Storm Chase Almanac

[MatthewCarman]

June 10, 2004- States affected: MT,WY(2 t),CO(1 t),SD(1 t),NE(12 t),KS(2 t),IA,IL(6 t),IN(1 t),MY,VA.NC 25 tornadoes in all mostly in NE and IL. Kieth NE had a tennisball size hail report.
June 11, 2004 States Affected: ND,NE(1 t),KS,TX(1 t),MN(8 t),IA(32 t),WI,IL,IN,OH,KY(2),WV,VA(1 t),NC(1 t) A total of 243 severe weather reports. Tornado outbreak in IA but the intensity of the tornadoes is unknown. 47 tornadoes would touch down this day. Terrell TX had tennisball sized hail falling with very little rain or wind and then heavy rain. A 65 MPH wind gust was reported between Bath and Bellhaven NC. Ocracoke NC had a 58 MPH wind gust reported by a spotter. Hatterasvillage NC had a 60 MPH wind gust reported.
July 18, 2004 States affected: ND,GA,SC,NC,NJ,NV,KS 17 tornadoes reported in eastern ND with supercells. Intensity of these twisters is unknown. A few wind/hail reports from other states.
August 12th and 13th 2004 36 tornadoes from FL up the east coast and atleast 2 in TX.
August 26 2004 States affected: MT to MI including IA 13 tornadoes mostly in IA and 163 severe weather reports from MT to MI.
August 30th 2004 States affected: VA 19 tornadoes in VA.
September 6th 2004 States affected: Mostly FL,SC and IA 21 tornadoes with most from FL to SC with 4 of them in IA.
September 7th 2004 States affected: FL,SC,NC 54 tornadoes from FL to NC.
Setember 8th 2004 26 tornadoes from NC to MD.
September 15-17 2004- States affected: (15th) FL,LA,MS,AL,GA//MO//WI (16th) GA,SC,NC,FL,VA (17th)NC,VA,WV,MD,PA,NJ//KS,MO,IA Overall in 3 days 117 tornadoes would touch down with 8 fatalities mostly due to Hurricane Ivan. Storms also hit the midwest mostly producing severe hail and most likely were associated with a different system. The 15, 29 tornadoes would touch down in FL and GA with 7 dead. The 16, tornadoes would touch down in FL to SC with ne GA getting hit the hardest. 23 tornadoes reported this day. 1 dead. The 17, 59 tornadoes would touch down from VA to PA. Glan Gardnier NJ had a 62 MPH wind gust and penny sized hail. Peary VA had estimated 60-70 MPH winds destroyed a barn. Stewartsville MO had golfball sized hail for around 20 minutes and Kansas City also had some golfball sized hail. 2 dead.
September 27th 2004 States affected: SC,NC 23 tornadoes in SC and NC.
October 4th 2004 11 tornadoes with 10 of them in CO and 1 in TX.
October 18th 2004 28 tornadoes from MO to AL.
October 29th 2004 8 tornadoes from MN to MO. 133 severe weather reports that day.
November 10th 2004 States affected: OK 6 tornadoes in OK.
November 16th 2004 States affected: TX 4 tornadoes in TX.
November 23 2004 66 tornadoes from TX to AL and 229 severe weather reports. Around 30 of the tornadoes occured in TX.
December 6th 2004 Big wind event with 19 tornadoes from TX to KY/AL. 136 severe weather reports.
December 8th 2004 States affected: LA,MS 8 tornadoes in LA and MS.
December 28-29, 2004 States affected: CA December 28, 4 tornadoes are reported in CA and severe winds that caused damage. National City reported the top 200 feet of the KSON braodcasting tower was snapped off by strong thunderstorm winds striking 20 cars. The next day 1 tornado was reported in the same area.

January 7th 2005 States affected: MS AL 6 tornadoes in MS and AL.
January 12th 2005 6 tornadoes from MO to LA with 89 severe weather reports.
January 13th 2005 11 tornadoes from MS to VA with 114 severe weather reports.
February 21, 2005 175 severe weather reports from TN to GA/SC and 1 tornado reported in CA.
February 22, 2005 60 severe weather reports with over half of them in TX/OK.
March 8th 2005 126 severe weather reports from GA to VA.
April 21, 2005- States affected: KS Neosho county KS has tornadoes touch down but intensity unknown.
July 28, 2005- United Kingdom Area affected: Birmingham Birmingham tornado rated as a T5 on Torro scale and F2 on Fujita scale causing lots of damage to the suburbs of the city. The worst tornado in nearly 30 years and it did a costly 40 million $ in damage. 3 months later a second tornado would hit almost the same exact place with winds estimated at 80 MPH. After this tornado widespread flooding to the region wreaked havoc on Birmingham.
August 18, 2005 States affected: WI A F3 tornado with winds of up to 200 MPH carved a ten-mile long, half wide path of destruction across rural subdivisions and farms just north of sStoughton WI killing 1 person. This tornado is remembered by many storm chasers and there is some nice photographs of this tornado.
November 12, 2005- States affected: SD,IA,MO,AR Iowa outbreak with 30 tornadoes this day. Severe storms formed dropping hail to almost 3". Then the tornadoes came with a F3 tornado that hit Woodward IA, the Stratford tornado, the Ames tornado and the Hospers tornado. Many tornadoes touched down this day and this outbreak is on the "Storms of 2006" charity dvd that shows the Hospers IA tornadoes. MO and AR also both had a reported tornado for this day and several hail reports in southern MO and se SD

March 12, 2006- Historic tornado outbreak for MO. Many supercells and one supercell that formed near the KS/OK boarder tracked all the way to the IN boader. Many chasers out this day. Large hail to baseball size was also reported in and around the Kansas City area. 57 tornadoes,593 hail reports (max 4.5" diameter), 125 wind reports (max 93 kt) occured with this event.

April 13, 2006- States affected:IA,WI,IL 20 tornadoes would touch down with 18 of them in Iowa including a strong F2-F3 tornado that would hit Iowa City and do lots of damage. At one point 3 tornadoes were reported on the ground at the same time near Muscatine IA. 249 severe weather reports came out this day with the main states being hit IA,WI and IL. 1 fatality with this outbreak. April 15, 2006- States affected: Severe weather outbreak for tornado alley with a tornado near Beatrice NE. Several storm chasers saw this tornado.
May 5, 2006- States affected: TX TX outbreak with large hail to the size of baseballs that pounds storm chasers cars as they punch the core. Storm chaser Tony Laubach was under this storm and recieved car damage including a window destroyed from large hail. Amos Magliocco was also on this storm and witnessed a few tornadoes later in the day from other storms. Event is on "Stormsof2006" charity DvD.
June 2006 (day?)- States affected: TX Sean Casey onwer of the TIV which looks like a tank and Dr. Josh Wurman owner of the DOW trucks were chasing a tornado in northern TX and let it go afer a second tornado formed to thier west. After Josh Wurman watching the radar gave the go ahead the TIV positioned itself and the tornado moved right over them. Winds were estimated around 80 MPH. The first time we got a look at the bottom of a tornado from inside a vehicle with the weather instruments collecting data. (Happened before with discs on the ground by Tim Samaras and also the Outlaw chasers) A support crew was also caught in the tornado and debree travleing at fast speeds almost hit thier windshield. Sean Casey is still looking for his final scene for his IMAX movie he is making.
August 24, 2006- States affected: MN,SD Minnesota and South Dakota tornado outbreak. Atleast three F3 tornadoes this day. Beadle county SD getting hit hard by a F3 tornado that lasted nearly 25 miles and was on the ground almost a hour. This tornado was 400-500 yards wide. A second long lived tornado occured from this storm that was rated a F2 (around 300 yards wide) and a third F0 tornado occured at the same time with this storm. McPherson county SD also had multiple tornadoes including one rated at F3. Minnesota had a F3 rated tornado in Le Seuer county and another strong tornado touch down in Nicolet county. 1 death in MN.
September 16, 2006 States affected: ND,SD,NE,MN Conditions became favorable for suppercells and tornadoes and a PDS tornado watch was issued for part of SD and MN after several strong tornadic storms formed. Earlier in the day several tornadoes were reported in ND. Then in SD several storms formed and several tornadoes touched down. The strongest tornado ocurred in SD and was rated a F1-F2 tornado witnessed by seveal storm chasers. Storms continued into MN but no strong tornadoes to my knowledge touched down in MN. A 10 year old girl did die from a tornado in Rogers MN.

 

[MatthewCarman]

December 24-25, 2006 States affected: GA,FL,SC
December 24, a few severe storms bring strong winds to se GA knocking down trees and powerlines and injuring 1 person by Kibbee. December 25, several severe stoms in GA and FL. As many as 6 people injured from around 4 tornadoes. A F2 tornado touched down near Daytona Beach FL. Many homes damaged near Wake City and near the Tampa Bay Golf and Country Club.
December 29, 2006: 22 tornadoes across TX with 1 dead and a few people injured.
January 4, several injured from tornadoes in LA and AL/MS with 7 tornadoes reported. 5 dead and 15 injured.
January 5, 15 injured in SC from a tornado. Numerous severe wind reports from GA and SC. Gainesville has a reported wind gust to 62 MPH.
February 12, 15 tornadoes with 1 dead and many injured. New Ibrea possible hit and a tornado reported in New Orleans.
February 13, tornadoes sighted in AL and MS.
February 23, tornadoes in TX and KS.
February 24, tornadoes in KS,MO,AK,LA and AL.
February 28, Big day for KS and MO and for February! Suppercells in KS and MO with many tornadoes reported in KS and MO. A few big tornadoes reported new New Colony MO with a supercell. Rare event this far north for February.
March 1, 2007- States affected: AL Southeast outbreak where a EF3 Tornado hit the school of Enterprise AL killing 9 people. The path of this tornado was 200 yards wide and it went for 10 miles. Many tornadoes touched down this day including two EF3 twisters that touched down in Dallas and Wilcox Counties. Elsewhere in Alabama, the Birmingham office said EF2 tornadoes touched down in Lowndes and Montgomery counties, Monroe County, on the Lee-Russell line at Phenix City and in Winston County. EF1 twisters were reported in Barbour, Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson and Shelby counties. Baseball sized hail also fell in Tuscaloosa. This was the 4th costliest tornado outbreak in US history. Three EF3's and three EF4's would touch down this day across parts of the south and southeast.
March 21, Numerous hail reports from TX to MI. Tornadoes in IA and MO. 137 severe weather reports.
March 22, Tornadoes in OK.
March 23, numerous suppercells in NM and TX with lots of tornado reports from NM and TX. 15 total tornado reports with severe storms as far north as IA. Winds up to 82 MPH was reported near Tatum NM and hail to 2.75" was reported in some areas. The NM/TX Boarder was hit the hardest.
March 25, tornadoes in TX.
March 28, 2007- States affected: TX, NE, IL, KS, NC Historic tornado outbreak for March. 80 tornadoes reported from TX north into NE with 2 in IL. Mike Hollingshead chases big wedge near Ogallala NE and Storm chaser Mark Farnick found himself taking shelter in a house after a huge tornado went by Bird City KS and possibly over the house he was in. Many chasers out this day. NC received several reports of hail up to golfball size and Rocky Mount NC had hail to the size of baseballs. 298 severe weather reports were recieved from this day.
March 29, Tornadoes in OK.
March 30, Tornadoes in TX.
March 31, Numerous severe weather reports in IA and IL with tornadoes reported in NE and WI. 140 severe weather reports.
April 2, Numerous hail storms in NE and IA and as far south as TX and AK.
April 3, Big severe weather outbreak with 520 severe weather reports. 389 hail reports, 126 wind reports and 5 tornadoes were reported. IL, IN, MO, AR, AL, GA, TN, SC, KY, MS, TX, NC all had severe weather reported with the central US getting hit very hard. The states of MO, se IL,KY and TN are covered with reports. Hail to 4.25" and a few measured wind gusts to 67 MPH were reported.
April 11, 174 severe weather reports from AL to IN with tornadoes reported in AL and IN. Hail to 4.00" and winds to 80 MPH were reported in some areas.
April 12, Severe storms in TX and OK.
April 13, 114 reports of severe storms with tornadoes in TX.
April 14, 71 severe weather reports with tornadoes reported in AL,MS and GA.
April 15, Hail storms in NC with tornadoes in FL,SC,NC. 91 severe weather reports. 1 dead and several injured.
April 17, 10 tornadoes reported in TX with 1 in Oregon.
April 20, 8 tornadoes reported in NE.
April 21, 128 severe weather reports from TX to MN with tornadoes in CO,SD and several reported in TX. 19 reported tornadoes. Hail to 2.75" and a wind gust was measured at 66 MPH.
April 23, Many tornadoes reported from TX to CO/NE. 29 tornadoes in all with central TX, OK panhandel and ne CO/nw KS getting the reports in clusters. Suppercells mabey? Hail to baseball size was also reported and winds to 64 MPH. A tornado was reported near Del Rio TX and close to same area would be hit the next night.
April 24, 23 tornadoes in TX,OK,KS and eastern CO recieving many of the reports. Eagle Pass hit hard from a tornado that formed with a suppercell. Many houses damaged or destroyed. Remember this area is on the TX/Mexico boarder. The next night a suppercell that formed in Mexico comes close to EaglePass I think but feel apart before crossing the boarder.
April 25, 10 tornadoes reported in IL and 1 in MS.
April 26, 11 tornadoes reported in CO,IL,IN,OH,KY and TN.
May 1, 110 severe weather reports mostly in IN,MI and OH. Northern OH covered with reports. Tornadoes in TX,KS and OH.
May 3 to May 6 tornado outbreak- States affected: CO, KS, OK, SD May 3, 7 tornadoes are reported in CO which would be a sign of things to come. May 4, around 30 tornadoes were reported with the worst tornado hitting Greensburg KS as a EF5 destroying 95% of the town, killing 10 and injuring another 60 people. In Pratt County 2 more people died from another tornado. Tornadoes touched down in CO,OK,KS and SD that night. May 5, another person died in Ottawa County KS as 91 tornadoes were reported in the same area. Most were in open country. Atleast 10 tornadoes were reported in the same area on May 6. May 7 more severe weather was possible as part of eastern KS was under a slight risk but no tornadoes were reported thankfully.
June 2, 2007- States affected: IA IA event with several tornadoes in eastern Iowa. One tornado travled through Fruitland and Muscatine after touching down in Grandview and caused lots of damage. This tornado was rated a F2 tornado with winds to 143 MPH.
June 7, 2007 - A strong tornado rated as a EF3 moves through Wisconsin in Shawano, Menominee, Langlade, and Oconto Counties and the long damage path is seen from outerspace. (Satalite Picture on NWS site)A cat is reunited with it's owner months after the tornado hit the owners home destroying it completely. Long-tracked E-F3 with max winds in the 140-160mph range. On the ground for more than 40 miles and was over 1/2 mile wide at it's peak width. 15M dollars in damage and 14,000 acres of trees destroyed or knocked over. The worst tornado to hit in many years and a strong tornado like this has not been seen since the Stoughton tornado in WI.

June 26, 2007- States affected: TX New Mexico and Texas Derecho event where winds gusted to 98 MPH in Gaines County and numerous damage reports across western Texas with this Derecho.
June 27, 2007- States affected: Several states in the Northeast Northeast outbreak with numerous storms and lots of reports of wind damage.
June 30, 2007- States affected: MO Southern Misouri has a few tornadic storms with 5-6 weak or brief tornadoes and some damage being reported. A few severe storms also occured in the southeast this day.

 

[MatthewCarman]

July 1, 2007- States affected: Southeast states and also SD, ND, MT Wind event for the southeast with numerous trees down and a hail event for the Dakotas and MT with penny to quarter sized hail comon.
July 2, 2007- States affected: MT, NE Montana and Nebraska had several severe weather reports this day with tennis ball sized hail reported in Sheridan NE. Mostly a hail event.
July 3, 2007- States affected: CO, WI, IA Severe weather occured from CO to WI on this day with 8 tornadoes reported mostly in eastern CO in the form of landspouts but some described as large. Also a tornado reported in NW IA.
July 3, 2007-New Zealand- Area affected: Plymouth A single destructive tornado moved through New Plymouth and did damage to the town.
July 4, 2007-New Zealand- Area affected: inland from Tasman Sea. A series of thunderstorms moved in from the Tasman Sea spawning numerous twisters causing lots of damage. 20,000 people lost power due to twisters destroying power poles and power lines.
July 4, 2007- States affected: MD, CO, NM, KY 1 tornado reported in Maryland by the public. Storms with winds 50-65 mph and hail to half dollar size also occured this day from CO/NM to KY and MD. David Dildine chased storms in MD and saw some very nice storm structure and a possible funnel cloud.
July 5, 2007- States affected: WV, WI, MI 1 tornado reported in WV and severe storms across WI and MI.
July 6, 2007- States affected: TX and several states in Northeast and New England. 1 tornado sighted at an intersection in Santa Fe TX and severe storms across the Northeast and New England.
July 7, 2007- States affected: ID, MT, WY, SD, NM, U.P. MI, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC Severe storms in ID, MT, WY, SD, NM, Upper Peninsula of MI and also in MS, AL, FL, GA and the Carolinas. Also, a brief tornado touchdown causing some roof damage to a restaurant and apartment complex in Port Orange FL.
July 8, 2007- States affected: TX, MT, MN, WI Severe storms from TX to MT. Numerous large hail reports in MN and WI.
July 8, 2007 Ontario Canada- Area affected: Waterloo North of Waterloo a severe storm had at least 2 tornadoes reported with it and hail to the size of tennis balls.
July 9, 2007- States affected: SD, ND, MT and several Northeast states. 262 severe weather reports so far across the country. The Dakotas and Northeast had the most severe weather reports. Reports show hail penny to golfball size and winds in excess of 60 mph were common. An 85 mph wind gust near Howes SD and baseball size hail near Baker MT. 1 confirmed EF1 tornado near Warner OK.
July 9, 2007 Netherlands- States affected: Netherlands to near Island of Texel. Waterspouts and landspouts form in the Netherlands, one of them occured near the island of Texel, that's near the undeep estuary of The Waddenzee, and lasted for nearly a hour. Video showed this waterspout to have a nice tube with it.
July 10, 2007- States affected: CO, Gulf Coast, Southeast, O.V., Great Lakes and New England states. A small brief tornado reported near Raymer CO photographed by Mark Farnik. He was the only person to see this tornado I believe. Numerous severe storms from the Gulf Coast through the Southeast to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes to New England with scores of damaging wind reports.
July 11, 2007- States affected: MN, CO, TX, NY, GA, SC, NC Severe storms in MN, CO, TX, NY, GA and the Carolinas. Heavy concentration of damaging wind reports across a good portion of SC. Quarter size hail in Sumter SC and nickel size hail near Aiken SC. Also, ping pong ball size hail near Lamar CO and near Anton CO. Trees blown down on a highway exit ramp near Moncure NC and also down across a highway in Old Ford NC and near Rougemont NC. A tree fell on a convenience store in Augusta, GA trapping 3 or 4 people and killing 1 person.
July 12, 2007- States affected: NE, WY, CO, NE, KS, OK, AK, MS, FL Gosper County NE had tennis to baseball sized hail and a report of 65+ winds in ne CO. Only 66 severe weather reports so far. Severe weather also occured in WY/CO/NE/KS/OK/AK/MS/FL. Small wind event in AR and a brief tornado touchdown in NE. NE had the most severe weather reports. Tony Lubauch and Micheal Carlson chased a storm in Greely county that was tornado warned but never saw a tornado.
July 13, 2007- States affected: NE, NC A brief tornado touchdown reported near Sutherland NE. Also, baseball size hail near Sutherland and Platte NE and a 64 mph wind gust in Ocracoke NC.
July 14, 2007- States affected: FL, KS, SC A tornado touched down for two minutes at an AFB in Mayport FL damaging a small building. There was also a brief tornado touchdown in Elwood KS before dissipation. Four inches of rain in two hours in N. Myrtle Beach SC.
July 15, 2007- States affected: NC, NE, ND Waterspout onshore touchdown in Rodanthe NC about 1/4 mile from a KOA Campground and then dissipation. Golf ball to baseball sized hail near Arnold NE. A 68 mph wind gust near Sheldon ND. An unconfirmed report of a tornado near Cogswell ND.
July 16, 2007- States affected: IA, FL, MD A tornado reported near Haskins IA. 75 mph wind gust near Armstrong IA and a 70 mph gust at Estherville IA. Baseball to Tennis ball sized hail was also reported at least twice with the storm that fired near Waterloo IA. Also, a tornado near Webster FL tore a roof off a double wide home, then quickly lifted and dissipated. Baseball sized hail near New Hartford IA and Giant hail near Janesville and Hudson IA! An EF1 tornado touched down near Fallston MD.
July 17, 2007- States affected: SD, NC, IA An 80 mph wind gust near Winner SD. Quarter sized hail reported at the NC State University Campus/NWS Office in Raleigh and in Chocowinity NC. Nickel sized hail near Osterdock IA and Turkey NC and in Leggett NC. Dime sized hail near Monticello IA and Warsaw NC and in Harpers Crossroads NC and Stumpy Point NC.
July 18, 2007- States affected: NY, NJ, MT, WY, SD, NE, IA, WI, IL, MI, IN, OH, KY, TN, FL A tornado touchdown reported in Islip Terrace, Long Island NY. Baseball sized hail in and near Hill City SD. One mile from Hill City had 6 to 8 inches depth accumulation from the hail! Numerous broken windows in a building as a result from the hailstones, too. Lake County MT 1 tornado reported. Reports of 60-70+ MPH winds in IA and IL.
July 19, 2007- States affected: CT, OH, WV, VA, MD, GA, WY A tornado reported in New Milford CT (locale says Hurds Corner) but comment description says New Milford. Dime to quarter sized hail in OH, WV, WY and GA. A 64 mph wind gust in New Preston CT, 63 mph gust at Quantico Marine Corp Air Station VA and a 60 mph gust at Patuxent River Naval Air Station MD.
July 20, 2007- States affected: MT, AZ, TX, AR, MS, AL, GA, SC, FL An EF1 tornado with at least 3 touchdowns in a track about 2 miles long and up to a 150 yards wide near Seguin TX. Damage mainly to barns, businesses and homes. A heavy concentration of wind damage across GA. Dime to golfball sized hail in MT, GA, SC and FL. A 66 mph gust at the Kennedy Space Center FL and a 65 mph gust near Gadsden AL.
July 21, 2007- States affected: AZ, GA, FL A funnel cloud made a brief touchdown near Cape Coral FL and a confirmed small tornado over an unpopulated area near West Kendall FL. Dime to golfball sized hail in AZ, GA and FL. A 60 mph gust near Hypoluxo FL.
July 22, 2007- States affected: ND, MN, IA, NE, KS, FL A waterspout reportedly moved onshore at Flagler Beach FL. Softball sized hail near Sharon ND. Elsewhere in ND, MN, IA and FL hail ranged from dime to golfball sized. A 75 mph gust was reported in Williston ND and two 62 mph gusts were reported at the Waterloo IA Airport. Also, a 60 mph gust near Gypsum KS and a 58 mph gust at Nebraska City NE.
July 23, 2007- States affected: MT, AZ, CO, KS, OK, KY, TN, VA, NC, FL A tornado near Port Saint Lucie FL with some tree damage but no mention of any structure damage. Dime to golfball sized hail in MT, AZ, CO, KY, TN, VA, NC and FL. Wind gust to 70 mph reported near Inverness MT and 60 mph gusts near Canute OK and Ingalls KS.

July 24, 2007- States affected: MN, AZ, OH, WV, KY, VA, TN, FL There were two tornadoes and one waterspout reported in Florida. One took care of a few trees and signs near North Port FL. A funnel cloud became a waterspout when it moved over Lake Apopka near Ferndale. Also, a brief tornado touched down in a vegetated area near Groveland. Dime to golfball sized hail was reported in MN, OH, WV, KY and FL. Wind damage of unknown speed occured in Weber City VA and Parkersburg WV and near Cookeville TN. A 63 mph gust occured at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona.
July 25, 2007- States affected: UT, CO, TX, ND, SD, TN, NC, AL, FL, MI, IN, IL, MD, GA, CA There were two tornadoes reported today - one was a brief touchdown beside a highway near Taft TX and another was a small and short-lived touchdown near Masaryktown FL. Dime to quarter sized hail was reported in ND, SD, UT, CO, TN, NC and AL. A 73 mph gust was measured by a personal weather station observer in South Weber UT and a 63 mph gust by a spotter in Dandridge TN. Both a 90 mph and a 75 mph gust were measured in White Owl SD along with a 69 mph gust near Salt Lake City UT and a 61 mph gust in Pine Ridge SD.

 

[MatthewCarman]

July 26, 2007- States affected: UT, MN, WI, IA, MI, IN, OH, PA, WV, KY, TN, NC, GA, SC, FL Heavy concentration of wind damage in parts of MN, WI and WV. There was a 76 mph gust in Charleston WV. Dime to golfball sized hail in MN, WI, IA, MI, IN, OH, KY, WV, TN, NC, GA, SC and FL. A 77 mph gust near Wendover UT.
July 27, 2007- States affected: AZ, NV, OH, KY, WV, VT, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, FL Dime to ping pong ball sized hail reported in NY, PA, OH, KY, WV, VA, NC, SC, FL and NV. Ping pong ball sized hail near Sumter SC at Shaw AFB. A 61 mph gust observed by a spotter near Lamar SC that blew down a billboard. Also, a 60 mph gust at Lagrange OH and a 63 mph gust at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona. Scores of unknown wind gust speed reports from VT to FL.
July 28, 2007- States affected: AZ,WY, TX, MO, WV, MA, CT, PA, MD, DE, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL Nickel sized hail reported near Cheyenne WY and in some neighborhoods near the Norfolk VA Int'l. Airport. Law enforcement report dime sized hail near Smithfield NC. Also, quarter sized hail in Waco MO, nickel sized hail in Hopkinton MA and dime sized hail in York PA and Newport News VA. A 60 mph wind gust was reported by a spotter with wind equipment at Flagler Beach FL. Also, elsewhere around Flagler County at Palm Coast, among two unknown wind speed reports, was damage to a garage door of a resident home and at Flagler Beach several tree limbs 4" in diameter were blown down. Other unknown gusts were in North Charleston SC, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Framingham, Malden and Princeton MA, Frankford DE and Screven GA and near York PA.. Golfball sized hail at West Ashley SC, quarter sized near Blitchton GA, nickel to quarter sized at Harpers Ferry WV and dime sized at Bel Air MD. A 60 mph wind gust near Wall TX downed several trees. Some other unknown gust reports include near Blitchton, at Patterson and Pembroke and near Springfield GA, at Peeples Valley and near Tucson AZ, near Fort Eustis VA, near North Haven, Hamden and Higganum CT, near Jasper and at Live Oak FL, at Newville and Orbisonia PA, near Hagerstown and New Market and at Bel Air MD, and at Harpers Ferry and Romney WV.
July 29, 2007- States affected: AZ, WY, MA, NJ, PA, OH, WV, MD, VA, GA, FL Half-dollar sized hail was observed in Buckhannon WV while dime sized hail was in Scottdale and Smithfield PA, Montrose WV, and Glen Allen and Leesburg VA and also near Vero Beach FL. A 60 mph wind gust was reported in Lottsburg VA. Unknown gust reports were near Chambersburg PA where some structural damage occured to the Letterkenny Army Depot and some trees were down in Coplay PA. At Oxon Hill MD some roof damage to a corner of a gas station awning and on the main building occured. Other unknown gusts were at Pembroke MA, at Freehold and Medford Lakes and near Millstone NJ, at Blacksville and Westover and near Fairmont and New Martinsville WV. Quarter sized hail in Greencastle PA, nickel sized at Shamokin PA and near Cheyenne WY and dime sized near Charlottesville VA and in Bainbridge PA and Griffin GA. A 60 mph gust near Kingman AZ. Unknown gusts in Colonial Beach, Dahlgren, Manquin, and Shadwell VA and near Gordonsville VA. Also, at Charlestown and Lynn Camp WV, Maugansville MD, Antioch OH and at Dexter GA and near Mount Vernon GA, in Lebanon PA and near York PA.
August 13, 2007- Storms would move from ND south into IL. They would be severe and later form into 2 bow echoes. Hail to 2.50" was common across MN and winds 55-65 MPH occured with the bow echoes in MN and 60-70 MPH in WI. SPC has a report of a wind gust to 69 MPH in WI but does not say if it is measured or not. St. Croix County WI 1 person was injured due to winds.2 confired tornadoes touched down in ND and 2.00" hail was also reported in ND. Severe storms would occur in ND,SD,NE,MN,IA,IL,TN,GA,SC and a few isolated reports in other states.
August 14, 2007- SD had winds 60-70 MPH that knocked down trees and powerlines. Mostly isolated storm reports across the US but several reports do come from SD/NE. Hail to 1.75" was reported in NE. 1 person injured in LA when a gaurd shack at a oil service company flipped over with 2 people inside. Trees and powerlines also knocked down. 1 possible tornado on the FL coast as reported. Most likely a water or land spout if anything. Only 33 total severe storm reports so not a very big event.
August 15, 2007 States affected: IL,IN,OH,MI Intense line of storms forms in IL and moves into IN around 8:00-8:30 PM. Tail end storm (charlie) becomes a suppercell with a hook and a tornado warning is issued. Tornado watch issued east of the line of storms. The line quickly becomes severe and reports of golf ball sized hail and destructive winds in excess of 65 MPH start coming in. More lines of storms form nw of this line and move se into the first lne. Intense suppercell tracks seward into central IN and is warned for destructive 80+ MPH winds and nickle sized hail. Several tornado warnings issued for this line of storms and reports of toradoes start coming in. Also reports of numerous power lines and trees down. Suppercell falls apart before hitting OH but severe winds 60-80 MPH continue into OH and a new tornado warning issued for Van Wert County OH. NWS says strong rotation,nickle sized hail and destructive 80+ MPH winds are occuring. (Not sure if winds did actually get over 80 MPH yet with any of the storms) The line of severe storms begins to fall apart as it enters central OH but penny sized hail and winds 50-60 MPH continue past 1:00 AM with the weakining comma head/bow echo/LEWP. 2:00 AM the storms are almost dead but south end of storms still capable of winds to 60 MPH. Several areas without power.
August 16, 2007- Severe storms would again hit IN the next day around 2:30 PM. A line of storms moving east out of southern IL moves into IN poducing strong to destructive winds. A 68 MPH wind gust was reported at the Lawrenceville Airport. At the same time a storm with supercell like features (could have been a supercell) moved across northern NY capable of damaging winds 60-70 MPH and large hail. DBZ on NWS radar were around 65 with DBZ around 70 on the composite radar. Storms would continue into the day at times producing severe weather in the north east.

 

[MatthewCarman]

September 18, 2007, States affected: IA,WI
Severe storms would form in central IA and move north east into WI bringing with them 60-70 MPH winds. More severe storms would form in western IA and move into central IA before dying out. Few severe thunderstorms from TX to NE. Benton IA had a reported wind gust to 79 MPH with sustained winds at 46 MPH. Dallas had 2 reports of winds to 70 MPH.
September 20, 2007 States affected: Mostly MN,GA,FL A few weak tornadoes were reported in FL and GA but unconfirmed. A line of severe storms moves through MN and a hook echo forms with a cell moving from central MN to eastern MN producing damaging winds in excess of 60 MPH and large hail. Storms moved through Minniapolis aswell. Pman chased the storm and he said at times it had a wall cloud under it. A EFO tornado did touch down and do some small damage by Woodbury MN. Dean Baron also watched the storm from his house and had hail to penny size from another storm. Fargo ND had hail to 3.50" reported.
September 21, 2007- a few weak tornadoes reported in FL and AL. North west IA and south west WI had winds 60-65 MPH with severe storms and Inronwood MI had 70 MPH winds reported in the UP. Little Saumico WI had a measured wind gust to 67 MPH.
September 22, 2007- Severe storms would form in a line ahead of a cold front in MN and move into WI and then extend sw into IA and to MO. The storms brought winds gusting in the 40-50 MPH range in Jasper County IA and then moved east into Poweshiek County producing winds 60-70 MPH. A reported wind gust to 69 MPH was reported. In Wayne County IA another wind gust was reported to 69 MPH with the line of severe storms. A trained spotter reported a unconfirmed wind gust to 70 MPH in Dallas County IA.
September 30, 2007 -
In IA a storm formed strong rotation in Warren and Marion counties and moved north east into Jasper and Poweshiek counties around 6:15-6:30 PM. The first tornado to touch down was rated as a EF2 and it tracked from 4 miles north east of Pella to west of Malcom around Interstate I-80. It lasted 22 miles and had peak winds of 125 MPH and sometimes was as wide as 7 tenths of a mile. Co-Line manufacturing plant and a home was damaged pretty good. I am sure alot of farmers lost important crops from the tornadoes and winds. (Harvst season) The second tornado formed north west of Malcom and was rated a EF1 tornado with maximum sustained winds at 100 MPH. It lasted 5 miles and had a maximum width of 150 yards. A house was damaged.
Lot's of chasers in western IA and Brian Stertz saw a short lived tornado in northwest IA. Was not very strong that I know of. Hail to 2.00" also fell from these storms. They occured in Ida Grove and surrounding areas. Severechasestudios saw several funnel clouds sometimes as low as 1/2 from the ground I think in Souix City area with that storm but I could be wrong. Also had a tornado warning in SD and severe storms did occur in IA,SD,KS,OK,MO and mabey AK. Not sure about NE or MN. Two days later in October of 2007, 12 tornadoes would be reported in IA,IL and MO. Lots of reports of tornadoes in ne MO and a possible tornado reported in Des Moines IA.

 

[MatthewCarman]

October 10, Just one day after severe weather hit the midwest and southern plains more severe weather and tornadoes would hit on this day across parts of the greatlakes south to LA. Many chasers out this day.

October 18, Tornadoes in AL and MS with several chasers out this day and a few tornadoes confirmed on the ground.

 

[MatthewCarman]

SEP 28, 1986 F4 tornado in Jasper County IA.

I remember people telling me about a F3-F4 tornado that hit around Baxter in Jasper County IA. This one family I talked to said it took thier cieling and floor and they were staring up into the tornado from the basement. People said cars were flung into trees and dead animals was carried all the way to Rhodes a small town several miles away from the town of Baxter. (around 10-15 minutes drive) The tornado hit outside of the town devestaing some farms. I checked dates and this is the most likely date the tornado occured.

1896 may have been one the the worst years for tornadoes with atleast 40 killer tornadoes and one tornado that killed more than 100 people in two seperate cities.

 

[Brett Adair]

April 16th, 1998 - F-5 Tornado to strike Lawrenceburg, TN.

This tornado is still known today as the "Forgotten F-5" because of the ongoing tornado outbreak in all of the Nashville, TN market area. Since an F-2 went through downtown Nashville, they kept the attention in that area so this tornado was pretty much left in the dark.

 

[Chris Sokol]

May 8th-9th, 2003-Tornadoes strike the OKC Metro on back to back days.

A powerful F4 storm struck the Metro on the 8th, while the 9th brought a F3 to the city.

 

[D Hughes]

Tornadoes in Virginia!!!

Hey Tim Vazquez. This is Daniel from Norfolk, VA. I just wanted to thank you for the list of tornado outbreaks. On u may want to add is the recent tornado outbreak we had in Virginia on April 28th, 2008. There were 6 or more confirmed tornadoes, I think, including the one that struck Suffolk, VA.

 

[Shane Adams]

May 5, 2002 Happy, TX tornadoes and after-dark RFD superblast near Lesley, TX

 

[Lanny Dean]

May 11, 1982 - numerous tornadoes across SW Ok and portions of the Texas panhandle, Altus AFB hit.

March 3, 1983 - Donley county Tx. tornadoes, well documented by Tim Marshall.

April 26, 1984 - Numerous tornadoes from central Ok into the upper midwest.

May 10, 1985 - Large tornadoes across portions of Ks & Ne.

May 14, 1986 - SW Ok. tornadoes, Windthorst Tx tornado.

May 7, 1988 - If busts are included, this was one of the biggest in the late 80's, lots of chasers burned.

March 13, 1990 - Hesston F5, tornadoes from Ok into Ia.

May 15, 1990 - Ok tornadoes, Stillwater F3

March 26, 1991 - Ok/Ks tornadoes

April 12, 1991 - NC Ok tornadoes

May 26, 1991 - Woodward Ok, Wichita Ks area tornadoes

May 11, 1992 - SE Ok tornadoes

May 5, 1993 - Ok panhandle, Sw Ks tornadoes

April 26, 1994 - Southern Ok/North Tx outbreak, Gainesville tornado.

May 7, 1995 - Ardmore Ok tornado, north Tx tornadoes...many chasers suckered further west to squall line.

June 13, 1998 - OKC area tornadoes others along the Ks/Ne border

October 4, 1998 - Numerous tornadoes across Ok.

May 7, 2002 - Sw Ks tornadoes

RS

I believe the date for the Kansas/Oklahoma tornadoes is wrong, April 26 1991 should be the date as this was my first successful chase near Redrock OK. This was also the same day/evening that Wichita and Haysville took a direct hit this includes Andover in which 24 people died.

 

[Shane Adams]

The March 26, 1991 date is no mistake: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/tornadodata/ok/tornado1991.php

I smiled when I saw this post, knowing the reason Mr. Satkus left April 26, 1991 off was because that date frustrates him probably more than any other in his personal chasing history (sorry Rob, I had to LOL)

 

[Lanny Dean]

I am sorry guys, I did not mean mistaken as in that tornado did not happen (March 26 1991), I thought it was a typo in regards to the Redrock as well as the Andover event.

 

[Shane Adams]

I am sorry guys, I did not mean mistaken as in that tornado did not happen (March 26 1991), I thought it was a typo in regards to the Redrock as well as the Andover event.

It's all good, just a hunch on your part. If I didn't know Rob and his utter hate for the sheer mention of that date, I'd have presumed it was a mistake too. In fact I had to look the date up to see if there had indeed been tornadoes