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Wow. this tornado, harper county, and westminster were all the most underrated tornadoes of the 2000s imo, does anyone have any images of westminster’s ground scouring
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Significant Tornado Events
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Returning briefly to the topic of overlooked violent tornadoes in Minnesota, has anyone mentioned the F4 tornado(es) on 4/5/29? It tracked ~80 miles from roughly Lake Minnetonka to Milltown, WI. Most of the worst damage occurred just north and northeast of Minneapolis, from around Columbia Heights to Forest Lake. Not super well-documented, but I've got a handful of photos.
Some aerial shots from near Columbia Heights:
Ground shots from the same general area:
One man here was thrown a considerable distance and killed:
Aerial view of the damage in Blaine:
A schoolhouse at New Brighton was totally leveled:
Poor quality photo of another leveled home near Fridley:
One of the more interesting instances of damage occurred nearby when the tornado struck the broadcast station for WRHM radio. The transmission towers were torn away and crumpled up and the building was reportedly demolished so thoroughly that "it still hasn't been found." That's probably overstating it, of course, but still.
The tornado arguably reached peak intensity as it plowed through the Forest Lake area. Here, many homes were reportedly swept away, trees were debarked/denuded and the ground was "whipped clean." In some areas, fields were said to have been reduced to muddy streaks. There are also numerous reports of debris from homes being scattered for "miles."
Around 50 hogs were badly mutilated here at a farm that was destroyed.
This car, which was parked next to a home that was destroyed, was reportedly thrown more than 300 yards:
Some more general damage a little further along the path:
And more wreckage, this time north of Taylors Falls near where the tornado crossed into Wisconsin:
And finally some bonus pictures from the Barron, WI F4 on the same day:
Some aerial shots from near Columbia Heights:
Ground shots from the same general area:
One man here was thrown a considerable distance and killed:
Aerial view of the damage in Blaine:
A schoolhouse at New Brighton was totally leveled:
Poor quality photo of another leveled home near Fridley:
One of the more interesting instances of damage occurred nearby when the tornado struck the broadcast station for WRHM radio. The transmission towers were torn away and crumpled up and the building was reportedly demolished so thoroughly that "it still hasn't been found." That's probably overstating it, of course, but still.
The tornado arguably reached peak intensity as it plowed through the Forest Lake area. Here, many homes were reportedly swept away, trees were debarked/denuded and the ground was "whipped clean." In some areas, fields were said to have been reduced to muddy streaks. There are also numerous reports of debris from homes being scattered for "miles."
Around 50 hogs were badly mutilated here at a farm that was destroyed.
This car, which was parked next to a home that was destroyed, was reportedly thrown more than 300 yards:
Some more general damage a little further along the path:
And more wreckage, this time north of Taylors Falls near where the tornado crossed into Wisconsin:
And finally some bonus pictures from the Barron, WI F4 on the same day:
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Yeah I just posted about it a couple pages back. Also one of the aerial photos from Blaine is from the 5/6/1965 tornado and not the 1929 one.Returning briefly to the topic of overlooked violent tornadoes in Minnesota, has anyone mentioned the F4 tornado(es) on 4/5/29? It tracked ~80 miles from roughly Lake Minnetonka to Milltown, WI. Most of the worst damage occurred just north and northeast of Minneapolis, from around Columbia Heights to Forest Lake. Not super well-documented, but I've got a handful of photos.
Some aerial shots from near Columbia Heights:
Ground shots from the same general area:
One man here was thrown a considerable distance and killed:
Aerial view of the damage in Blaine:
A schoolhouse at New Brighton was totally leveled:
Poor quality photo of another leveled home near Fridley:
One of the more interesting instances of damage occurred nearby when the tornado struck the broadcast station for WRHM radio. The transmission towers were torn away and crumpled up and the building was reportedly demolished so thoroughly that "it still hasn't been found." That's probably overstating it, of course, but still.
The tornado arguably reached peak intensity as it plowed through the Forest Lake area. Here, many homes were reportedly swept away, trees were debarked/denuded and the ground was "whipped clean." In some areas, fields were said to have been reduced to muddy streaks. There are also numerous reports of debris from homes being scattered for "miles."
Around 50 hogs were badly mutilated here at a farm that was destroyed.
This car, which was parked next to a home that was destroyed, was reportedly thrown more than 300 yards:
Some more general damage a little further along the path:
And more wreckage, this time north of Taylors Falls near where the tornado crossed into Wisconsin:
And finally some bonus pictures from the Barron, WI F4 on the same day:
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I've always been wondering if anyone has images of the F4 damage produced by the tornado that impacted the Kansas City Metropolitan area, where homes were supposedly leveled. I have been unsuccessful in my search for images from that event, however, I do have images from the Gladstone area Tornado.
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I wrote a whole blog post on the Westminster Tornado, with an interactive map showing aerial and ground-level photos as the end as well as a meteorological breakdown: https://sites.google.com/view/oakhurstwx/historical-tornado-events/westminster-tx-tornado-may-9-2006
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Woah, there's little to no doubt of the validity of the F4 rating for those tornadoes.Returning briefly to the topic of overlooked violent tornadoes in Minnesota, has anyone mentioned the F4 tornado(es) on 4/5/29? It tracked ~80 miles from roughly Lake Minnetonka to Milltown, WI. Most of the worst damage occurred just north and northeast of Minneapolis, from around Columbia Heights to Forest Lake. Not super well-documented, but I've got a handful of photos.
Some aerial shots from near Columbia Heights:
Ground shots from the same general area:
One man here was thrown a considerable distance and killed:
Aerial view of the damage in Blaine:
A schoolhouse at New Brighton was totally leveled:
Poor quality photo of another leveled home near Fridley:
One of the more interesting instances of damage occurred nearby when the tornado struck the broadcast station for WRHM radio. The transmission towers were torn away and crumpled up and the building was reportedly demolished so thoroughly that "it still hasn't been found." That's probably overstating it, of course, but still.
The tornado arguably reached peak intensity as it plowed through the Forest Lake area. Here, many homes were reportedly swept away, trees were debarked/denuded and the ground was "whipped clean." In some areas, fields were said to have been reduced to muddy streaks. There are also numerous reports of debris from homes being scattered for "miles."
Around 50 hogs were badly mutilated here at a farm that was destroyed.
This car, which was parked next to a home that was destroyed, was reportedly thrown more than 300 yards:
Some more general damage a little further along the path:
And more wreckage, this time north of Taylors Falls near where the tornado crossed into Wisconsin:
And finally some bonus pictures from the Barron, WI F4 on the same day:
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May 2003 was absolutely ridiculous, I think it still holds the record for most tornadoes in an outbreak sequence (401). There were 4 violent tornadoes that struck the Kansas City area that day and I remember as a KC native how much I was watching the sky that day and praying my house wasn't struck (it wasn't, don't worry). So many impressive tornadoes from those couple of weeks in May of 2003.
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Here is Westminster.
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that’s very similar to bridge creek scouring
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Damn, my bad. I went back a few pages but I should've thought to do a search first. That April was packed with a bunch of really intense tornadoes.
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Here's some spectacular video footage of it. I think it was going through a valley where a lot of intense vegetation damage was noted by damage surveyors, although I'm not sure I've found any pictures of it.
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This pic right here:Returning briefly to the topic of overlooked violent tornadoes in Minnesota, has anyone mentioned the F4 tornado(es) on 4/5/29? It tracked ~80 miles from roughly Lake Minnetonka to Milltown, WI. Most of the worst damage occurred just north and northeast of Minneapolis, from around Columbia Heights to Forest Lake. Not super well-documented, but I've got a handful of photos.
Some aerial shots from near Columbia Heights:
Ground shots from the same general area:
One man here was thrown a considerable distance and killed:
Aerial view of the damage in Blaine:
A schoolhouse at New Brighton was totally leveled:
Poor quality photo of another leveled home near Fridley:
One of the more interesting instances of damage occurred nearby when the tornado struck the broadcast station for WRHM radio. The transmission towers were torn away and crumpled up and the building was reportedly demolished so thoroughly that "it still hasn't been found." That's probably overstating it, of course, but still.
The tornado arguably reached peak intensity as it plowed through the Forest Lake area. Here, many homes were reportedly swept away, trees were debarked/denuded and the ground was "whipped clean." In some areas, fields were said to have been reduced to muddy streaks. There are also numerous reports of debris from homes being scattered for "miles."
Around 50 hogs were badly mutilated here at a farm that was destroyed.
This car, which was parked next to a home that was destroyed, was reportedly thrown more than 300 yards:
Some more general damage a little further along the path:
And more wreckage, this time north of Taylors Falls near where the tornado crossed into Wisconsin:
And finally some bonus pictures from the Barron, WI F4 on the same day:
The tire tracks you can see on the ground are often a common result of severe ground scouring, particularly when ground has been effected by F5-strength winds. Not saying these tornadoes were F5 for sure but they were definitely intense.
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These Udall photos reveal an incredible amount of trees being debarked, never seen that from this tornado before. Trees all over town appear to have been debarked, it looks like the F5 winds extended quite a bit. This thing reminds me of Greensburg, only instead of weakening it was at maximum intensity when going through town.
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Nobody else brought up the March 28th, 1984 Carolinas Tornado Outbreak either, which struck with terrifying fury on this evening 37 years ago. Although NEXRAD radar didn't exist, satellite imagery during the event appeared to show two different supercells, both of which appeared to be tornadic at the same time. I don't think that the map of the tracks online is accurate whatsoever, but they definitely tell me that the "supercell complex" eventually combined into one, major, cyclic supercell which continued to drop intense - violent tornadoes well into North Carolina. This is called by many as the closest meteorological analog to the 1925 Tri-State Tornado, due to both supercell complexes remaining along the Triple Point and producing devastating tornadoes for many hours. However, one difference between the 1925 Supercell and the 1984 Supercell Complex was that the 1984 Event exhibited classic cyclical tornado activity for a prolonged period of time, while the 1925 Event exhibited long-tracked, continuous action.
Here is satellite imagery of the event as it was occurring. Notice how two individual updrafts appear to be present, indicating the presence of a supercell complex. At this time, at least according to the NCDC Database, two violent tornadoes were on the ground.
Here is satellite imagery of the first two tornado tracks that occurred from the supercells on that day. They support cyclic tornado activity for sure.
The worst damage I could find was in the Greenville, NC area, where trees sustained significant debarking. This damage was produced by the final tornado to emerge from the supercell complex that spawned the tornadoes that evening.
Here is satellite imagery of the event as it was occurring. Notice how two individual updrafts appear to be present, indicating the presence of a supercell complex. At this time, at least according to the NCDC Database, two violent tornadoes were on the ground.
Here is satellite imagery of the first two tornado tracks that occurred from the supercells on that day. They support cyclic tornado activity for sure.
The worst damage I could find was in the Greenville, NC area, where trees sustained significant debarking. This damage was produced by the final tornado to emerge from the supercell complex that spawned the tornadoes that evening.
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I wouldn't be surprised if it reached F5 intensity due to the intense contextual damage and the fact that multiple farms were swept away.
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There are anecdotal reports of multiple homes being completely swept away and road scouring from the Greenville tornado.
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I didn't know whether to make a single thread out of this or do it here so I decided to do it here. I was wondering if extended footage of the following events exists somewhere
ABC 33/40 Coverage of 4/15/11
KFOR Coverage of 5/10/10
Extended video of the Ft Worth F3 (I'm aware of the 2 minute home video but that's the best I can find)
Literally any single piece of footage of the Plainfield F5
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
ABC 33/40 Coverage of 4/15/11
KFOR Coverage of 5/10/10
Extended video of the Ft Worth F3 (I'm aware of the 2 minute home video but that's the best I can find)
Literally any single piece of footage of the Plainfield F5
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
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Still can't believe it's already been a year since the Jonesboro AR tornado, and, still can't believe it was rated only 150mph.
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I do wonder if Jonesboro had extremely strong updrafts.
Yes , but that tree damage showed in second pic was also quite violent stuff. At least rare for most EF3 level tornados.