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Bronze sunset reflecting in the Straits of Georgia |
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Sun pillar projected onto altocumulus |
View WSW from Flat Top Mountain, North Carolina February 10, 1979 |
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A diffused rainbow due primarily to variable drop sizes |
View to NE from Flat Top Mountain, North Carolina September 1977 |
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A magnificent halo |
Looking North from the South Pole December 21, 1980 |
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A magnificent halo South Pole Station is visible in the background |
Looking North from the South Pole December 21, 1980 |
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Sunrise on a cold winter day |
Looking ESE from Burke, Virginia 6:30 A.M., December 1982 |
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Rime ice in the Smokies |
Town Mountain Road, near Asheville, North Carolina December, 1975 |
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Snow and rime ice covering the Smokies |
Flat Top Mountain, North Carolina February, 1979 |
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"Trombe sur terre", tornado over land In: "Histoire des Meteores", J. Rambosson, 1869. Figure 48, p. 209 |
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Trombes or whirlwinds ... "scattering terror and desolation in their paths..." In: The Atmosphere translated by James Glaisher, 1873 From the work of Camille Flammarion Figure 63, p. 347 |
1873 |
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"... gigantic whirlwinds of sand which rise from the earth to the clouds... In: The Atmosphere translated by James Glaisher, 1873 From the work of Camille Flammarion Figure 64, p. 348 |
1873 |
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Two views of the same tornado at Goddard, Kansas May 26, 1903 Figure 135 of "Meteorology" by Willis Milham, 1912 |
1903 May 26 |
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Tornado at Oklahoma City, May 12, 1896. Damage at Rochester, Minn Aug. 21, 1883. Damage at St. Louis, May 27, 1896 Figure 136-138 of "Meteorology" by Willis Milham, 1912 |
1896 May 12 |
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Tornado cloud as seen over the buildings of an American city In: "The New Air World", Willis Luther Moore, 1922. Figure 17, p. 144 |
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Oldest known photograph of a tornado |
22 miles southwest of Howard, South Dakota 1884 August 28 |
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Tornado approaching Canadian city |
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada 1927 July 8 |
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Tornado approaching Canadian city |
Vulcan, Alberta, Canada 1927 July 8 |
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Tornado in the Tennessee Valley |
Near Paris, Tennessee 1942 March 11 |
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A funnel cloud |
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Tornado tearing up a farm field |
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Tornado at Enid, Oklahoma |
1966 June 5 |
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Tornado in farm country |
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Tornado at Manhattan, Kansas |
1949 May 31 |
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A Texas twister in Wichita County |
Near Wichita Falls, Texas 1964 |
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A massive tornado |
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Twin funnels on Palm Sunday |
Elkhart, Indiana 1965 April 11 |
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A funnel within a funnel |
Near Jasper, Minnesota 1927 July 8 |
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A swirling mass of clouds associated with tornado to left |
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A huge tornado near Stapleton International Airport |
Denver, Colorado 1975 May 18 |
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The awesome force of a tornado - tree pierced by shovel Tornado of May 27, 1896, at St. Louis, Missouri In: "The New Air World", Willis Luther Moore, 1922 Figure 19, p. 146 |
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Airplanes thrown about like toys by tornado Tornado of March 20, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma |
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Military air transport command airplane destroyed by tornado Tornado of March 20, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma |
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Remains of a large military aircraft after passage of tornado Tornado of March 25, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma The coming of this storm resulted in the first broadcast tornado warning |
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Airplanes spun about and left in random directions by tornado Tornado of March 25, 1948 at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma coming of this storm resulted in the first broadcast tornado warning |
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The awesome power of a tornado demonstrated A 33rpm plastic record blown into a telephone pole |
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Tornado damage at Omaha. 154 killed and over 3000 left homeless As seen in: "Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornado" by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher. |
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23 |
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Tornado damage at Omaha. 154 killed and over 3000 left homeless As seen in: "Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornado" by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher. |
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23 |
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Tornado damage at Terre Haute. As seen in: "Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornado" by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher. |
Terre Haute, Indiana 1913 March 23 |
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Tornado damage at Terre Haute. As seen in: "Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornado" by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher. |
Terre Haute, Indiana 1913 March 23 |
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A tornado victim at Omaha found in a tree. It is possible that this was a posed shot as the victim is relatively clean and there are no apparent tears in his clothes. As seen in: "Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornado" by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher. |
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23 |
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Tornado destruction in Omaha. Searching for victims in the vicinity of Idlewild Hall. As seen in: "Our National Calamity of Fire, Flood, and Tornado" by Logan Marshall, 1913. L. T. Myers publisher. |
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23 |
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Bizarre hailstones that were oblong disks approximately 1/3 as thick as long. Accompanied a severe storm. Monthly Weather Review, November, 1962, p. 477. |
St. Paul, Minnesota 1962 June 23 |
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Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed. The storm hit the school at about 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest- lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It travelled 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Vol. 30, No. 9. September, 1925. |
Murphysboro, Illinois 1925 March 18 |
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Ruins of the Longfellow School where 17 children were killed. The storm hit the school at about 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest- lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It travelled 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Effects of Tornadoes on Factory Buildings, Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, 1925. |
Murphysboro, Illinois 1925 March 18 |
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Ruins of the Baptist Church at Murphysboro, Illinois. A funeral was in progress when the tornado hit around 2:30 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado , the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Vol. 30, No. 9. September, 1925. |
Murphysboro, Illinois 1925 March 18 |
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Map showing weather situation and storm track of Tri-State Tornado. Black line is tornado track. The Tri-State Tornado was the longest-lived and had the longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: "Monthly Weather Review," April 1925, p. 141. |
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana 1925 March 18 |
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Ruins of the De Soto, Illinois, public school where 33 children were killed. The storm hit the school at about 2:45 p.m. A casualty of the Tri-State Tornado , the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Vol. 30, No. 9. September, 1925. |
De Soto, Illinois 1925 March 18 |
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Engineering committee examining a 1X5 inch board which was driven through a 2X6 plank. Somewhere along the path of the Tri-State Tornado, the longest-lived and longest path of any recorded tornado. It traveled over 300 miles from SE Missouri to Indiana and killed over 600. In: Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Vol. 30, No. 9. September, 1925. |
Southern Illinois 1925 March 18 |
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One of many tornadoes in the vicinity of Gothenburg, Nebraska. In: "Monthly Weather Review," June 1931, p. 228. |
Near Gothenburg, Nebraska 1930 June 24 |
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The crack passenger train, "Empire Builder," bound from Seattle to Chicago, was struck by a tornado. The train was traveling nearly 60 miles an hour when struck. Only the 136-ton locomotive remained on the track. |
East of Moorhead, Minnesota 1931 May 27 |