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Those pictures of the tornado seem to be from a waterspout in the same area from 2018. The recent tornado seems to have been rainwrapped.Pantelleria
Ah thanks for the heads up. I'll remove them.Those pictures of the tornado seem to be from a waterspout in the same area from 2018. The recent tornado seems to have been rainwrapped.
Yakutsk, Russia is certainly most well known for being the coldest inhabited large city on Earth. Contrary to popular belief, however, Yakutsk does have actual seasons and severe weather is not unheard of. This video, while very poor quality, does appear to show a genuine landspout tornado:
This one not only should have been rated F5, but it may very well have been the most violent documented tornado in North Dakota state history based on the damage it produced.Found some pics that I've never seen before of the Marion ND F4 tornado from 7/18/2004 on Facebook posted by Lindsey Hansen.
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Of note the ground scouring from this thing was around 700 yards wide, only Jarrell was wider (at 800 yards or so), at least according to the Tornado Talk article (that is now behind a paywall but once upon a time was free). One of the surveyors wishes they could have gone back and rated it F5, I have a feeling being in 2004 at the height of the whole La Plata deal likely was a factor in this thing being labeled F4 instead of F5.This one not only should have been rated F5, but it may very well have been the most violent documented tornado in North Dakota state history based on the damage it produced.
More impressive than Fargo imo, and Fort Rice wasn’t even close to either.
What's extremely interesting to me is this 1913 log from a crewmember on the SY Aurora, which was on an Antarctic expedition at the time:I wonder how many times stuff like this has occurred this far north and has simply never been recorded by any human; a massive violent wedge could go through a large section of Siberian forest or wide frozen plain and unless it was caught on radar or a random person's phone/camera will never be mentioned or heard of.
Sounds like these might just be eddies.What's extremely interesting to me is this 1913 log from a crewmember on the SY Aurora, which was on an Antarctic expedition at the time:
"The wind blows in gusts. One time you will see the smoke going straight up from the funnel for about five or ten minutes, then a gust will come across picking the water up in its course and whirling it round and round like a waterspout, high up in the air, as far as you can see. It minded me of the water spouts I see across the Northern Atlantic Ocean, only there is not so much water in them. The spouts on the Western Ocean are solid water, and these are only sprays being whirled around."
Here is the source: https://antarcticdiary.wordpress.com/part-4/
Obviously without photographic evidence it's difficult to tell exactly what he's describing, but it's still intriguing nonetheless.Sounds like these might just be eddies.
Speaking of North Dakota, one tornado I was surprised to see that we haven't mentioned in this thread is the 8/20/1911 Antler, ND F4. It killed at least seven people in total (two in Lyleton, Manitoba), narrowly missing Antler itself as it curved northward but striking a picnic area instead. Officially it killed two people there, but I've also seen reports listing four or five. At least one of the people killed was thrown more than a quarter-mile, and in the same area the "soil was plowed up." A nearby field was also scoured of grain such that "not a sheaf is visible anywhere on the farm."This one not only should have been rated F5, but it may very well have been the most violent documented tornado in North Dakota state history based on the damage it produced.
More impressive than Fargo imo, and Fort Rice wasn’t even close to either.
Way back in the thread an F1 tornado from Palm Sunday was shown having damaged railroad tracks, but I don't think it's the one you mentioned. Nonetheless, it's worthy of mention here as it's one of the few clear photos of rail damage I've found.In the official Weather Bureau report on the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, it is reported that the Rockaway tornado tore up a section of a railroad right of way. I wonder if there are any photos of this damage?
I wasn't able to find photos back when I wrote my article years ago (which is one of the reasons Rockaway is high on my list to revisit), but I did find multiple independent accounts that mentioned a section of track being torn up, so it at least lends some credence to it. Of course, "torn up" is pretty subjective.In the official Weather Bureau report on the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, it is reported that the Rockaway tornado tore up a section of a railroad right of way. I wonder if there are any photos of this damage?