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🌪️ This Week In Tornado History

July 8, 2009 - Dickinson, ND: This EF3 tornado passed through Dickinson on the far south side. It crossed just south of the Heart River. It was more than likely rain-wrapped and lasted only 15 minutes. 450+ structures were damaged with 100 of those declared beyond repair.

July 9, 1926 - Indiana/Michigan: An F2 tornado moved through portions of LaPorte and St. Joseph Counties in Indiana and Berrien County in Michigan. Barns were destroyed and trees were uprooted north of Hudson Lake. Four cottages were leveled on Batchelors Island. Per Thomas Grazulis, “Three women at lunch in one of them were killed instantly. Three others in the cabin were seriously injured.” The island was “virtually stripped of trees.”

July 10, 1989 - New York: An F4 tornado skipped for 44 miles through parts of Montgomery, Schoharie, Albany and Green Counties in New York. Thomas Grazulis in Significant Tornadoes rates this tornado as an F3 and noted that “damage in the first segment of the path was near-F4 intensity.” He also noted that the skipping path may have actually been from three separate tornadoes.

July 11, 1976 - Latrobe, PA: This F3 tornado traveled 13 miles from near Delmont to Salem and Unit Townships, near the Latrobe-area hospital to Clover Hill, Oakville, and Darlington. Twelve trailers and 37 houses were destroyed. 16 cars and a school were damaged. Five furniture company buildings were unroofed and the contents destroyed. There was 1 fatality. A man died a few days after the twister hit his trailer home.

July 12, 1927 - Wisconsin: An F2 tornado moved through portions of St. Croix and Dunn Counties in Wisconsin. Barns were destroyed on three farms between Boyceville and Downing. A boy was killed in one of the barns.

July 13, 1924 - Augusta, KS: An F2 tornado and downburst moved through Butler County, KS. It moved over the northern half of Augusta. More than 250 buildings were damaged or destroyed. 300 oil drilling rigs were demolished outside of town. A woman was killed when her brick home collapsed.

July 14, 2044 - Campbelltown, PA: This tornado was given an F3 rating. In Campbelltown, the tornado damaged over 100 homes. At least 80 homes sustained minor to moderate damage. 37 homes were severely damaged and 32 homes were completely destroyed. In fact, at least four of these destroyed homes were leveled to their foundations and swept away in near-F4 fashion.

Check This Out!

On Father’s Day this year, a waterspout/tornado quickly hit at Crystal River, FL. I was there this weekend and talked with an employee at one of the restaurants who witnessed it! Thank you Amanda for your story and for videos and photos! I will be writing a quick summary about this in the future but here is one of the photos she took from the deck of the Waterfront Social Tiki Bar!

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