Thomas Loades
. . . and no.
But it was in the '50s.
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But it was in the '50s.
Jeremy Lemanski
EF3
Dallas 1957?
Melanie Metz
EF1
OK, I'll guess Judsonia, Arkansas March 21, 1952
Thomas Loades
Sorry, neither of those either.
OK, another hint: it's a place north of Dallas, south of Fargo, and not E of Kansas City nor W of Denver.
OK, another hint: it's a place north of Dallas, south of Fargo, and not E of Kansas City nor W of Denver.
Melanie Metz
EF1
I guess that helps a little 
I have seen that image a few times but it is never mentioned where it is from. The title is simply "massive tornado". It will be interesting to find out.
Mel
I have seen that image a few times but it is never mentioned where it is from. The title is simply "massive tornado". It will be interesting to find out.
Mel
Melanie Metz
EF1
Since no one has posted here for a while I'm going to cheat. I'm posting a new tornado image despite not guessing the last one correctly 
While looking through old tornado photographs I came across this one. I was quite impressed by the structure and clear slot. Maybe this one is easy. But I want to share the image anyway for those who haven't seen it.
[Broken External Image]:http://www.twistersisters.com/images/Old_Tornado_Image.jpg
Mel
While looking through old tornado photographs I came across this one. I was quite impressed by the structure and clear slot. Maybe this one is easy. But I want to share the image anyway for those who haven't seen it.
[Broken External Image]:http://www.twistersisters.com/images/Old_Tornado_Image.jpg
Mel
Justin Turcotte
EF5
Only reason I know this one is because I'm from the area. The above is a famous pic of a tornado in 1893 near downtown St. Paul, MN. I believe the taller building is Landmark Center.
Here is a famous one which should be less of a challenge...
[Broken External Image]:http://snrs.unl.edu/amet898/turcotte/misc/one.jpg
Here is a famous one which should be less of a challenge...
[Broken External Image]:http://snrs.unl.edu/amet898/turcotte/misc/one.jpg
Melanie Metz
EF1
Hey, you didn't wait to find out if you were right Well, the tornado actually occured in 1890. An artist used the photograph to create a painting of the scene in 1893, but the actual tornado was 1890. Just an interesting fact. The photo was taken from St. Paul, MN but the event is specifically known as the "Lake Gervais" tornado.
Anyway, thanks Justin...I expected someone from the upper midwest to guess it.
Mel
Well, the tornado actually occured in 1890. An artist used the photograph to create a painting of the scene in 1893, but the actual tornado was 1890. Just an interesting fact. The photo was taken from St. Paul, MN but the event is specifically known as the "Lake Gervais" tornado. Anyway, thanks Justin...I expected someone from the upper midwest to guess it.
Mel
Douglas Mitchell
Yea, I've seen the painting of that photograph in the Minneapolis Museum of Art...my favorite!
Thomas Loades
No-one got the last one of mine, so, mystery of mysteries revealed: it was Scottsbluff, NE, June 27, 1955. Either tornado #9 or #11 — but probably #11 — of a 13-member family. (Their paths were fairly close together — so close, in fact, that on official records the two are linked as one single tornado. Only two others in the family are on record, too, and only #11 was confirmably significant [an F4] . . . though tornadoes #6 and #9 may have been.) The entire event was, at the time, the best photographed, with numerous stills and movie film taken. In the 1956 U.S. Weather Bureau film Tornado!, a good amount of that film is used — of tornadoes #9 and #11.
And Justin, is yours Omaha, NE, March 23, 1913?
And Justin, is yours Omaha, NE, March 23, 1913?
Joe Nield
EF5
I think you're right. I recall seeing a picture of a postcard made of that photo on the web sometime recently.
Justin Turcotte
EF5
Yes, Omaha 1913, which was a mega disaster.
Next up?
Next up?
Thomas Loades
I'm sure we all know this one, taken by StormTrack founder David Hoadley himself:
[Broken External Image]:http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/images/nssl1095.jpg
[Broken External Image]:http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/images/nssl1095.jpg
Bob Hartig
EF5
What a beauty! Love those side vortices. I've seen this photo before, but I can't identify the storm offhand. Out of curiosity, though, is that a second rain-wrapped funnel in the background, off to the left?
Thomas Loades
I see what you mean, although I think that, going by its position, it could be a descending microburst.
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