This is the second portion of a two part series focusing on the Calumet-El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie, OK, tornado of May 24, 2011. The summary covers the track from the El Reno area until its end near Guthrie. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
This is the first portion of a two-part series focusing on the Calumet-El Reno-Piedmont-Guthrie, OK, tornado of May 24, 2011. The summary covers the track from its inception all the way through the destruction of the Cactus Drilling Rig 117 between Calumet and El Reno. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
On August 28, 1884, a deadly localized tornado outbreak would unfold across portions of eastern South Dakota. One of these twisters would become the second earliest photographed in history. There are sharp discrepancies over which tornado that day was photographed, and there is no detailed summary of the event in its entirety. In this article, I attempt to solve both of these longstanding unknowns. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
This is the ninth and final summary documenting the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011. After blasting through Pleasant Grove, more suburban communities of the Birmingham metro were in line along the swath of devastation. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
This is the eighth in a series of summaries documenting the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011. A suburb of Birmingham, Pleasant Grove was bisected by a horrific gash of devastation that scraped neighborhood after neighborhood from the map. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
Tuscaloosa County was now left behind for Jefferson, and with it, a new metro area; Birmingham. This section covers the tornado’s approach to the city and entering the first outskirt community of Concord. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
The tornado may have finally exited the Tuscaloosa metro area for good, but it was not even close to finished. Still at peak size and strength, it weaved through rural Alabamian forest causing complete devastation to anything in its path. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
This is the fifth in a series of summaries documenting the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011. Leaving behind a gash through the City of Tuscaloosa proper, the growing tornado now set its sights on the outskirt community of Holt. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
This is the fourth in a series of summaries documenting the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011. The devastating tornado continued its trek through the heart of Tuscaloosa. It was now moving over McFarland Boulevard. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!
This is the third in a series of summaries documenting the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado of April 27, 2011. After devastating Rosedale Court and surrounding neighborhoods, the twister continued carving a horrific path of destruction through the Wood Manor, Forest Lake, and Cedar Crest neighborhoods. Check out this premium summary by becoming a member!