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Unbelievable Tornado Outbreak

By carol Posted on May 23, 2019 Posted in Stuff

This clip shows just one of the many tornadoes that swept through the mid and central US over the past two days:

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EF5 Tornado Simulation

By carol Posted on November 10, 2014 Posted in Tornadoes

Fascinating to watch this very detailed simulation of an EF5 tornado.
via Leigh Orf’s YouTube Channel

“Orf, Wilhelmson, Wicker, Lee and Finley (2014). Talk 3B.3 at the Severe Local Storms Conference, November 3, 2014, Madison.”

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Breathtaking Photos of Tornadoes & Supercells

By carol Posted on January 15, 2014 Posted in Tornadoes

Attention #tornado geeks: awesome photos via@wired: Awe-Inspiring Skies, Captured by an Extreme Storm Chaser http://t.co/IV09CrS789

— Carol LeBlanc (@spunkycarol) January 15, 2014

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3 Veteran Storm Chasers/Researchers Killed by OK Tornado

By carol Posted on June 2, 2013 Posted in Tornadoes

“He looked at tornadoes not for the spotlight of TV but for the scientific aspect. At the end of the day, he wanted to save lives and he gave the ultimate sacrifice for that,” Jim Samaras said.

via News From The Associated Press.

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Multi-State Radar Time Lapse of Derecho

By carol Posted on June 30, 2012 Posted in Tornadoes

via akrherz’s YouTube Channel

“Timelapse of closest NEXRAD base reflectivity of the 29 June 2012 derecho. The timelapse moves from Davenport, Iowa to Richmond, Virginia over 14 hours.”

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Tornado Alley at Smithsonian’s Samuel C. Johnson IMAX

By carol Posted on June 23, 2012 Posted in Tornadoes

August 2011

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Tornado tosses trailers through air like toys

By carol Posted on April 3, 2012 Posted in Tornadoes

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3D Radar Rendering of Tuscaloosa Tornado

By spunkycarol Posted on January 3, 2012 Posted in Tornadoes

A 3D radar rendering of the April 27, 2011 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Interesting view of the data!

via The Weather Channel’s Stu Ostro, Senior Meteorologist

Twitter @stuostro

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UNBELIEVABLE Hail Storm

By carol Posted on May 22, 2010 Posted in Tornadoes

Baseball size hail captured on video. The water in the pool looks like it’s boiling! The video was shot on 16 May 2010 in Oklahoma City. Surreal!

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Video of Storm Chaser Timmer Inside a Tornado

By carol Posted on October 12, 2009 Posted in Tornadoes

As the new season of the Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chasers” gets underway October 18, here’s a warm-up clip of Reed Timmer finding himself INSIDE a tornado:

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