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🌪️What We are Working On…..

• We are now on Spotify! Here is a new way for you to enjoy our stories....through audio! We have so many amazing stories and sometimes there is just not enough time to read them all. So, we can read them to you ☺️

  • Our first audio piece is ready: We tell the story of the Thurman, CO F4 Tornado - August 10, 1924. A good deal of our audio will be made public. There will though be premium audio for Patreon supporters in the future. If you are a member, you can connect your Patreon account with Spotify. You can also receive a special RSS feed so you can listen on your favorite podcast app. Check our our Spotify channel!  

• A NEW Free Summary has been released! Another from the 1974 Super Outbreak! This tornado is one of the many that are not very well-known from that day. Weiss Lake, AL F3 #Tornado – April 3, 1974! 

  • During the early evening of April 3, 1974, as tornadoes ravaged the Midwestern region of the U.S., new dangerous storms were firing in the southeast. Among them, a supercell in northeast Alabama produced one of the first significant tornadoes in the state that evening in the Coosa Valley region along Weiss Lake. The F3 twister severely impacted small lakeside communities along its path of just under 21 miles. Ultimately, no one was killed. A combined effort between locals and outsiders who all called this region home, rallied to restore their beautiful landscape, and the lives impacted. Image from the Cherokee County Herald.

• We will be releasing an updated summary on August 25 on the F3 that moved from LaPlace and Reserve in Louisiana ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Andrew!

• The April 3, 1974 Guin F5 update continues!

🌪️ This Week In Tornado History

August 12, 1974 - Ryan, IA: This F4 twister moved east and then southeast across the southwest and southern parts of Ryan. 44 homes were hit, 20 of which were destroyed. A school, a church and several businesses were also destroyed. The last damage was to a farm, 5 miles SE of Ryan.

August 13, 1943 - Canton, OH: Thomas Grazulis documents an estimated F3 tornado in Stark County, OH. It moved near Massillon and across the south part of Canton. 47 buildings were destroyed. “One man was killed under the falling walls of a fright terminal.” There were 34 injuries.

August 14, 2020 - Elbow Lake: Five tornadoes ripped through Grant County, MN. The strongest was an EF2 near Elbow Lake.

August 15, 1958 - Dixie/Joliet, IL: The Storm Prediction Center officially has this as one tornado with path of 74.5 miles. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes states this was a tornado family. Heaviest damage at Sandwich, many trees damaged/destroyed, extensive damage at fairgrounds.

August 16, 1928 - North Carolina: An estimated F3 tornado moved NNW through Ashley Heights, NC. Five homes, a store and a cotton gin were destroyed. Path length less than a mile. Associated with a tropical storm. Two were killed, 20 injured.

August 17, 1946 - Blue Earth County, MN: Thomas Grazulis documented an F4 that occurred on this day in 1946 in Blue Earth County, MN! Eight farms were hit, three homes were destroyed. Eleven people were killed and it is noted that the deaths and most of the 100 injuries occurred in 26 cabins at the Green Gables tourist camp, three miles SW of Mankato.

August 18, 1968 - Omaha, NE: Given and F3 rating. Significant damage occurred in the Bel Air section. In this area, there were two parallel paths about 500 feet apart, an indication of two vortices.

🌪️Check This Out!

It has been a busy go of it in the tropics monitoring the progress of Hurricane Debby which had two landfalls: One in the Florida Big Bend and then in South Carolina. The storm is long gone but had a major impact on many areas with massive flooding and numerous tornadoes. Here is a look at one of those twisters near the Pender/Sampson County line in North Carolina!

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- Jen Narramore, Owner Tornado Talk