Hinting game: weather!

[Andrew Pritchard]

Yeah, Danny's got it.

F5 in Lawrence County, and the tower cam footage from downtown Nashville.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWKxVmpdtKg

 

[Danny Neal]

*3 F4's
*58 fatalities
*1000+ injured
*snowstorm days later
*school bus

What date am I?

 

[Jacob Ferden]

February 5, 2008 Outbreak?

 

[Danny Neal]

February 5, 2008 Outbreak?

If that was to mine, nope!

 

[Jesse Risley]

*3 F4's
*58 fatalities
*1000+ injured
*snowstorm days later
*school bus

What date am I?

April 21, 1967 Oak Lawn / Belvidere / Lake Geneva

 

[Danny Neal]

April 21, 1967 Oak Lawn / Belvidere / Lake Geneva

Indeed. You're up JRizz

 

[Jesse Risley]

*Southern Plains Outbreak
*24 confirmed tornadoes on this day alone
*This supercell formed a family of 3 tornadoes
*2 F4s on this day
*25 deaths from this tornado were vehicle related

 

[Jacob Ferden]

1979 wichita falls tornado?

 

[Jesse Risley]

1979 wichita falls tornado?

That is correct - you're up!

 

[Jacob Ferden]

-central / northern plains
-part of a five day stretch where there were 170+ tornadoes
-1 F5, 1 F4, and 10 F3s on this date
-The F5 was the only one of this year in the U.S.
-1 fatality
-27 tornadoes set a one day state record in one of the states affected.

 

[Matt Sellers]

6.16.1992, state record in Minnesota (specifically F5 in Chandler)

 

[Jacob Ferden]

6.16.1992, state record in Minnesota (specifically F5 in Chandler)

Bingo! You're up.

 

[Matt Sellers]

- Southern Plains
- 15 tornadoes on this day, part of 2-day 43-tornado-report event
- 5 F2s, 1 F3, 1 F4 out of 12 tornadoes in 6-county localized area
- Famous early "chaser-era" tornado photo

 

[Jacob Ferden]

A total guess: May 24, 1973, Union City, OK?

 

[Matt Sellers]

A total guess: May 24, 1973, Union City, OK?

Close in location, but more recent than 1973. Good guess!

More info:
- Backlit elephant trunk named by some as the "Wizard of Oz" tornado
- Famous photo taken by NSSL researchers