Tarmo Tanilsoo
EF5
Okay... here's a try... March 27, 1994 Palm Sunday outbreak?
Hinting game: weather!
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Wes Carter
EF5
That's it Tarmo.
There is some interesting reading on this event:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=palmsunday94stormdata
http://www.aos.wisc.edu/uwaosjournal/Volume1/AOS453/FCS_Nelson.pdf
And Roger Hill has interesting links to most of the events listed in this so far:
http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/faq/torpages.html
Tarmo Tanilsoo
EF5
Okay, let's try something local for me(don't worry, info is quite easy to find):
* Affected area was under Level 1(slight) to Level 2(moderate) threat from ESTOFEX that day.
* Shelf clouds were seen and photographed shortly before the storm, pictures were shown in the media after the storm.
* Estonia was "cut" in half - one half had damage, another did not
* One weather station reported a wind gust of 36,5 meters per second. In the same town, a church was damaged
* 40 people injured in Finland
* Affected area was under Level 1(slight) to Level 2(moderate) threat from ESTOFEX that day.
* Shelf clouds were seen and photographed shortly before the storm, pictures were shown in the media after the storm.
* Estonia was "cut" in half - one half had damage, another did not
* One weather station reported a wind gust of 36,5 meters per second. In the same town, a church was damaged
* 40 people injured in Finland
Bart_Comstock
EF5
Was it on Aug 8th, 2010?
Tarmo Tanilsoo
EF5
Indeed, 8/8 derecho it was. I experienced the storm firsthand, as it came over my half of the country. I actually barely saw the shelf cloud myself so I didn't bother much photographing it as the sky here was covered by smoke from Russian fires. Lost several trees in the farm and when another storm hit a week later(line of storms came from western Estonia, headed east), roof needed fixing too
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That is actually incorrect.
There was a tornado vs. skycraper incident in Houston on 11/16/93.
An F1 tornado passed through several neighborhoods just west of downtown. It reached the central business district and high rises just as it was roping out. Only a couple of skyscrapers were hit, but the Enron Building (~50 stories) lost a lot of windows.
See http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/?n=severe_events_november
(The article incorrectly describes the Enron Building as a "95-story" structure.)
Bart_Comstock
EF5
Ah okay, I was just going by what Bill Alder of the local NWS WSO said.
I won't lie, Google came in pretty handy this time.
Alright here is my submission for this new round:
- Five tornadoes of F3 or greater intensity.
- Tornadoes were reported in seven states.
- One of the tornadoes would become the deadliest in its state history.
- 3 of the 40+ confirmed tornadoes would kill just over 100 people.
Good luck!
Matt Sellers
EF1
5.25.1955 (Udall, KS tornado being the most significant)
Bart_Comstock
EF5
Correct! Looks like you are up now.
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