Identify this pictures?

[AndyGabrielson]

This is NOT my picture, i claim no ownership of it, I saved it at one point this summer because I thought it looked pretty neat but for the life of me I can't remember where I saved it, or who it was from. It was in early June when I saved the pic related to tornadoes near our lake cabin in northern MN but the picture had no caption as to whether or not it was from then? (if this is the wrong topic area I apologize i felt it kind of fit with the "name that date" thing everyone is doing)...

 

[Todd Krause]

Hi Andy...
I suspect that was from August 24, 2006 in Nicollet County MN - the 33 mile long F3 that clipped the extreme southern edge of St. Peter. A few miles after this is when the F3 damage began. I'd guess Josh Jans took that, but I'm not certain.

UPDATE: Josh Jans e-mailed me to say that it is his photo.

Todd

 

[Paul Townsend]

Hey Todd, I was just going to propose the Nicollet/Kasota, MN tornado as the answer to the riddle, but as I was searching for the video or pic I just had to stop and watch some tornado video lol. I suspect it is a cropped image of a vortex when the tornado had the widely spaced multiple vorticies.

 

[AndyGabrielson]

I kind of assumed it was some sort of stock image i think it was on a newspaper site relating to the tornadoes near Park Rapids, MN on June 6, 2008... but like i said the picture had no details with it, just thought it looked pretty cool, thanks for the input into this.