Hi members! Wanted to keep you updated on our NEW summaries! Hopefully you have seen by now that we have the Overview of the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham EF4 Tornado of April 27, 2011 up to read. We have just published for members the first summary of TEN! This covers the start of Read more…
Quick update to let you know the Barnesville, GA EF3 Tornado is NOW published! A huge thank you to Nelson Tucker for spending hours working on this with me and to Nick Wilkes for helping us review this summary and getting it on the website. We put in a LOT Read more…
Hello members! Starting something NEW to stay in touch with you and give you updates on what is going on with Tornado Talk! Hopefully you are all signed up for our newsletter. We have been giving updates there on our Super Outbreak project. Sometimes, things don’t work out how you want Read more…
The early AM twisters of April 27, 2011 are sometimes called “the forgotten tornadoes.” The events of that morning are often overshadowed by the devastating twisters later in the day. This summary looks at one of those intense AM tornadoes near Coaling, AL.
It has been 10 years since one of the most devastating tornado events in history struck parts of the U.S. The writers of Tornado Talk have been documenting several of the tornadoes from the April 25-28, 2011. This post gives you quick links to the summaries and preview of what is to come. Let us all Remember The Super Outbreak.
The farthest northwest EF3 tornado in the Super Outbreak, this obscure event caused major destruction in areas south and east of Oxford. The hardest-hit area was the community of Pine Flat.
During the April 25-28, 2011 Super Outbreak, 34 tornadoes occurred in Texas. Most of the tornadoes produced damage in the EF0 range. Two were rated EF2. The remaining twisters caused EF1 damage. This summary explores one of the EF1 tornadoes that struck Groesbeck, TX.
It was one for the record books! A large, unexpected tornado outbreak occurred on August 24, 2016. 22 tornadoes were confirmed across parts of IN and OH. We look at five of them that hit in Howard County, IN including one of the strongest of the day.
It was a day that came to be known as “Black Friday”. On July 31, 1987, one of the most powerful tornadoes in Canadian history struck Edmonton, Alberta and parts of Strathcona County. It is the deadliest known tornado for Alberta and the second-deadliest for the country. This significant tornado was given a rating of F4 with maximum winds estimated at 260mph.
On July 21, 2003, a derecho moved across portions of Ohio, Pennsylvania, into New York and New England. Per the SPC, it spawned 20 tornadoes. The focus of this summary is of the strongest tornado of the outbreak, the Ellisburg PA, F3. Two people were injured when the funnel leveled a farm.
