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The surveyors “addressed” this in a video presentation by showing pictures of some unanchored sliders that were hit, and essentially said “They were sliders, all there is to it. Anyway moving on…” while completely ignoring the well-anchored homes that were obliterated and reduced to basements. I 100% agree that this tornado was absolutely an EF4, and should have been rated as such. Ridiculous…Some seriously impressive rotation here, particularly in the second video. Whatever the case, this thing absolutely should have been rated EF4 - the debarking alone could have put it in the EF4 category IMO, but there were also some well-anchored homes reduced to basements.
Off topic, but the March 2022 one was almost my first tornado, which would’ve been some kind of irony considering just two months prior was when I got the DVD copy of the Texas A&M video of the F5 and stood in the same spot both tornadoes impacted. Instead we saw the Round Rock EF2 (which was not the same one that passed near Granger, Round Rock occluded and never even crossed 135).Everybody probably already knows this, but I didn't know that Double Creek estates had an extremely close call with another tornado last March? I knew Jarrell had some tornadoes near it last year, but apparently the neighborhood barely dodged an EF1. A MUCH weaker tornado, but still. View attachment 18620View attachment 18621
Not sure if this has been posted before, but this is apparently a video of the Primrose NE F4 (likely F5) from 5/8/1965. Can certainly tell this was a high end tornado.
Not sure if this has been posted before, but this is apparently a video of the Primrose NE F4 (likely F5) from 5/8/1965. Can certainly tell this was a high end tornado.
Nice! Old-timey witness accounts are always a bit.. let's say open to interpretation, but I think that's probably about right. It's such a shame not to have any photos of a tornado that was highly visible through much of its path and probably seen by a couple thousand people altogether.I could have done something productive. I did this instead.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I JUST NOTICED THATNice! Old-timey witness accounts are always a bit.. let's say open to interpretation, but I think that's probably about right. It's such a shame not to have any photos of a tornado that was highly visible through much of its path and probably seen by a couple thousand people altogether.
(Might need to update the date though lol)
Also, do you have an updated sequence map?Nice! Old-timey witness accounts are always a bit.. let's say open to interpretation, but I think that's probably about right. It's such a shame not to have any photos of a tornado that was highly visible through much of its path and probably seen by a couple thousand people altogether.
(Might need to update the date though lol)
I need to add more/corrected deaths + a few small path tweaks I've made, but otherwise this is mostly up to date:Also, do you have an updated sequence map?
Do you have any newspaper account for the other unlisted tornadoes prior to Salix June 11 and New Richmond June 12?I need to add more/corrected deaths + a few small path tweaks I've made, but otherwise this is mostly up to date:
June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, WI F5 - Google My Maps
June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, WI F5www.google.com
Or if you wanted the kmz I can post it tomorrow after I update that stuff.
Edit: I just realized that I never got around to updating the Clear Lake-Arland tornado. Nothing huge, but I need to adjust it a bit further north in the area east of Clayton, and the section between Clear Lake and Richardson (where the deaths occurred) needs to be a little wider. It's like 400-500 yards right now but should probably be more like 600-800 there based on where some of the farms were actually located within the affected plots.
Do you have any information about that tornado near Hastings?I need to add more/corrected deaths + a few small path tweaks I've made, but otherwise this is mostly up to date:
June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, WI F5 - Google My Maps
June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, WI F5www.google.com
Or if you wanted the kmz I can post it tomorrow after I update that stuff.
Edit: I just realized that I never got around to updating the Clear Lake-Arland tornado. Nothing huge, but I need to adjust it a bit further north in the area east of Clayton, and the section between Clear Lake and Richardson (where the deaths occurred) needs to be a little wider. It's like 400-500 yards right now but should probably be more like 600-800 there based on where some of the farms were actually located within the affected plots.
I'm not sure how many clippings I still have saved but I'll gather up and post what I have later.Do you have any newspaper account for the other unlisted tornadoes prior to Salix June 11 and New Richmond June 12?
That's the one I'm least confident in and I've gone back and forth on whether I'll keep it in my final map. Several people reported seeing a funnel cloud, and there was damage throughout that area, but I've yet to find anything 100% definitive that it was a tornado. Here's what I have on it in my article:Do you have any information about that tornado near Hastings?
Some 15 miles away, near where the St. Croix River flows into the mighty Mississippi, the people of Hastings, Minnesota could see what Dr. Thomas could not. Just beyond the patch of clearing sky, a dark and threatening shape hung from the clouds like a “great, pendulous mass.” The whirling protuberance sagged steadily lower, reaching out from the base of the storm as if grasping for the earth below.
Strong, damaging winds — perhaps a small tornado, intermittent downbursts or some combination of the two — raked the countryside south of Hastings. The storm toppled trees, blew over outbuildings and prostrated long stretches of telegraph lines. While some in town made for their root cellars and storm caves, others continued looking on in fascination.
A little before 5:30 pm, the storm slipped between Hastings and neighboring Prescott, located just across the river in Wisconsin. A “most terrible cloud” passed directly over Point Douglas, where residents recounted a brief but intense downpour followed by powerful, shifting winds. Hurrying north-northeastward, the low-hanging cloud paralleled the course of the St. Croix River for several miles.