Hinting game: weather!

[John Farley]

Barrie, Ontario Canada May 31, 1985

Sorry Paul, that's not it.

 

[Jacob Ferden]

April 3, 1974, Windsor, Ontario

 

[John Farley]

Very good, Jacob! This tornado, the 6th deadliest ever in Canada, was one of the last tornadoes of the Super Outbreak, and the only fatal tornado in Canada associated with that outbreak. It was overshadowed by even deadlier tornadoes in the United States. The tornado caused nine fatalities at a curling club in Windsor (located across the river from Detroit), where the people who were curling were unaware of the impending danger. The track of this tornado was very close to that of Canada's third-deadliest tornado, which hit Windsor on June 17, 1946, killing 17 people.

I remember this event well, as I was living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, about 40 miles away, at the time.

You're up, Jacob!

 

[Jacob Ferden]

-not in Tornado Alley
-more than 20 tornadoes
-7 F4s
-more than 50 deaths
-more than 1000 injuries
-most damaging outbreak in two affected states in 100 years

 

[Penny Lehner]

March 28, 1984 - North and South Carolina

 

[Jacob Ferden]

Correct...you're up!

 

[Penny Lehner]

- East of the Mississippi
- Affected 3 states
- Over 100 dead
- Over 500 injured
- multiple tornadoes with 3 being reported as F4's
- Worst tornado outbreak in one state's history

 

[Jeff Duda]

- East of the Mississippi
- Affected 3 states
- Over 100 dead
- Over 500 injured
- multiple tornadoes with 3 being reported as F4's
- Worst tornado outbreak in one state's history

Is this the April 30, 1953 outbreak featuring an F4 that hit Warner Robins Air Force base in Georgia?

 

[Penny Lehner]

Nope. Earlier decade and a state I don't associate with having a tornado outbreak.

And I will edit to add this...not a outbreak that is well known. When I started to research this outbreak I had a hard time finding factual details. NWS states 4 tornadoes but the actual number is unknown due to eyewitness accounts. Some claim there were 3 F4's but others speculate it could have been just one long tracking tornado. I have spent time in the town that was hardest hit digging for facts but what I read there doesn't match up with the NWS.

 

[Bart_Comstock]

Was it the June 23rd, 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak?

 

[Penny Lehner]

Was it the June 23rd, 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak?

Bingo! Your turn Bart.

 

[Bart_Comstock]

Bingo! Your turn Bart.

Wait, you are telling me you don't consider chasing in tornado hot bed that is West Virgina more often?

• F2 tornado
• It was on the ground for 10min and got upto 200yards wide.
• Dispelled a common myth about tornadoes.
• This was the first tornado to hit the downtown of a large city with a tower over 499ft tall affected.

Good luck!

 

[Wes Carter]

I'm not sure, but is this the August 11, 1999 Salt Lake City tornado?

 

[Bart_Comstock]

I'm not sure, but is this the August 11, 1999 Salt Lake City tornado?

Yup, you got it! It is too late for me to think of a really tricky storm.

 

[Wes Carter]

The greater than 499 ft tower gave it away. I remember watching 'Storm Stories' and them saying the same thing. I found it hard to believe that it was the first in that category because of the 1998 Nashville tornado and the 1988 Denver tornado, but it was right.

Next up:

Moderate risk day
Tornadoes in four states
Tim Marshall did a damage survey of a church that is in the Stormtrack Library
Two F-4's.
Most of the tornadoes occurred in the morning hours.
This outbreak caught almost everyone off guard even though it occurred within the last 20 years.