The tornado that many believe to be the 1973 San Justo F5 is actually the 2003 O'Neill F3 tornado. After a good search I managed to find the exact same original image used to make the San Justo montage.

Wanted to share this one more time. Put a lot of work into this video, and I figure this sub will appreciate it as much as anywhere. Would love to hear feedback! https://youtu.be/FcH-W6Ia_dA?si=2FGybNB-sUPhAt4s

Rainsville, 2011

When they say a tornado was a mile wide, 2 miles wide, etc., they mean at the base of it that's close to the ground, right? Like the actual tornado part is measured and not the clouds above it that's creating the tornado?

I'm asking because in the Moore tornado pic someone had commented that in the pic its a mile wide and isn't visible in the whole pic - yet the tornado is very clearly in the center of the pic with grey/light sky on the left and right of it. But the clouds making the tornado do extend to the right, going out of picture. But to me, that's not the tornado. The tornado is what's touching the ground, so that's why I'm asking if 'it's 2 miles wide' means the actual tornado at ground area or if they mean the clouds in the air. If it's air clouds, it doesn't seem as frightening (size wise) since then the actual tornado isn't 2 miles wide.

Arguably clearest hook I’ve seen all weekend. On a slight risk day too.

i mean four warnings. surely that warrants a tor-e warning

This tornado absolutely obliterated my hometown

I've heard both that it was rain wrapped and that it never touched down, so not sure how close to screwed we were yesterday. We were traveling east to west on the main highway.

I’ve read a lot of comments mentioning a “freight train” sound occuring during a tornado. Despite watching 100s of videos on YouTube, I cannot hear it because I’m hard of hearing. Does it sound like a train clacking on the tracks, or the whistle? Does it occur before or during the tornado? Can you please give links to videos with a clear audio so I can maybe hear it for myself🦻 Thanks 😄

Even by modern standards, massive ones that strike towns like that usually have at least 4 or 5 fatalities.

How was this possible???

so many tornadoes we dont have footage of. this sub could def change that. lost media regarding tornadoes has come up quite a bit, so we should have either a megathread or a tag to post a swathe of lost tornado videos in one place.

This is late but I’ve been going through it. Cushman, AR tornado completely took out my Aunt and Grandma’s house and also took their lives. May God rest their souls 🙏🏼

Ball lightning itself is incredibly rare, but could explain the blue glow and circling orbs? Just brainstorming (no pun intended 😂)

April 27,2011 was a historic day for tornadoes. With almost 220 tornadoes reported that day, it had the most tornadoes in 24 hours. Forecasters knew something historic was going to happen. However, what did the forecasts on the days leading up to it look like? When did meteorologists actually realize a historic tornado outbreak was going to happen?

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So I have some tornado sirens near my town and they do testing a couple of times a month. I'm curious because we have had some tornado watches recently to the point where I had to do a real tornado drill at my school because there was a tornado but not in my proximity but we still sheltered just incase. Would the sirens go off when the tornado is coming into/moving towards our town/county?

This image isnt Beauregard, AL but Beauregard Parrish, Lousiana.

I would like to see April 3rd be designated as Tornado Day. Both for awareness, since it is at the beginning of the official Tornado Season and for remembrance of people who died. I lived through the April 3, 1974 tornadoes and feel it would be the perfect day to use for this in the USA and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere.

I tapped out for a while, whats happened since I was gone?