New Free Summary Out This Friday!

Also, A Look Back at the Most Intense Tornado in Virginia on Record

🌪️What We are Working On…..

  • We have completed a new write-up about an F3 the occurred during the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak! It is currently available for Early Access to Patreon members. We will release to the public on Friday! This summary looks at one of the first significant tornadoes in the state of Alabama that evening in the Coosa Valley region along Weiss Lake. Bookmark the link!

  • An extensive update to the summary on the F3 that moved from LaPlace and Reserve in Louisiana ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Andrew has entered its final review. We will be making last minute changes, gathering photos, sources, etc and getting everything on the website soon. We hope for an anniversary public launch on this which would be August 25!

  • The team is working on building upon the overview we created for the Guin, AL F5 that occurred during the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak. The overview will remain free but this update will be available to Patreon members as a premium summary AND we plan to release this version as an Ebook. We have more stories to tell and photos to add. More to come on this update!

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🌪️ This Week In Tornado History

August 5, 1917 - Grady County, OK: An estimated F2 tornado moved through parts of Grady County, OK. Three homes were demolished 5 miles NE of Pocasset. There was 1 fatality and 4 injuries.

August 6, 1993 - Petersburg, VA: This is the most intense tornado in Virginia since 1950. The twister caused an estimated $47.5 million in damage. This was not only the costliest of the day but the costliest in the history of Virginia. The total estimated damage from this day was $52.5 million.

August 8, 2007 - Brooklyn, NY: Rated EF2. 5.87 mile path. 9 injuries. One of the strongest on record to hit portions of the Bronx. Damage on Bay Ridge Avenue consisted of 11 homes with moderate to severe roof damage.

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August 9, 1878 - Wallingford, CT: What was called “the breath of the Death Angel” occurred on this day in New Haven County, CT. This estimated F4 tornado destroyed portions of Wallingford. A total of 34 people were killed and at least 70 were injured.

August 10, 2011 - Locust Grove, OK: The EF2 tornado traveled 5 miles. Destroyed a double wide mobile home, debris carried several hundred yards downstream. 82-year-old Beverly Reed was killed. Two more single wide mobile homes were damaged, 2 people were injured.

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August 11, 2002 - Medina, ND: A brief but violent F4 tornado tracked for only one mile near Medina, ND. One farmstead was totally destroyed, and another was ripped apart.

August 12, 1893 - Winona, KS: An F2 tornado moved through portions of Logan County, KS. Two children were killed near Winona. A collapsed wall of a sod house landed on them. All livestock and chickens on a farm at the end of the path were killed.

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Right now, we are doing frequent updates on the progress of Hurricane Debby! Our main focus is Alabama weather but big events across the country will be covered as well!

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