just west of Bradshaw where a father and daughter were killed:

 

[locomusic01]

Also, here's some of the stuff from the rabbit hole I tumbled down last night. This is from an F4 that struck Oakland, NE on 7/15/1950:

This was an F4 that occurred near Yutan, NE on 8/13/52:

 

[locomusic01]

A very intense F4 near Madison, NE on 5/30/1954:

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

@locomusic01 well, the image broke again for some reason

 

[locomusic01]

@locomusic01 well, the image broke again for some reason

Do you mean the most recent ones I posted? I used a different image host (imgbb), but maybe that's blocked in Indonesia too? A quick search didn't really give me an answer one way or the other. Not sure what else to suggest except maybe a VPN.

 

[SpotlightForRareTornadoes]

Since yesterday was my Birthday, I shall show you all the tornadoes that have happened on that date! The strongest was an F5 that struck near Hebron, Nebraska on June 6, 1908, and an EF3 near Laramie, WY on June 6th, 2018.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

Do you mean the most recent ones I posted? I used a different image host (imgbb), but maybe that's blocked in Indonesia too? A quick search didn't really give me an answer one way or the other. Not sure what else to suggest except maybe a VPN.

It's weird tbh

 

[atrainguy]

Today's the 71st anniversary of the Beecher F5.

Bill’s Blog: The Flint-Beecher Tornado of June 1953

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This year is the 70th anniversary of the Flint/Beecher tornado of June 8, 1953. The tornado resulted in 116 fatalities and 844 injuries (not including those who s…

www.woodtv.com

 

[SpotlightForRareTornadoes]

Today's the 71st anniversary of the Beecher F5.

Bill’s Blog: The Flint-Beecher Tornado of June 1953

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This year is the 70th anniversary of the Flint/Beecher tornado of June 8, 1953. The tornado resulted in 116 fatalities and 844 injuries (not including those who s…

www.woodtv.com

This is also the 58th Anniversary of the 1966 Topeka F5.

 

[Aaron Rider]

Don't forget today is the 29th anniversary of the legendary Panhandle outbreak

 

[andyhb]

And the 50th anniversary of 6/8/1974.

 

[locomusic01]

This is also the 58th Anniversary of the 1966 Topeka F5.

It's kinda strange that Topeka has gone from one of the biggest/most well-known tornadoes of its time to sort of an afterthought today. I think maybe people forget how intense it was, especially in the SW and (to a lesser extent) E parts of town.

 

[buckeye05]

It's kinda strange that Topeka has gone from one of the biggest/most well-known tornadoes of its time to sort of an afterthought today. I think maybe people forget how intense it was, especially in the SW and (to a lesser extent) E parts of town.

Man, that wind rowing is incredible. Looks like some scouring and debarking too, plus anchor bolted homes reduced to basements. Overall pretty impressive to say the least.

 

[locomusic01]

Topeka was also incredibly well-documented with lots of photos and videos, including some of the most spectacular photos of the era. Obviously starting with Perry Riddle's sequence taken from the parking lot at Countryside United Methodist Church: