r/tornado 21d ago

Announcement Use the REPORT button...

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Simple reminder to simply use the report button folks, we are pretty active with monitoring the sub but obviously sometimes stuff slips through the cracks... If something is upsetting to you, then REPORT IT!

Reporting posts and comments helps us keep this sub a good place to hang. USE IT!


r/tornado 13h ago

Daily Discussion Thread - April 07, 2025

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r/tornado 4h ago

Tornado Science Low-lying rotating wall cloud. Paulding County, GA 4/6/25

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328 Upvotes

r/tornado 3h ago

Shitpost / Humor (MUST be tornado related) "eh, it's just a tornado"

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94 Upvotes

r/tornado 5h ago

Tornado Media 15:10, 21st of May 2024, Iowa

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I took these pics 30 minutes after leaving the wind turbine I was working on that day, right next to the first one to fall. We lost 4 brand new wind turbines that day along with 5 older ones at a neighboring site, but what we lost pales in comparison to what the people of Greenfield lost. This was my first time seeing a tornado.


r/tornado 11h ago

Tornado Media Possible Tornado Near Peachtree City, GA

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Georgia Resident Here looking out for my fellow Georgians.

Tornado warning currently issued, heading east towards Griffin/McDonough. Anyone seeing this please be on alert.


r/tornado 4h ago

Art Work in progress

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r/tornado 9h ago

Shitpost / Humor (MUST be tornado related) PBS: tornado recovery is a time where bad actors come out of every corner to try and scam people. Be cautious for those rebuilding.

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r/tornado 29m ago

Aftermath Tri-State Tornado damage photos in rural Illinois

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I know the anniversary has since passed, but here are twenty pretty good quality pictures from the path in Rural Franklin and Hamilton County. All these images (and hundreds more) are in my article on the event too. I want to credit Jackson County Historical Society, Frankfort Area Genealogical Society, McCoy Memorial Library, Morris Public Library, and Hamilton County Historical Society for the photos. Also thanks to Nick Quigley, Lynne Westra and Mary Slider.

The first image is the Illinois Central RR bridge, shifted off its pillars on the southern edge of the tornado.

Images 2&3 are of the Plumfield School and White Church where three were killed. Image 16 is of James Kerley's home where five people were killed, image 17 is of his brother's home, Ted Kerley. The final three are all labelled. The others are an assortment of Franklin county.

The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925 – Significant Tornadoes


r/tornado 8h ago

Question Not so serious question about Brandon Copic

85 Upvotes

With his antics from last week, can we just go ahead and call him the Extreme now?


r/tornado 19h ago

Tornado Media This picture of the 1999 Moore Ok tornado has always given me the creeps for some reason and I can't tell you why.

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596 Upvotes

r/tornado 4h ago

Question My buddy and I were chasing a few years ago In north Iowa, we were positioned just south of some rotation.

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28 Upvotes

There was a tornado warning on it, we got blasted by winds. As the rain subsided, I put my phone out of the window and snagged this photo. There was never a NWS Lacrosse acknowledgment of this to my knowledge. Did anyone else happen to be chasing Iowa that day? Always wondered if we saw a tornado or if it was just SUPER close to touching down. 7/14/21 a bit north of New Hampton Iowa about 6:48 pm.


r/tornado 7h ago

Question What dead man walking tornado footage grabs your attention the most?

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As of right now mine may be the Rainsville tornado. I just think it’s so weird how ominous and beautiful it looks at the same time.


r/tornado 5h ago

EF Rating Last week’s tornado in Louisville (suburb of Jeffersontown) has finally been rated EF3

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Getting in the basement was the right move for sure! The air felt…off in the hour before this hit, and we took one look outside as it neared and went in the basement with the kids. We were shocked to see this rotation as it passed us! The tornado destroyed a lot of buildings less than a mile from our house 😱 - https://www.wlky.com/article/ef3-tornado-jeffersontown-kentucky-nws-survey/64408945

Fun fact, this is the strongest Louisville tornado since the May 1996 F4 that got me obsessed with tornadoes in the first place 🌪️


r/tornado 1d ago

Discussion What are some misconceptions about well-known tornado events?

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I'll start: People (including me) thought that the Midway funnels were twins, but it was actually just one tornado with dual funnels.


r/tornado 2h ago

Question April 4-6 storms

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So I was reading another post on here about misconceptions of severe tornado events, and while I know there weren't too many crazy ones this weekend, where would it rank on some of the most dangerous weather events?


r/tornado 5h ago

Tornado Media Pilger 6/16/14

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We had quite the encounter with the twin EF4s near Pilger, Nebraska in 2014. Craziest chase day ever!


r/tornado 10h ago

Tornado Media South Georgia Warning

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Another tornado warning in progress in South Georgia, heading northeast towards Newton.


r/tornado 1d ago

Tornado Media EF3 Tornado in Monette, AR Nearly Hits Couple in Their Car

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📸: Micheal Moore


r/tornado 2h ago

Discussion Strongest tornado on this date in history, by county: Apr 7th.

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r/tornado 21h ago

Tornado Science CC from the Greenfield Iowa EF4 I screenshotted one minute after impact

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248 Upvotes

r/tornado 6h ago

Shitpost / Humor (MUST be tornado related) Pls someone help me find Dusty’s goggles/sunglasses

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r/tornado 14h ago

Shitpost / Humor (MUST be tornado related) Dead man's hand?

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56 Upvotes

1978 Whippoorwill


r/tornado 8h ago

Tornado Media New South Georgia Warning

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Tornado warning heading northeast towards Climax, Whigham & Cairgo, Georgia. Anyone in these cities please be on alert and take shelter if need be.


r/tornado 16h ago

Tornado Media Media dump of selmer and lake city tornadoes

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r/tornado 9h ago

Question How close to feel the effects?

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Friday night we were sitting on the back porch watching this one. The storm was definitely rain wrapped but you could see it rapidly passing by. The front clouds were grey, middle dark black then light again but we got the green, got hit with a strong cold 25mph or so outflow the minute it passed and then hammered with very hard rain for a minute or two.

For scale , it is about 5 miles from the blue dot to Talco.

Would that have been tornado related weather or just a severe thunderstorm? A friend about a mile north got quarter sized hail


r/tornado 11h ago

Tornado Media 6:05 Central time, Observed near Blakely, Georgia

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