Tornado Anniversaries

SGFmoTwister · Jun 4, 2025

locomusic01 said:
Bit more from Grand Island. Obviously known for the general craziness of the event, but some of the tornadoes (especially the F4, naturally) were pretty notable in their own right:

Do any of those photos show the damage on Locust Ave.?

locomusic01 · Jun 4, 2025

SGFmoTwister said:
Do any of those photos show the damage on Locust Ave.?

The first and third photos are different angles of the area around Locust St & Stagecoach Rd. The second is roughly Locust St & Woodland Dr. Photo #6 and #9 are also homes along Locust St, although I'm not sure exactly where.

Edit: Should also add that photo #8 isn't from the F4. It's the area of F3 damage on Cottage St & Custer Ave caused by the anticyclonic tornado on the north side of town.

Kds86z · Jun 5, 2025

Lake Martin EF4 · Jun 7, 2025

Today is the day an entire family was killed by a tornado in NE in 1953

June 7-9, 1953 — The Flint – Worcester Outbreak

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And Barneveld 1984

June 8, 1984, Barneveld, WI F5 Tornado

NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI

Barneveld, 1984: 9 Dead, 200 Injured - News Story - WISC Madison

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Also Niles 1947, two Illinois F4s (York 1907 and Palestine 1949), and a big one in SD I'm not aware of.

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andyhb · Jun 8, 2025

30th anniversary of the Panhandle tornado outbreak with the Pampa, Hoover, Kellerville, and Allison tornadoes today. Top 3 event I wish I could go back in chase in the modern era.

Kds86z · Jun 8, 2025

andyhb said:
30th anniversary of the Panhandle tornado outbreak with the Pampa, Hoover, Kellerville, and Allison tornadoes today. Top 3 event I wish I could go back in chase in the modern era.

Yes.. one of my fav videos.

Lake Martin EF4 · Jun 8, 2025

Oh my god....June 8th.........So many anniversaries....

1947: What is likely the strongest tornado in Colorado state history tears through Logan County. It is perhaps the only photographed Colorado violent tornado. None are killed, but damage is extreme. This tornado likely reached F5 intensity.

Sterling-Kelly-LeRoy, Colorado tornado of 1947

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Significant Tornado Events

Today is the 12th anniversary of the Rozel, KS EF4 tornado. Instead of an OTD post, I'd like to posit a question: Was this tornado worthy of an EF4 or even an EF3 rating? The common consensus is that it wasn't, but I'd like to get word from some of our members here. Also, off topic, there were...

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1953: A massive tornado outbreak unfolds across the Midwest. The city of Flint, Michigan is hit by an F5 tornado. Tornadoes near Temperance, Michigan and Cygnet, Ohio also likely reached F5 intensity. The Flint tornado becomes the last tornado to kill over 100 people in the US until Joplin.

The Science Behind the Flint-Beecher Tornado

June 7-9, 1953 — The Flint – Worcester Outbreak

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Flint-Beecher, MI F5 Tornado – June 8, 1953 – Tornado Talk

www.tornadotalk.com

Flint-Beecher tornado: Remembering Michigan’s deadliest natural disaster

On June 8, 1953, the Flint-Beecher tornado struck the north side of Flint and the suburb of Beecher, marking Michigan's deadliest natural disaster in terms of fatalities and injuries.

www.clickondetroit.com

Michigan’s deadliest tornado touched down 70 years ago today. Here’s what happened

The violent F-5 tornado touched down just north of Flint on the evening of June 8, 1953. It killed 116 people and injured 844.

www.mlive.com

Beecher Tornado of 1953 | Flint Public Library

A selected history and personal accounts of the Beecher Tornado of 1953 near Flint, MI compiled on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the event

www.fpl.info

https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/flint-beecher-tornado-71st-anniversary-19503422.php

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hNP1dm9tJes&pp=ygUSZmxpbnQgdG9ybmFkbyAxOTUz

1966: It was long believed in the city of Topeka, Kansas that a notorious mound - Burnett's Mound - would save the city from tornadic harm. In 1966, that faith is shattered. Spectacularly. 16 die as the F5 tornado tears through the city, passing right over Burnett's Mound without even skipping a beat and then plunging into the city below. The tornado is ultimately responsible for over 100 million dollars in damage.

June 8th 1966 Topeka Tornado

Topeka Tornado 1966 - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Historical Society

www.kansashistory.gov

June 8th marks the 59th anniversary of the 1966 Topeka Tornado

June 8th marks the 59th anniversary of the 1966 Topeka Tornado, a devastating natural disaster, taking lives and causing $200 million in damages to the Capital City.

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The 1966 Topeka tornado: 55 years later - The Washburn Review

Editor’s note: Today marks 55 years since the Topeka tornado tore its way through the city on June 8, 1966. The damage and devastation the tornado left behind will never be forgotten. Those individuals that lost their lives in this horrific disaster will forever be remembered by friends, loved...

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1995: An extraordinary day. A classic Texas Panhandle setup produces THREE F4 tornadoes, including a very well documented one that directly impacted the town of Pampa. Based on all available evidence, all three F4s and the Dimmitt, TX F2 all plausibly or likely reached F5 intensity. Miraculously, no one is killed.

NSSL SWAT Case Study - 2 June 1995 Texas Panhandle

Pampa, TX F4 Tornado – June 8, 1995 – Tornado Talk

www.tornadotalk.com

https://journals.ametsoc.org/downloadpdf/view/journals/mwre/130/11/1520-0493_2002_130_2626_tjmtsp_2.0.co_2.pdf

Texas Panhandle Tornadoes – June 8, 1995 | OKWeatherWatch

1995-06-08: Pampa/Allison/Kellerville tornado outbreak

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https://archive.eol.ucar.edu/projects/vortex/ops_summary/1995/jun08.html

https://www.myhighplains.com/news/20th-anniversary-of-pampa-tornado/

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DetectiveWX · Jun 9, 2025

June 9th:

https://stormstalker.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/flint-worcester-outbreak/

Final day the Nebraska-Flint-Worcester Sequence and cementing 1953 as the deadliest and last year to breach 500 fatalities till well you know

And Russia's worst event

Lake Martin EF4 · Jun 9, 2025

That's my job!

June 9th, eh?

1953: The final day of the June 1953 outbreak sequence. What was likely an F5 tornado, the strongest in New England history, causes mass destruction and deaths near Worcester, Massachusetts. Several other significant tornadoes occur in the region that day. The Worcester tornado remains the strongest, deadliest and most destructive tornado in New England history.

1953 Worcester tornado - Wikipedia

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Remembering the Worcester Tornado of June 9, 1953

The Worcester Tornado was the most deadly tornado to ever strike New England. 70 years later we take a look back.

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June 7-9, 1953 — The Flint – Worcester Outbreak

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June 9, 1953: New England's Most Violent Tornado Outbreak

When looking back at New England's weather history, June 9th, 1953 stands out as one of the most infamous weather days in the region's history. This day is often remembered for "the Worcester Tornado," a powerful F4 tornado which would become the strongest, deadliest, costliest and second...

www.newenglandstormcenter.com

Worcester, MA Tornado 1953 - National Weather Museum & Science Center

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Mass. marks 70 years since F-4 tornado left 94 dead

Debris from the storm fell from the sky as far away as Cape Cod, more than 100 miles from the path of the storm.

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1984: The Soviet Union's worst tornado outbreak unfolds. Up to 400 die. Two violent tornadoes are confirmed - both could have plausibly reached F5 intensity and the Ivanovo one was officially rated as such until 2018.

1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak - Wikipedia

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1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak

1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak The 1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak, also known as the 1984 Ivanovo tornado outbreak, was one of only three disastrous tornado outbreaks in modern Russian history (one of the others being the 1904 Moscow tornado) and the third-deadliest tornado outbreak in...

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https://ejssm.org/archives/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/vol7-4.pdf

The Ivanovo-Yaroslavl Tornado - Disasters with highest death tolls - Historydraft

The 1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak, also known as the 1984 Ivanovo tornado outbreak, was one of only three disastrous tornado outbreaks in modern Russian history (one of the others being the 1904 Moscow tornado) and the third-deadliest tornado outbreak in European history. Occurring on June...

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1984 Ivanovo tornado outbreak: Determination of actual tornado tracks with satellite data

The 1984 Ivanovo tornado outbreak is one of the most fatal tornado events in Europe with previously unspecified tornado track characteristics. In this…

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atrainguy · Jun 10, 2025

Interesting, I hadn't heard of this one. Must've been decently strong to leave a scar like that.

Lake Martin EF4 · Jun 12, 2025

Behold the anniversary of the strongest tornado of the 19th century

June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado

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CheeselandSkies · Jun 12, 2025

Lake Martin EF4 said:
Behold the anniversary of the strongest tornado of the 19th century

June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado

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I wonder if that dark red spot in southern Kansas is for June 12, 2004. It's the 21st anniversary of Mulvane, quite possibly still the most photogenic single tornado of all time (particularly for those who caught it front-lit with the rainbow). The most iconic photos of it were probably taken by the late Eric Nguyen.

2004 June 12 - Eric Nguyen

Shakespeare 2016 · Jun 12, 2025

Lake Martin EF4 said:
Behold the anniversary of the strongest tornado of the 19th century

June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado

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I thought the Sherman, TX tornado in 1896 was the strongest of the 19th century but the Richmond, WI tornado of 1899 was certainly at or near comparison although. Both tornadoes were extremely violent.

AJS · Jun 12, 2025

Shakespeare 2016 said:
I thought the Sherman, TX tornado in 1896 was the strongest of the 19th century but the Richmond, WI tornado of 1899 was certainly at or near comparison although. Both tornadoes were extremely violent.

Based on the evidence we currently have, New Richmond was one of the most violent tornadoes possibly of all time. Some of the damage images avaliable show nothing but absolute destruction at an incredibly high end level.

Aaron Rider · Jun 13, 2025

Lake Martin EF4 said:
Behold the anniversary of the strongest tornado of the 19th century

June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado

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Pomeroy might have been as strong! https://stormstalker.wordpress.com/...tormstalker.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/pomeroy/

Kds86z · Jun 13, 2025

Kds86z · Jun 13, 2025

Lake Martin EF4 · Jun 13, 2025

Surprising number of anniversaries today.

Herman 1899 (likely F5):

June 12, 1899 — The New Richmond, Wisconsin Tornado

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Tracy 1968:

1968 Tracy tornado - Wikipedia

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Tracy, MN F5 Tornado – June 13, 1968 – Tornado Talk

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Jordan/Lemont 1976:

Remembering Jordan: The town that got blown away

For many Boone County residents, June 13, 1976, is etched into their mind just like the day President John F. Kennedy was shot, or the day the World Trade Center was attacked. They remember where the…

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Iowa History Daily: June 13 - Story County Tornado of '76

Iowa History Daily: On June 13, 1976, one of the largest tornadoes in the history of Iowa formed near Luther before moving north-by-northeast across US Highway 30 between Boone and Ames. The nearly mile-wide F5 tornado churned destruction before ripping through the small community of Jordan.The...

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Tune into the Past with Ottumwa Radio: June 13, 1976: The Day a Giant Tornado Shredded Central Iowa - Ottumwa Radio

On this day in 1976, one of the largest and most violent tornadoes in Iowa’s history tore across the countryside between Boone and Ames, forever etching June 13 into the […]

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June 13, 1976 Lemont Tornado

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Ruby/Seward 2001:

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