That debarking photo, wow. Reminds me of this photo from Hackleburg:So, out of the blue TornadoTalk has an article on Moshannon State Forest now. I'm starting to wonder if they're monitoring this thread and Stormstalker. Seriously though, they got a ton of pictures I've never seen before from this thing. Also, they report it's path length as 73.4 miles long and a maximum width of 2.57 miles.
So, something pretty fascinating - barely a week ago, a high quality version of an early tornado photo was uploaded by someone on Facebook. The photo dates from 1903 and shows a tornado near Goddard, KS:
Another photo of a Kansas tornado. Some discrepancies with the date - the Universal History Archive has a date of 1919, while NOAA has a date of 1917. Whatever the case, it's a beautiful photograph:
And while I'm at it, here is a series of photos of the 1922 Austin tornadoes, all in the highest quality I could find:
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5/31/85 continues to amaze me. You're talking one of the most violent tornadoes ever (Niles-Wheatland) as well as this one, which was pretty obviously of F5 quality, plus Barrie, Ontario, which was probably F5, plus a bunch of other extremely powerful F4s like Tionesta and Saegertown as well as at least one extremely impressive F3 (like Beaver Falls, which was almost certainly in reality an F4).
This outbreak and the 1944 Appalachian Outbreak are the two most local major tornadic events to me. Both involved long-track, violent tornadoes in an area very far removed from the traditional tornado alleys.
Yeah, Barrie, Ontario I've no doubt was an F5 for a brief moment, and Tionesta likely achieved F5 intensity at some point in its path.
How did you find out that No. 28 was April 20 1912, Yukon OK?
loco made a post about it a while back:
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| Max | TKE | DPI | TDI | DPI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name/Location/Date | EF | [TJ] | [km−2] | [GJ m2 kg−1] | rank | rank |
Tallulah-Yazoo City-Durant, LA (2010-04-24) | 4 | 516.7 | 2651.6 | 53.1 | 1 | 4 |
Hackleburg-Phil Campbell, AL (2011-04-27) | 5 | 353.7 | 2013.8 | 38.0 | 2 | 6 |
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham, AL (2011-04-27) | 4 | 236.2 | 1212.2 | 37.8 | 3 | 8 |
Cordova, AL (2011-04-27) | 4 | 202.7 | 1039.9 | 11.1 | 4 | 45 |
Argo-Shoal Creek-Ohatchee-Forney, AL (2011-04-27) | 4 | 192.9 | 989.9 | 17.3 | 5 | 26 |
Clinton, AR (2008-02-05) | 4 | 181.1 | 929.4 | 9.75 | 6 | 55 |
Vilonia, AR (2011-04-25) | 2 | 179.4 | 684.8 | 21.4 | 10 | 20 |
Picher, OK (2008-05-10) | 4 | 149.7 | 768.0 | 17.3 | 8 | 26 |
Smith-Jasper-Clarkem, MS (2011-04-27) | 4 | 144.3 | 740.6 | 6.17 | 9 | 102 |
West Liberty, KY (2012-03-02) | 3 | 142.7 | 620.8 | 9.5 | 11 | 57 |
The list has the two Ponca City photos as No. 27, and as the photo I was interested in immediately followed them I assumed it was No. 28 and you'd identified it. The photo I'm actually interested in you've listed as No. 29, the unknown one. The Yukon photo's before the Ponca City ones.loco made a post about it a while back:
Significant Tornado Events
Another minor detail that's probably only interesting to me: it wasn't clear from the sources exactly where the Thompson Run F1 happened, so I took another look at the satellite imagery. It's subtle enough that I missed it the first time, but it pops out once you compare 1984 vs 1985 images...
Thanks for the info. I'll update my post accordingly. If you find any other mistakes, please let me know.
Wow! I have heard about this tornado, but never knew it caused damage this violent! A lot of it reminds me of the damage found in Dawson Springs and Bremen from the Western Kentucky Tornado in 2021. By the way, I’m Adam. I’m new to the forum and have been interested in tornadoes for several years and can’t wait to contribute to this thread. Just thought i’d give a little introduction to y’all.
