Guess the Tornado!!

[Doug Lee]

It's been a while since someone got one of these threads going, so I thought I'd give it a shot. May also be good practice for the upcoming storm season!

http://pages.slu.edu/student/rificijc/xenia1.jpg

First person to correctly guess this one gets to post the next. I'll reveal the answer either tomorrow or Wednesday night.

[Joe Nield]

Xenia, OH F5
April 3, 1974

You gotta make it harder than that. ;)

[Sam Sagnella]

What's a torando? :P :lol:

[Tony Laubach]

Originally posted by Sam Sagnella
What's a torando? :P :lol:

It's a special kind of spelling vacuum.. IT SUCKS! :lol:

And, uh, I'll take the liberty of correcting the spelling on the title of this thread unless it was meant to be that way! :wink: In which case, the creator of the torando thread can PM me to tell me! :D

[Skip Talbot]

God, that looks scary. That's one you want to bag with a telephoto lens.

[Bill Hark]

Is that Xenia, Ohio?


Bill Hark

[Bob Hartig]

That's Xenia, all right--the classic photo taken from Greene Memorial Hospital.

A few years ago, I purchased the 25th anniversary tornado edition of the Xenia Daily Gazette, as well as the last available copy (or so I was told) of the one-year edition. Stunning reportage, with some images you just can't find online--although there are a fair number of pretty cool online images. Check out the websites of Kitty Merchant and Homer Ramby. Ramby's site also includes an amazing audio of the Xenia tornado. As the story goes, a guy left his cassette recorder running as the tornado approached and eventually destroyed his house. The recorder survived and was recovered. Make sure you turn up the sound!

[Anthony Petito]

You should really think about renaming the picture when posting it. The picture was named xenia1.jpg :)

[Khristian Snyder]

^^aww...u gave it away :D :lol:

[Doug Lee]

Originally posted by Sam Sagnella
What's a torando? :P :lol:

That's what a guy with dyslexic fingers calls a tornado!

I knew this might be easy to someone to guess this one.

And you're supposed to guess, and not use the properties box. If you own a book with the pic, that's okay. These "guess the tornado" threads are an exercise to see how acquainted you are with tornado history, not how much you kmopw about computers.

It's Joe's turn to post one!

BTW, I like to see I'm not the only one on here who catches spelling errors. But sometimes, I don't take take the time to proofread my own posts.

[Joe Nield]

Originally posted by Skip Talbot
God, that looks scary. That's one you want to bag with a telephoto lens.

"YOU CAN REALLY FEEEEEL IT WITH A TELEPHOTO LENS!!"

Ok, I'll stop. Guess away. This one's pretty easy, though.

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/images/big/wea00217.jpg

[Andrew Geil]

See a bug? Call pest control. Awesome sign!


Oh, there'sa tornado there.

[Robert Dewey]

Midway, Indiana - Palm Sunday '65 (F4)

My neck of the woods!

[Kurt Hulst]

I thought it was elkhart IN. Bob H whats your thoughts

[Robert Dewey]

Originally posted by Kurt Hulst
I thought it was elkhart IN. Bob H whats your thoughts

Yes, you are correct... It was Elkhart/Goshen -- Midway was the name of a trailer park it struck :oops:

[Joe Nield]

Alrighty, Mr. Dewey, your turn!

[Larry J. Kosch]

I thought this twin tornado photo looked familiar. In fact this photo was in another Stormtrack thread:

http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic....t=twin&start=15 (http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2844&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=twin&start=15)

Go to page two and you can see the photo was used in that thread. It's really hard to be original when you have so few great photos to choose from. :oops:

Larry

[Robert Dewey]

Here's a tough one...

http://www.waveformpc.com/NO_CHEATING.jpg

If no one can guess it, I'll post a hint that will likely give it away (since people will look it up on search engines, LOL)

[Andrew Geil]

Its the NO_CHEATING tornado! :)

[Robert Dewey]

Originally posted by Andrew Geil
Its the NO_CHEATING tornado! :)

LOL! :lol:

[Sam Sagnella]

Hmm... Flint in 1953???? 8)

[Joe Nield]

Originally posted by Sam Sagnella
Hmm... Flint in 1953???? 8)

Ooh, good call. The boats make me think it might be the Worcester, MA tornado that occurred the next day.

[Robert Dewey]

Originally posted by Sam Sagnella
Hmm... Flint in 1953???? 8)

Yep... It was an F5, and the last most deadly tornado to occur in the United States. Here are some damage photos: http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/gallery/beecher...how/index.shtml (http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/gallery/beechertornado/picslideshow/index.shtml)

Here are the tornado tracks:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/1953beecher/images/Figure_1.jpg

[Sam Sagnella]

I'm not sure if anyone'll be able to identify this violent tornado, but give it a shot.

http://www.sams-weather.com/stormtrack_game.jpg

EDIT:: Ok, for some reason this isn't working, but copy and paste the following URL into your browser window and it'll load.

sams-weather.com/stormtrack_game.jpg

[Thomas Loades]

It isn't the May 27, 1997 Cedar Park, TX, tornado, is it?

Also, the one earlier that Rob Dewey posted isn't actually the Flint, MI tornado but the Erie, MI tornado . . . same day, little earlier — the one on the map that touched down at 1815. I think there weren't any (known to date) pictures of the Flint tornado because it was at twilight, or just after.

[Bob Hartig]

Hey, I'm delighted to see this thread resurface!

A couple comments:
* Tom Loades correctly pointed out that the last photo was of a tornado in Erie/Temperance, MI, on the same day as the Flint/Beecher tornado. Tom, you also mention that no photos were ever taken of the Beecher F5. But in my rummagings through Internet resources on the event, I did come across two color photos of the parent supercell.
* That twin funnel photo shown earlier is the unofficial icon of the 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak. That shot is one of a series of five spectacular photos captured by Elkhart Truth photographer Paul Huffman as the tornado swept across the fields and into the Midway Trailer Park two miles south of Dunlap, a small town located just south of Elkhart. To me, that classic photo remains one of the most dramatic tornado photos ever taken. The damage was rated at F4, which probably matters little where trailer parks are concerned. Forty-five minutes after the twin-funnel shot was taken, as recue operations were underway, a second, still more powerful tornado swept in from the west and did F5 damage in Dunlap. Last year, I made a couple visits to the area, with the intention of locating the site of the Midway Trailer Park. The park is long gone and part of the area was being bulldozed in preparation for an overpass over US 33. The house in the foreground is no more, and US 33 is now lined with businesses. But I did find what had to have been the northern end of the park. Old electrical hookups for the trailers poked up from the ground here and there among the trees. It was a place filled with ghosts--as was the little memorial park on a quiet street corner in the Sunnyside area of Dunlap. But I ramble. If you, like me, are fascinated by the Palm Sunday Outbreak, you owe it to yourself to visit your library and get hold of The Mighty Whirlwind by David Wagler. The book was published in the same year as the outbreak, which gives you some idea of the immediacy of the reportage. It is a stellar work, at once personal and professional, and particularly fascinating in its description of multivortex structure and satellite tornadoes in a day when such phenomena weren't recognized.

[Bob Hartig]

Someone on this thread mentioned the Worcester tornado. For a long time, I thought there was just one photograph of it, but I recently found a NOAA site that shows a couple more, plus gives a fascinating synopsis of how the event shaped up. It tracks the weather pattern from Iowa, gives a brief account of the Flint/Beecher tornado and associated tornadoes, and goes into reasonable depth on the Worcester event.

I'd love to post a photo from the report to stump y'all, but I'm not computer-savvy enough to lift it from the report itself in a way that wouldn't give it away. So instead, I'll just provide the link to the report for those of you who are interested: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers/Worcest...rTornado53.html (http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/papers/WorcesterTornado53_files/WorcesterTornado53.html)

Enjoy!

[Gabe Garfield]

Bob, I didn't know an F5 occurred on Palm Sunday '65. As far as I am aware, there were around 20 violent tornadoes, but none were F5s (personally, I'm certain at least one of those tornadoes was a 5). Out of curiosity, who lists that event as an F5?

Thanks,
Gabe

[Bob Hartig]

There were at least two F5 tornadoes in the 1965 event, Gabe. The Dunlap/Sunnyside tornado was one of them. I believe another was the one that narrowly missed downtown Goshen and went on to rototill the Shore community south of Shipshewana. I think those were the only ones. But I'm speaking off the top of my head, here. I'm certain of the Dunlap rating, not so confident about the Shore location. Damage to northern Indiana was severe, but two other bands of storms also swept through Indiana further to the south, and damage to such communities as Russiaville and Alto was extensive.

Check with Grazulis--he'll confirm F5s in the Palm Sunday Outbreak.

[Joe Nield]

Sam's picture looks like the Andover tornado of April 26, 1991.

[Gabe Garfield]

Sam's pic does look a little like Andover 1991...when the tornado was crossing I-35. I don't think that it is the Andover tornado, but it sure looks a lot like it (I seem to remember a slightly more tilted condensation funnel and more bulbous mid-section with the Andover event). I really have no idea what tornado that is...which is surprising.

As far as Palm Sunday '65 is concerned, I am far more inclined to trust Tom Grazulis' rating over the "official" rating (http://www.spc.noaa.gov/archive/tornadoes/f5torns.htm).

Gabe

Edit: Perhaps Kansas City on May 4, 2003?

[Sam Sagnella]

Since no one has gotten mine in about 18H, I'll just post the answer. It was the Marion, IL F4 of 1982. A link to more information, on NWSFO PAH's website can be found below.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/1982/photos.shtml

Originally posted by Thomas Loades
Also, the one earlier that Rob Dewey posted isn't actually the Flint, MI tornado but the Erie, MI tornado . . . same day, little earlier — the one on the map that touched down at 1815. I think there weren't any (known to date) pictures of the Flint tornado because it was at twilight, or just after.

And since I technichally never should have even posted a photo, I'm gonna pass the torch on to Thomas, the first one to correct me.

[Thomas Loades]

Thank you, Sam.

So, a "hint" off the bat — this is a violent tornado.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/images/nssl1090.jpg

[Bob Hartig]

Okay, you've got me. But there are at least a few visual clues:
* Photo definitely looks older
* Brown grass and bare branch suggests March or early April in the upper midwest.

With that to go on, was this part of the 1974 Superoutbreak?

[Jeremy Lemanski]

well, here is what you do know.

like bob said, it has to be an early or late season tornado since the grass is dead and the trees are bare. It is more likely to be a spring pic. because you don't see any signs of dead leaves or any other signs that this is a pic from the late fall. So the months that this photo was taken was in all likelyhood march or april as bob said.

Now, it is also an older pic because of the car in the pic and also the pic itself shows its age. Its in color so its not too old, but not new either. sometime in the late 1960s, 1970s or early 1980s is likely the time period.

The tornado looks to be very strong, F3 or F4, and that means it prob. occured with others ahead of a large spring storm system which would have led to a fairly large outbreak.

All the said, its likely a strong tornado in the early spring that occured in the 1970s. Maybe a part of the super outbreak as bob said or maybe part of the red river outbreak in 1979?

[Doug Lee]

Additional visual clues:

The bright lighting of the foreground objects in contrast to the darkness of the background may indicate the time frame.

The style of housing, the lack of clutter in the yards, the lack of tall trees seems to me to favor a recently-developed suburban area in flat terrain, possilby the Plains.

[Thomas Loades]

OK, well, you're right in that it's off-season, but it's not from either the Red River outbreak or the Superoutbreak — which is closer to this tornado's actual date.

[Damon Scott Hynes]

Originally posted by Thomas Loades
OK, well, you're right in that it's off-season, but it's not from either the Red River outbreak or the Superoutbreak — which is closer to this tornado's actual date.

Wild guess--Salina KS 1973?

[Darin Brunin]

West Bloomfield, MI F4 March 20, 1976?

I guess Grillo would have probably posted the answer hours ago if that was the right tornado.

[Jeremy Lemanski]

2 guesses:

Outagamie Wisconsin F3 12-1-70

Tulsa Oklahoma F3 12-5-75

I would say choice two would be much more likely.

[Thomas Loades]

Jeremy, choice 2 is correct. Your turn.

[Jeremy Lemanski]

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/images/manit.jpg

[Andy Wehrle]

Cooperstown, Wisconsin July 5, 1994. Rated F4. I know my Cheesenadoes. :D

[Jeremy Lemanski]

yep, kinda thought a great laker would get that pic. your turn.

[Andy Wehrle]

http://sphs.angeltowns.net/images/storms/misc/name_that_tor.jpg


Hint: This is another Wisconsinader. :)

[Simon Andersen]

Burnett, WI 3 pm april 21, 1974?

[Jeremy Lemanski]

oaskash(sp?) 1976?

[Andy Wehrle]

Simon got it.

[Simon Andersen]

Yay :)

When seeing Andy's photograph, Don Lloyd (http://www.wx-fx.com/)'s recount of the Lomira-Brownsville events of april 21, 1974 sprang to mind. http://wx-fx.com/lomira.htm A captivating read. Since this is the only known photograph of the tornado it stuck to my mind.

Jeremy, the Oskosh WI tornado, if that's the one you're talking about, occured on the same day as the above events. Don Lloyd also have a page about that one: http://wx-fx.com/oshgosh.htm If you own TVCI look up segment (26); it's show's footage of this tornado at about the same time the first photo on Don's page was taken.

I might post more information on these sometime later.

[Simon Andersen]

Ok, guess the tornado!!

http://macroburst.1go.dk/tornado.jpg

A little help, this tornado has been suggested as the "culprit" for a previous photo in this thread.

[Andy Wehrle]

Agh. Should've used a tornado that had more photographs of it. I figured that since Don Lloyd's past Wisconsin tornadoes page is the only place on the Internet where it can be found it would be relatively obscure.

[Chris Sokol]

April 3rd, 1974 in Winston County Alabama?

[Darin Brunin]

Just for future reference on this thread. Thomas' tornado threw me off because he said that it was a violent tornado. Usually violent tornadoes are classified F4 or F5 and not F3. I am just pointing this out because I thought that it had to be an F4 or F5 and did not even consider guessing an F3. I guess you could say I am being picky about key words but I found it to be a little misleading. I had to spill my guts because I was determined to find that tornado and I was looking the wrong place the whole time.

[Sam Sagnella]

Originally posted by Darin Brunin
Just for future reference on this thread. Thomas' tornado threw me off because he said that it was a violent tornado. Usually violent tornadoes are classified F4 or F5 and not F3. I am just pointing this out because I thought that it had to be an F4 or F5 and did not even consider guessing an F3.

I thought the exact same thing... :P

[Thomas Loades]

Originally posted by Darin Brunin
Just for future reference on this thread. Thomas' tornado threw me off because he said that it was a violent tornado. Usually violent tornadoes are classified F4 or F5 and not F3. I am just pointing this out because I thought that it had to be an F4 or F5 and did not even consider guessing an F3. I guess you could say I am being picky about key words but I found it to be a little misleading. I had to spill my guts because I was determined to find that tornado and I was looking the wrong place the whole time.
When I said violent, I thought it was — the Tulsa tornado is rated F4 in Significant Tornadoes. I assume, then, that the F3 rating came from the NWS, which was at odds with the Tornado Project's research, and they upgraded it. In that case, they wouldn't say it was upgraded because the only started doing so for 1990– tornadoes. I guess conflicts like this will happen due to our varying accesiblility to varying resources; but sorry about that.

[Thomas Loades]

Threads like this should never die out after just four pages!

So, to revive this one a little:
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/images/wea00216.jpg
This one is part of a sizeable family — though it could be one of two members. But, same location and date apply.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/images/wea00219.jpg
This one’s not significant; just photogenic.

[Susan Strom]

What a shot. Wichita Falls maybe?

[Gabe Garfield]

I've seen it before somewhere...I just can't recall where off the top of my head. My first thought was that it was a North Dakota tornado (maybe Fargo?).

Gabe

[Damon Scott Hynes]

[quote]Threads like this should never die out after just four pages!

So, to revive this one a little:
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/images/wea00216.jpg
This one is part of a sizeable family — though it could be one of two members. But, same location and date apply.

Perrin AFB TX 1957.

[Douglas Mitchell]

Elbow Lake, MN sometime in the 60's!

Just a guess.

[Thomas Loades]

Originally posted by Douglas Mitchell+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Douglas Mitchell)</div>Elbow Lake, MN sometime in the 60's!

Just a guess.[/b]
Yeah, you got the second one — it's specifically September 5, 1969.

But as for the first —
Originally posted by Susan Strom+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Susan Strom)</div>What a shot. Wichita Falls maybe?[/b]
No . . .
<!--QuoteBegin-Gabe Garfield@
I've seen it before somewhere...I just can't recall where off the top of my head. My first thought was that it was a North Dakota tornado (maybe Fargo?).
. . . no . . .
<!--QuoteBegin-Damon Scott Hynes
Perrin AFB TX 1957.
. . . and no.

But it was in the '50s.

[Jeremy Lemanski]

Dallas 1957?

[Melanie Metz]

OK, I'll guess Judsonia, Arkansas March 21, 1952

[Thomas Loades]

Sorry, neither of those either.

OK, another hint: it's a place north of Dallas, south of Fargo, and not E of Kansas City nor W of Denver.

[Melanie Metz]

I guess that helps a little :)

I have seen that image a few times but it is never mentioned where it is from. The title is simply "massive tornado". It will be interesting to find out.

Mel

[Melanie Metz]

Since no one has posted here for a while I'm going to cheat. I'm posting a new tornado image despite not guessing the last one correctly :P

While looking through old tornado photographs I came across this one. I was quite impressed by the structure and clear slot. Maybe this one is easy. But I want to share the image anyway for those who haven't seen it.

http://www.twistersisters.com/images/Old_Tornado_Image.jpg



Mel

[Justin Turcotte]

Only reason I know this one is because I'm from the area. The above is a famous pic of a tornado in 1893 near downtown St. Paul, MN. I believe the taller building is Landmark Center.

Here is a famous one which should be less of a challenge...

http://snrs.unl.edu/amet898/turcotte/misc/one.jpg

[Melanie Metz]

Hey, you didn't wait to find out if you were right :) Well, the tornado actually occured in 1890. An artist used the photograph to create a painting of the scene in 1893, but the actual tornado was 1890. Just an interesting fact. The photo was taken from St. Paul, MN but the event is specifically known as the "Lake Gervais" tornado.

Anyway, thanks Justin...I expected someone from the upper midwest to guess it.

Mel

[Douglas Mitchell]

Yea, I've seen the painting of that photograph in the Minneapolis Museum of Art...my favorite! :)

[Thomas Loades]

No-one got the last one of mine, so, mystery of mysteries revealed: it was Scottsbluff, NE, June 27, 1955. Either tornado #9 or #11 — but probably #11 — of a 13-member family. (Their paths were fairly close together — so close, in fact, that on official records the two are linked as one single tornado. Only two others in the family are on record, too, and only #11 was confirmably significant [an F4] . . . though tornadoes #6 and #9 may have been.) The entire event was, at the time, the best photographed, with numerous stills and movie film taken. In the 1956 U.S. Weather Bureau film Tornado!, a good amount of that film is used — of tornadoes #9 and #11.

And Justin, is yours Omaha, NE, March 23, 1913?

[Joe Nield]

Originally posted by Thomas Loades
And Justin, is yours Omaha, NE, March 23, 1913?

I think you're right. I recall seeing a picture of a postcard made of that photo on the web sometime recently.

[Justin Turcotte]

Yes, Omaha 1913, which was a mega disaster.

Next up?

[Thomas Loades]

I'm sure we all know this one, taken by StormTrack founder David Hoadley himself:
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/images/nssl1095.jpg

[Bob Hartig]

What a beauty! Love those side vortices. I've seen this photo before, but I can't identify the storm offhand. Out of curiosity, though, is that a second rain-wrapped funnel in the background, off to the left?

[Thomas Loades]

I see what you mean, although I think that, going by its position, it could be a descending microburst.

[Mike Johnston]

Is this the Topeka, KS one that came over Burnett's Mound - I think around 1966 or so?

[Thomas Loades]

No, but you're in the right state and decade.

[J.B. Dixon]

Sorry for the ppor clarity on this one, but here you go, for your guessing pleasure.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/archive/may1975/5675aksa.gif

[Jeremy Lemanski]

Let's try either Grand Island 1980 or omaha 1975 since your from NE and those are two NE tornados that stick out in my mind.

Thomas, let's try Wichita county may 1968

[Bryan Bjorkman]

JB
That is the 75 Omaha tornado. That particular photo was taken from the old Aksarben horse racing track. My insurance agents dad was, in her words chased by that tornado and has photos of it to prove it. These photos have not been released to the public and she is getting them for me. As soon as I have them I will post them here at Stormtrack.

[J.B. Dixon]

Jeremy and Bryan got it....Omaha, May 6, 1975. To get everyone's bearings, the picture is looking west towards 72nd St., as the tornado approaches Pacific St., and Bergan Mercy Hospital. Still one of the costliest and most devastating tornadoes in history to hit a major city.

My mom & dad had a magazine/booklet about that day, with a haunting picture of the tornado on the front. Ever since I was about 6, I've been picking that thing up every season to thumb through it (yes, I lifted it from their magazine rack!). Definitely one of the biggest infulences that brought me closer to severe weather as a child.

[J.B. Dixon]

Okay, here's another.....although for obvious reasons, it may not be too hard to guess the location.

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/lincolntornado2.jpg

[James McCormick]

1957 - Lincoln, Nebraska. I believe that tornado moved up from west O towards Superior Street. What was mostly a rural tornado then would be a major catastrophe now with all of the development in that area.

[Bob Hartig]

Omaha has really gotten smeared a couple times by major tornadoes. I had no idea. But a search on the earlier disaster brought up images of the 1975 storm as well, including JB's image. Pretty darn dramatic! Bryan, I'd love to see your dad's photos. He took them while something like that was chasing him? Myipe! :shock:

Funny how some of us can point to a particular significant tornado event that has etched itself into our memories and influenced our passion for severe weather.

Out of curiosity, does anyone have photos from the 1985 Ohio/Pennsylvania/New York outbreak? I've seen one photo online, purportedly of the lone F5 in that event, but it looks like it's starting to rope out.

[Thomas Loades]

Thomas, let's try Wichita county may 1968

No, not there . . . ah, what the hell. It's Pratt, KS, May 25, 1965. Another picture of this tornado (also by David Hoadley) graces David Ludlum's National Audubon Society Field Guid to North American Weather.

Out of curiosity, does anyone have photos from the 1985 Ohio/Pennsylvania/New York outbreak? I've seen one photo online, purportedly of the lone F5 in that event, but it looks like it's starting to rope out.
Wow, where'd you find that? The only other photograhpic material I know of from that outbreak is the video by Ron Alfredo at Hermitage, PA (the same F5, I think), and a photo of one in OH that was in a World Book Encyclopedia yearbook. And where — I think you mentioned it — did you find the photo of the 1953 Flint, MI supercell?

[Bob Hartig]

Tom, check out this link. I believe it depicts the F5, though I doubt it was packing that kind of punch at the time the photo was taken.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...6lr%3D%26sa%3DN (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hubbard.lib.oh.us/tornado/images/funnel1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hubbard.lib.oh.us/tornado/&h=253&w=361&sz=7&tbnid=tHv6qewDEMQJ:&tbnh=81&tbnw=116&start=2&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhubbard%2Btornado%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%2 6sa%3DN)

I'll try to relocate the photos of the Flint supercell. Doesn't look like much--just a couple pics of a CB right around sunset, shot with older color film. The value is in their historicalness

[Bob Hartig]

Okay, here's a link to the Flint/Beecher storm cloud photos. My computer here at work is blocking pop-ups, so I can't verify this link, but I'm pretty sure this is it. Note the color of the clouds--clearly at sunset, taken with old color film.
http://www.mlive.com/flgallery/index.ssf?G...=20030529weekly (http://www.mlive.com/flgallery/index.ssf?Gallery=20030529weekly)

The photos are just part of a fabulous--and grim--writeup on the tornado, easily the best I've come across. Check it out here: http://www.mlive.com/fljournal/beecher/