Andy Wehrle
EF5
Many chasers are thinking of the past year as a "bad" chase year, but in retrospect I don't think it was all that bad...sure it was tough especially for those who banked everything on a 2-week vacation in April or May that didn't include 4/21 or 5/10-13, but it's not like there were not any photogenic, chaseable tornadoes to be had in the Plains.
Without further ado, I bring you Andy's Top Tornadoes of 2005, in 2 categories:
Most disastrous:
1.) Evansville, IN 11/06
2.) Stoughton, WI 8/18
3.) Hopkins County, KY 11/15 (only official F4 of the year)
4.) Wright, WY 8/12
5.) Junction City, AR 1/12
Best chases-only relatively easily & safely chaseable tornadoes count, so fast storm motion (11/15), unfavorable terrain (8/18) and surrounded by giant hail (5/12) are disqualified:
1.) Hill City/Stockton/Dodge City, KS 6/09
2.) North-central TX, 6/12
3.) TX Panhandle, 6/11
4.) Hiawatha, KS 6/04
5.) SC KS, 4/21
What does everyone think? Any other picks for the most significant/interesting/photogenic tornadoes of the past year?
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Without further ado, I bring you Andy's Top Tornadoes of 2005, in 2 categories:
Most disastrous:
1.) Evansville, IN 11/06
2.) Stoughton, WI 8/18
3.) Hopkins County, KY 11/15 (only official F4 of the year)
4.) Wright, WY 8/12
5.) Junction City, AR 1/12
Best chases-only relatively easily & safely chaseable tornadoes count, so fast storm motion (11/15), unfavorable terrain (8/18) and surrounded by giant hail (5/12) are disqualified:
1.) Hill City/Stockton/Dodge City, KS 6/09
2.) North-central TX, 6/12
3.) TX Panhandle, 6/11
4.) Hiawatha, KS 6/04
5.) SC KS, 4/21
What does everyone think? Any other picks for the most significant/interesting/photogenic tornadoes of the past year?
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). As for November 12, I hate that day, because one of my friends randomly went to Iowa for a hunting trip and saw one of those tornadoes. I could never do that. :lol:
