Significant Tornado Events

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

You mean the Golden Spur Mobile home park? I watched some videos and that's just piles and piles of debris which were completely torn apart and then re-mixed together when viewing from the ground.Just judging the debris patterns and the level of granulation,surely It was one of the most violent tornado on Great Plains.
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Some other car damage from various place
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home that swept clean before the clean was done.
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While the Golden Spur damage is impressive, it is ultimately just mobile homes, and I think mobile home damage wasn't allowed to be rated any higher than F4 due to the flimsy construction so typical to them.

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

I remember having watched a video shows some cows' heads had been cut off and their body completely dismembered afted the Red rock F4,I still kept the link of this video but it's no longer available.Another unbelievable case was the F4 tornado occurred in Shanghai on 9/24/1956, a cow's head was thrown 15 miles away where the body was found.

The Pomeroy, Iowa tornado of 1893 supposedly wind-rowed cattle and human bodies, which is just incredible. Love to find pics of that.
As for Red Rock, is that the vid with the cattle wedged underneath the guardrail off the Interstate? Yeah, can't find on YT anymore.

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

This top pic is from Red Rock 1991, damage to a home:


These bottom two pics are from the Winfield, KS tornado:

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

Some pics of Andover and damage pics I haven't seen anywhere else:

 

[eric11]

The Pomeroy, Iowa tornado of 1893 supposedly wind-rowed cattle and human bodies, which is just incredible. Love to find pics of that.
As for Red Rock, is that the vid with the cattle wedged underneath the guardrail off the Interstate? Yeah, can't find on YT anymore.

Yeah,that's it!

 

[eric11]

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This top pic is from Red Rock 1991, damage to a home:


These bottom two pics are from the Winfield, KS tornado:
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I've nerver seen any Winfield F4 damage photos,thx for that.Seems like its damage can fits in with its gigantic,dark appearance in the video.I remember the tornado was called Skiatook F4 as well?If it does,here's some interesting description about the tornado that I found in an old chaser's journal:

If i remember correctly the Skiatook tornado was an F4,gigantic and fairly short tracked.There was a large branch deposited about 150 yards down the road and phone poles deposited about 1/2 mile away.Where the tornado crossed,it wiped out an old farm house(stone basement,no anchoring),barn and garage.I remember seeing a live chicken with half its feathers missing(regretted not taking a picture).

 

[eric11]

Another one I'd like to mention that looks pretty similar to the Andover case was the Salina KS EF4 on 4/14/2012, both violently rotating, accompanied by a lot horizontal vortex, long—tracked, fast movement.....However, little damage could be found in its 40 miles path besides some EF4 house damage pics on the NWS WICHITA website. According to wikipedia, a gravel road was scoured and dug out to a depth of around 5 inches (13 cm).Two vehicle axles from an unknown location were found in a field and a metal road sign that originated near Kanopolis Lake was found 27 miles away at the Salina Municipal Golf Course.Has anyone got these photos? There's great possibility that this one was greatly underestimated
Here's some tree damage along its path

House got leveled (not the house that earned the EF4 rating)

Intense tree damage and grass scouring


here's the video that shows some damage

 

[Robinson lee]

On June 10, 2005, a violent tornado struck a village in Chaoyang City, China. Many houses were razed to the ground. After the tornado, a five ton truck disappeared. Only one door was found a mile away, and a 10 meter long section of asphalt pavement had been peeled off. Here are some photos I can find. You can see that the house collapsed completely, the trees were peeling off their bark, and the ground around them was washed away。

 

[Robinson lee]

On July 15, 2005, another potential strong tornado occurred in Zhalantun, Inner Mongolia. A lot of trees are twisted, skinned and uprooted. Some of the land was severely destroyed and houses were destroyed. This is one of the tornadoes that I think China may have reached F4 strength in the '00's

 

[eric11]

Who has the photos of the damage of Franklin F4 tornado in Kansas in 2003? Some people say it's a tornado F5. Because of this, I've always been fascinated by it

Some of the following damage photos cited from a talk started by@buckeye05 on Americanwx

David Lewison had some other nice damage photos


dismembered tractors and severe ground scouring


Brick-stone house completely leveled with stone step remaining


Farm completely destroyed

Many sources thought this should be an F5 and I have seen some stories behind it, well from my perspective it could either go to a high end F4 or low end F5 while in the EF system it may only deserve a moderate EF4 rating, not very clear how those houses anchored

 

[buckeye05]

Some of the following damage photos cited from a talk started by@buckeye05 on Americanwx
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David Lewison had some other nice damage photos
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dismembered tractors and severe ground scouring
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Brick-stone house completely leveled with stone step remaining
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Farm completely destroyed
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Many sources thought this should be an F5 and I have seen some stories behind it, well from my perspective it could either go to a high end F4 or low end F5 while in the EF system it may only deserve a moderate EF4 rating, not very clear how those houses anchored

According to Tim Marshall it wasn’t well anchored. The speculation about this one deserving an F5 rating wasn’t based on much solid evidence,

 

[Robinson lee]

据说是1985年5月31日的Niles-Wheatland F5龙卷风投掷了3个75,000磅的巨型堆积罐，这应该是那些照片

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

I've nerver seen any Winfield F4 damage photos,thx for that.Seems like its damage can fits in with its gigantic,dark appearance in the video.I remember the tornado was called Skiatook F4 as well?If it does,here's some interesting description about the tornado that I found in an old chaser's journal:

If i remember correctly the Skiatook tornado was an F4,gigantic and fairly short tracked.There was a large branch deposited about 150 yards down the road and phone poles deposited about 1/2 mile away.Where the tornado crossed,it wiped out an old farm house(stone basement,no anchoring),barn and garage.I remember seeing a live chicken with half its feathers missing(regretted not taking a picture).

Skiatook actually had a path length of 32 miles. The short-lived F4 you're thinking of is Oologah, OK. That thing had a path length of only 4 miles but managed to do $12.5 million in damage to the community of Oologah.

Some pics from Skiatook:



Damage pics from Oologah:



I'm trying to find pics of the schoolbuses thrown 3/4 of a mile into a creek nearby, pretty crazy considering the path length is only 4 miles.

 

[eric11]

Skiatook actually had a path length of 32 miles. The short-lived F4 you're thinking of is Oologah, OK. That thing had a path length of only 4 miles but managed to do $12.5 million in damage to the community of Oologah.

Some pics from Skiatook:

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Damage pics from Oologah:

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I'm trying to find pics of the schoolbuses thrown 3/4 of a mile into a creek nearby, pretty crazy considering the path length is only 4 miles.

Wow those house got leveled, looks like Skiatook was another F5 candidate that day.Finally managed to find some damage pics in Skiatook,judging its immense appearance near winfield, I can assume that this tornado kept its strength for a long time.

The tornado also did some remarkable damage near westport.Some violent ground scouring and dragging marks can be found on the slope which faced the wind on nearby highway.


NWS Tulsa did a quite detailed review for the event,some photo you'd like to find can be found in this link

Story Map Journal

This story map was created with the Story Map Journal application in ArcGIS Online.

noaa.maps.arcgis.com

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

Wow those house got leveled, looks like Skiatook was another F5 candidate that day.Finally managed to find some damage pics in Skiatook,judging its immense appearance near winfield, I can assume that this tornado kept its strength for a long time.
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The tornado also did some remarkable damage near westport.Some violent ground scouring and dragging marks can be found on the slope which faced the wind on nearby highway.
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NWS Tulsa did a quite detailed review for the event,some photo you'd like to find can be found in this link

Story Map Journal

This story map was created with the Story Map Journal application in ArcGIS Online.

noaa.maps.arcgis.com

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Oh wow, so Oologah did 15 million in damage, and 12 million of it was at the school complex, insane. For some reason the photos won't load for me.
Also, there's no doubt in my mind that Red Rock, Winfield, and Skiatook undoubtedly had F5 potential, and possibly Oologah, if it didn't abruptly dissipate. Really, this outbreak is surprisingly underrated outside of Andover.

 

[eric11]

Oh wow, so Oologah did 15 million in damage, and 12 million of it was at the school complex, insane. For some reason the photos won't load for me.
Also, there's no doubt in my mind that Red Rock, Winfield, and Skiatook undoubtedly had F5 potential, and possibly Oologah, if it didn't abruptly dissipate. Really, this outbreak is surprisingly underrated outside of Andover.

Yeah,the photos won't load for me either, only the track and description available.There's no doubt the potential F5 strength for Red rock and Skiatook,Winfield lacks damage photos but judging its video appearance,some high end F4 or borderline F5 could be imagine.Oologah reminds me of the Northwood ND EF4,both short tracked, throw school bus/propane tank for long distance,but Oologah may be a little stronger,I prefer a high end F4 rating.Besides these, I also heard that Enid F3 was capable of doing F4 damage and didn't know much about those F3s occurred in KS that day.4/26/91 surely to be one of the largest and most violent single day outbreak on Great Plains,How I wish it could repeat in my lifetime.

 

[Robinson lee]

Did anyone notice the Atlantic tornado on May 31, 1985. The tornado, which killed 23 people, may have been overshadowed by the brilliance of the Niles Wheatland tornado, is said to have knocked down a 200 mile per hour communications tower, dismembered the trailer into a frame, flattened and destroyed many houses and caused land erosion. Here are some pictures of the tornado

 

[Juliett Bravo Kilo]

Honestly, the

Did anyone notice the Atlantic tornado on May 31, 1985. The tornado, which killed 23 people, may have been overshadowed by the brilliance of the Niles Wheatland tornado, is said to have knocked down a 200 mile per hour communications tower, dismembered the trailer into a frame, flattened and destroyed many houses and caused land erosion. Here are some pictures of the tornadoView attachment 4373View attachment 4376View attachment 4377View attachment 4378View attachment 4379

Honestly, the most impressive tornado of that day was the Moshannon State Forest one, the 2.25 mile wide monster that uprooted around 100,000 trees, traveled for 70 miles and climbed mountains. That said, Niles/Wheatland undoubtedly takes the cake in terms of most extreme damage. Example pics below:

Extreme wind-rowing near Lordstown, Ohio:



Wind-rowing in Niles, Ohio


These next two pics are of the 75,000 pound propane tanks being crumpled like soda cans, one of them was actually thrown onto Warren Avenue, blocking rescuers.


This last pic is the remains of the Yourga Trucking Company in Wheatland, PA. The tornado completely destroyed the building, stripping away the sheet metal roofing and brick walls, only the mangled steel frame was left. Sections of asphalt were found scoured in the parking lots at and around the business.

 

[buckeye05]

Major tornado damage in Agua Doce, Brazil from two days ago.

 

[Robinson lee]

Honestly, the


Honestly, the most impressive tornado of that day was the Moshannon State Forest one, the 2.25 mile wide monster that uprooted around 100,000 trees, traveled for 70 miles and climbed mountains. That said, Niles/Wheatland undoubtedly takes the cake in terms of most extreme damage. Example pics below:

Extreme wind-rowing near Lordstown, Ohio:

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Wind-rowing in Niles, Ohio
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These next two pics are of the 75,000 pound propane tanks being crumpled like soda cans, one of them was actually thrown onto Warren Avenue, blocking rescuers.
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最后一张照片是宾夕法尼亚州惠特兰的Youga Trucking Company的遗骸。龙卷风完全摧毁了这座建筑，剥去了金属屋顶和砖墙，只剩下了残缺不全的钢框架。在该公司及其附近的停车场中发现有柏油碎片。

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Yes, that monster is unbelievable. It is said that seismographs at the University of Pennsylvania responded to this, but only one person was injured in the tornado, which is very lucky. When it comes to Niles Wheatland, I think it's absolutely violent, it's probably the best candidate for the strongest tornado of the 1980s