Mike Johnston
EF5
Is this the Topeka, KS one that came over Burnett's Mound - I think around 1966 or so?
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Thomas Loades
No, but you're in the right state and decade.
J.B. Dixon
EF2
Sorry for the ppor clarity on this one, but here you go, for your guessing pleasure.
Jeremy Lemanski
EF3
Let's try either Grand Island 1980 or omaha 1975 since your from NE and those are two NE tornados that stick out in my mind.
Thomas, let's try Wichita county may 1968Bryan Bjorkman
JB
That is the 75 Omaha tornado. That particular photo was taken from the old Aksarben horse racing track. My insurance agents dad was, in her words chased by that tornado and has photos of it to prove it. These photos have not been released to the public and she is getting them for me. As soon as I have them I will post them here at Stormtrack.
J.B. Dixon
EF2
Jeremy and Bryan got it....Omaha, May 6, 1975. To get everyone's bearings, the picture is looking west towards 72nd St., as the tornado approaches Pacific St., and Bergan Mercy Hospital. Still one of the costliest and most devastating tornadoes in history to hit a major city.
My mom & dad had a magazine/booklet about that day, with a haunting picture of the tornado on the front. Ever since I was about 6, I've been picking that thing up every season to thumb through it (yes, I lifted it from their magazine rack!). Definitely one of the biggest infulences that brought me closer to severe weather as a child.
J.B. Dixon
EF2
Okay, here's another.....although for obvious reasons, it may not be too hard to guess the location.
[Broken External Image]:http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/lincolntornado2.jpgJames McCormick
1957 - Lincoln, Nebraska. I believe that tornado moved up from west O towards Superior Street. What was mostly a rural tornado then would be a major catastrophe now with all of the development in that area.
Bob Hartig
EF5
Omaha has really gotten smeared a couple times by major tornadoes. I had no idea. But a search on the earlier disaster brought up images of the 1975 storm as well, including JB's image. Pretty darn dramatic! Bryan, I'd love to see your dad's photos. He took them while something like that was chasing him? Myipe! :shock:
Funny how some of us can point to a particular significant tornado event that has etched itself into our memories and influenced our passion for severe weather.
Out of curiosity, does anyone have photos from the 1985 Ohio/Pennsylvania/New York outbreak? I've seen one photo online, purportedly of the lone F5 in that event, but it looks like it's starting to rope out.Thomas Loades
No, not there . . . ah, what the hell. It's Pratt, KS, May 25, 1965. Another picture of this tornado (also by David Hoadley) graces David Ludlum's National Audubon Society Field Guid to North American Weather.
Wow, where'd you find that? The only other photograhpic material I know of from that outbreak is the video by Ron Alfredo at Hermitage, PA (the same F5, I think), and a photo of one in OH that was in a World Book Encyclopedia yearbook. And where — I think you mentioned it — did you find the photo of the 1953 Flint, MI supercell?
Bob Hartig
EF5
Tom, check out this link. I believe it depicts the F5, though I doubt it was packing that kind of punch at the time the photo was taken.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...6lr%3D%26sa%3DN
I'll try to relocate the photos of the Flint supercell. Doesn't look like much--just a couple pics of a CB right around sunset, shot with older color film. The value is in their historicalness
Bob Hartig
EF5
Okay, here's a link to the Flint/Beecher storm cloud photos. My computer here at work is blocking pop-ups, so I can't verify this link, but I'm pretty sure this is it. Note the color of the clouds--clearly at sunset, taken with old color film.
http://www.mlive.com/flgallery/index.ssf?G...=20030529weekly
The photos are just part of a fabulous--and grim--writeup on the tornado, easily the best I've come across. Check it out here: http://www.mlive.com/fljournal/beecher/Similar threads
