Significant Tornado Events

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On this day 100 years ago, Henry Kuhns, a farmer outside of Thurman, Colorado, was celebrating the town's annual harvest celebration along with 30 other people, including his family. Little did he or any of the partygoers know that for 10 people, this party would be their last. This is the tragic true story of Colorado's deadliest tornado, and how the destruction of one farmstead caused an entire community to fall apart.

https://www.tornadotalk.com/thurman-co-f4-tornado-august-10-1924/

 

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The enduring mystery of Montana's only "F4"...or IS it? Some say it's an F4, others say it was an F0, and others say it never caused damage. This is the 1961 Glendive tornado. A tornado that presents itself on the Archive with a pseudo-rating of F4, and was never talked about.

 

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The 1999 Salt Lake City Tornado...25 years later





August 11th, 1999, a one in 25 million chance had occurred in the capital of Utah. The storm caused $175 million in damage, 80 injuries, and even one fatality.

Now, 25 years later, it still serves as a reminder that there is nowhere to hide from tornadoes. because they are EVERYWHERE.

 

[MichiganTornadoNerd]

One of the most overlooked tornadoes of the year 1908, an F4 tornado that struck the town of Clinton, Minnesota on the day of June 27th. Something that I get considering the year 1908 was a loaded year full of violent and infamous tornadoes. Still I think this tornado needs to be talked about more considering its tremendous violence. Officially seven people got killed unfortunately.

 

[TH2002]

One of the most overlooked tornadoes of the year 1908, an F4 tornado that struck the town of Clinton, Minnesota on the day of June 27th. Something that I get considering the year 1908 was a loaded year full of violent and infamous tornadoes. Still I think this tornado needs to be talked about more considering its tremendous violence. Officially seven people got killed unfortunately.View attachment 29645View attachment 29644View attachment 29643 View attachment 29640View attachment 29639

Welcome to TalkWeather! Thanks for bringing this event to our attention. Doing a quick google search reveals how little information there is about this tornado floating around on the internet.

Is that last photo a plowed farm field or actual ground scouring? If it is scouring, no doubt by that alone that this was a legitimate violent tornado. Trees in the background have definitely been denuded and likely debarked (based on the SigTor entry, which also mentions that an unfortunate woman was carried nearly a half-mile to her death).

Found another photo that shows some pretty textbook debris granulation:

Cyclone damage, Clinton, Minnesota

View of tornado damage in Clinton.

collection.mndigital.org

 

[MichiganTornadoNerd]

Welcome to TalkWeather! Thanks for bringing this event to our attention. Doing a quick google search reveals how little information there is about this tornado floating around on the internet.

Is that last photo a plowed farm field or actual ground scouring? If it is scouring, no doubt by that alone that this was a legitimate violent tornado. Trees in the background have definitely been denuded and likely debarked (based on the SigTor entry, which also mentions that an unfortunate woman was carried nearly a half-mile to her death).

Found another photo that shows some pretty textbook debris granulation:

Cyclone damage, Clinton, Minnesota

View of tornado damage in Clinton.

collection.mndigital.org

I believe either is likely, I cannot confirm there was ground scouring but to me it seems like a very strong possibility. A plowed field seems just as likely, however it seems like the second and last photo are taken relatively close to each other supporting the ground scouring possibility.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

@locomusic01 Do you have any photos from the June 7th, 1953 Arcadia, Nebraska tornado?

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Here’s a little Greensburg article update:

So I fortunately got back into contact with Tim Marshall regarding my article on the Greensburg tornado and event. During our conversations he mentioned he had ‘many hundreds’ of aerial and ground photographs of damage from not only within Greensburg, but south of town where the tornado probably peaked, and also from Trousdale and Hopewell which he also surveyed.

He also said he photographed essentially every home within the damage path as well. The best part is he’s willing to share them with me once he gets back to his hard drive in October, going to be very eagerly waiting til then. I did also ask about Trousdale and Hopewell, he didn’t really say much other than they were every bit as powerful as Greensburg if not more so, which is very interesting.

I did mention the EF4 damage indicator for Hopewell but didn’t really get a response on that or an answer, NWS Dodge City also never really clarified on that one either so I guess it’ll remain a mystery for now. I am also hoping to get into touch with Jeff Hutton, who was the main surveyor for essentially all the tornadoes from the Greensburg family from NWS Dodge City, and has a load of photographs and information.

Anyways, writing is going well and close to wrapping up writing all the survivor accounts I’ve gotten so far. The stories really amaze me how the death toll in town wasn’t much, much higher, it really is a miracle to say the least. Also, the amount of people that reported there being a very distinct eye in the tornado is absolutely incredible, one account even said during the period of calm rain started falling which is really bizarre. Most tragically however, the calm within the eye lead to one man losing his life.

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

Here’s a little Greensburg article update:

So I fortunately got back into contact with Tim Marshall regarding my article on the Greensburg tornado and event. During our conversations he mentioned he had ‘many hundreds’ of aerial and ground photographs of damage from not only within Greensburg, but south of town where the tornado probably peaked, and also from Trousdale and Hopewell which he also surveyed.

He also said he photographed essentially every home within the damage path as well. The best part is he’s willing to share them with me once he gets back to his hard drive in October, going to be very eagerly waiting til then. I did also ask about Trousdale and Hopewell, he didn’t really say much other than they were every bit as powerful as Greensburg if not more so, which is very interesting.

I did mention the EF4 damage indicator for Hopewell but didn’t really get a response on that or an answer, NWS Dodge City also never really clarified on that one either so I guess it’ll remain a mystery for now. I am also hoping to get into touch with Jeff Hutton, who was the main surveyor for essentially all the tornadoes from the Greensburg family from NWS Dodge City, and has a load of photographs and information.

Anyways, writing is going well and close to wrapping up writing all the survivor accounts I’ve gotten so far. The stories really amaze me how the death toll in town wasn’t much, much higher, it really is a miracle to say the least. Also, the amount of people that reported there being a very distinct eye in the tornado is absolutely incredible, one account even said during the period of calm rain started falling which is really bizarre. Most tragically however, the calm within the eye lead to one man losing his life.

Given how big the tornado was it wouldn't surprise me it had an "eye" of sorts in the middle of it.
Also, Greensburg's low death toll is due to the tornado weakening through town; if it'd hit at full on intensity yeah, that'd be like Udall.

 

[HAwkmoon]

Anyone able to identify where in the Tri-State tornado path this is? It looks like this photo is taken in the same place. Also the home at the centre right that looks burned almost looks like this home in Gorham?

The large building in the background. Is also in this photo.



Also where could these be?

 

[Tornadowritter]

So I have been doing research on the 1925 Tri State Tornado’s impact in Bollinger County, and I found some people in Bollinger County who may had died of their injuries from the tornado days to months later, so can anyone confirmed if these people did or didn’t died of their injuries please?



Julius Elmer Crites injured at the Conrad School died in May of 1925

Richard Delmarine Statler possibly injured at the Conrad school died in Sep of 1925

Christena Fellows injured in her home died in Jan of 1926



And those whose death dates I don’t know yet

Peter J Statler, his wife, and 2 others who were all badly injured in their home

Oma Mayfield injured at the Conrad School

Palmer Fulton injured at the Conrad School



And also there are some people that I think that were maybe injured and then died of their injuries in less than a year, so can anyone please confirmed that they died or didn’t died of their injuries to the tornado



because for some of them it was how old they were when they died (less than 65 years old)

Jessie Elden Green died in May of 1925

Aaron Seaburgh died in Apr of 1925

Hope Assilene Williams died in June of 1925

Roy Robinson died in Jul of 1925

Grace Irene Seabaugh died in Jul of 1925

Clyde Grindstaff died in July of 1925

John William Rolens died in Oct of 1925

Robert Paul Dennis died in Nov of 1925

John Blain Johnson died in Nov of 1925

Infant son Seaburgh died in 1925

Earl Tinnin died in 1925

Mary Jane Masters died in Jan of 1926

Willard Statler died in Feb of 1926

Bertha C Seaburgh died in Mar of 1926

Ephriam A Crites died in Mar of 1926

Hazel F Bollinger died in 1926



And for others it was the location of their gravestone

Mary Jane Hahn died in Mar of 1925

Mary Frances Schell died in April of 1925

Mary Samantha Myers died in May of 1925

John William Bollinger died in May of 1925

John Calvin Masters died in Jun of 1925

Eliza Elizabeth Kirkpatrick died in Jul of 1925

Mary Jane Wells died in Sep of 1925

Elizabeth Statler died in Dec of 1925

Sarah Crites died in Jan of 1926

Albert Ross Statler died in Feb of 1926

Mary Lusiva Barks died in Feb of 1926

Albert Turner Crow died in Mar of 1926

Henry J Clements died in Mar of 1926

Barbara Skaggs died in Mar of 1926

Solomon Crites died in Mar of 1926

Sarah M Seaburgh died in 1926



And for 1 it was because she died on March 18th, 1926

Catherine Benick



And for 1 it was because of his young age and last name

William Dwight Fulton died in Mar of 1925

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

A few years ago a local discovered a "lost" 8mm home video shot around the Bluffton area, where most of the deaths occurred. It's really fantastic:



I think I've also got some photos - I'll check and post a bit later.

I wonder if there's photos of it

 

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Today marks the 85th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz!



This is the most realistic tornado sequence that has not aged a DAY since release

 

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In fact, it's so good that it was used in TWO other films!

Cabin In the Sky (1943)



And High Barbaree (1947)

 

[HAwkmoon]

Here’s a little Greensburg article update:

So I fortunately got back into contact with Tim Marshall regarding my article on the Greensburg tornado and event. During our conversations he mentioned he had ‘many hundreds’ of aerial and ground photographs of damage from not only within Greensburg, but south of town where the tornado probably peaked, and also from Trousdale and Hopewell which he also surveyed.

He also said he photographed essentially every home within the damage path as well. The best part is he’s willing to share them with me once he gets back to his hard drive in October, going to be very eagerly waiting til then. I did also ask about Trousdale and Hopewell, he didn’t really say much other than they were every bit as powerful as Greensburg if not more so, which is very interesting.

I did mention the EF4 damage indicator for Hopewell but didn’t really get a response on that or an answer, NWS Dodge City also never really clarified on that one either so I guess it’ll remain a mystery for now. I am also hoping to get into touch with Jeff Hutton, who was the main surveyor for essentially all the tornadoes from the Greensburg family from NWS Dodge City, and has a load of photographs and information.

Anyways, writing is going well and close to wrapping up writing all the survivor accounts I’ve gotten so far. The stories really amaze me how the death toll in town wasn’t much, much higher, it really is a miracle to say the least. Also, the amount of people that reported there being a very distinct eye in the tornado is absolutely incredible, one account even said during the period of calm rain started falling which is really bizarre. Most tragically however, the calm within the eye lead to one man losing his life.

Have you got images of all 7 EF5 dis? Even those south of town?

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Have you got images of all 7 EF5 dis? Even those south of town?

Yes, some of them aren’t the highest quality that I’d prefer but I do believe I have images of all of the EF5 indicators. Speaking of that, I’m surprised none of the damage along and north of US-54 was given an EF5 rating.

There were a number of homes that seemed like solid candidates if not more so than some of those that were officially rated EF5. The area across the Highschool I kind of scratched my head at, seemed like one of those homes was a bit questionable in my opinion. There was also a few businesses that seemed like potential EF5 candidates, including a 2 story RV rental business bolted to its foundation along the highway that was just absolutely obliterated and cleaned off its foundation.

There’s also this home that was shown as an example of EF5 damage within Greensburg in the survey paper, located 4 blocks west of the Highschool along Bay Street. It doesn’t appear to be given a rating on the map, nor does it seem to be listed among the homes that received a 5 rating, however.

 

[HAwkmoon]

Yes, some of them aren’t the highest quality that I’d prefer but I do believe I have images of all of the EF5 indicators. Speaking of that, I’m surprised none of the damage along and north of US-54 was given an EF5 rating.

There were a number of homes that seemed like solid candidates if not more so than some of those that were officially rated EF5. The area across the Highschool I kind of scratched my head at, seemed like one of those homes was a bit questionable in my opinion. There was also a few businesses that seemed like potential EF5 candidates, including a 2 story RV rental business bolted to its foundation along the highway that was just absolutely obliterated and cleaned off its foundation.

There’s also this home that was shown as an example of EF5 damage within Greensburg in the survey paper, located 4 blocks west of the Highschool along Bay Street. It doesn’t appear to be given a rating on the map, nor does it seem to be listed among the homes that received a 5 rating, however.
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Very interesting. Do you have an image of the candidates including the RV rental business. I also heard that the high school is potentially worthy of EF5 but I am not too sure if that is true or not.

 

[Western_KS_Wx]

Very interesting. Do you have an image of the candidates including the RV rental business. I also heard that the high school is potentially worthy of EF5 but I am not too sure if that is true or not.

Yeah the highschool could probably be rated EF5 in its own right. The meteorologists at NWS Dodge City including one that I was able to talk to actually claim the highschool was one of the biggest factors in the tornado being rated EF5 in the first place, and Tim Marshall has said before it’s probably an EF5 worthy indicator today. It makes sense, as the damage to the south wing of the school was just remarkable.

As for the RV place, I do have images from that area. I do wish there were more images from that section along US-54, as some of the most violent damage within Greensburg occurred along that corridor. I can DM you some images of the RV business if you’d like.

 

[HAwkmoon]

Yeah the highschool could probably be rated EF5 in its own right. The meteorologists at NWS Dodge City including one that I was able to talk to actually claim the highschool was one of the biggest factors in the tornado being rated EF5 in the first place, and Tim Marshall has said before it’s probably an EF5 worthy indicator today. It makes sense, as the damage to the south wing of the school was just remarkable.

As for the RV place, I do have images from that area. I do wish there were more images from that section along US-54, as some of the most violent damage within Greensburg occurred along that corridor. I can DM you some images of the RV business if you’d like.

Sure, that would be much appreciated thanks.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

While I know some basic details about the 8/10/1924 Thurman, CO tornado in that a farmhouse was leveled or swept away killing 10 of the 18 people inside and that the tornado was an F4 to marginal F5 I would like more details.

Anyone have damage pics, and what was the tornado rated by Fujita and Grazulis?

It's on Tornado Talk article now