Count | Date | My location | Rating | Summary | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
001 | 1967-04-21 2050Z | Belvidere,IL | F4 | 24 killed (most at Belvidere High School) | First tornado I recall vividly |
002 | 1967-06-11 1820Z | S of Rockford,IL | F1 | Did $4M damage | |
003 | 1975-06-28 | Fargo, ND | F2 | Mile-wide stovepipe tornado over farmland | Tornado NE of Moorhead,MN; viewed from highrise dorm(!) – preceded by monster mammatus field Roger Jensen’s photo of this tornado is in the Grazulis ‘Green Book’ (NOTE: recordmeteo.com shows two tornadoes (F3,F4) at this date/location, Grazulis notes F2 only) |
004 | 1976-08-19 1955Z | Fargo, ND | F1 | Brief, weak tornado to the north | viewed from highrise dorm(!) |
005 | 1976-08-19 2000Z | Fargo, ND | F1 | Brief, weak tornado to the southwest | viewed from highrise dorm(!) |
006 | 1976-08-19 2015Z | Fargo, ND | F2 | Brief, weak tornado to the southwest | viewed from highrise dorm(!) – did $12M damage w/F1s above |
007 | 2001-05-28 | near Perryton, TX | F0? | Chasing w/Stephen Levine | |
008 | 2001-05-30 | Archer City, TX | ? | Chasing w/Stephen Levine | |
009 | 2002-05-04 | Eola, TX | F0 | Brief, weak tornado | First tornado as a ‘tornado tourist’ |
010 | 2002-05-05 | Happy, TX | F2 | 2 killed; many buildings destroyed | My first ‘really good’ tornado video |
011 | 2002-05-07 | Cullison, KS | F2? | _summary_ | First time chase *by* a tornado. YOW! |
012 | 2003-05-08 | Yates Center, KS | F2? | Wedge tornado W. of town | “It’s beautiful!! I Want to marry it!!” |
013 | 2003-05-08 | E of Yates Center, KS | F1? | Narrow rope tornado | Drove along damage path afterwards |
014 | 2003-05-09 | Oklahoma City, OK | F3? | Night tornado slams into OKC | Never seen so many power flashes! |
015 | 2003-05-10 2156Z | Clarence, MO | F0? | Rain-wrapped stovepipe N of US36 | Saw a total of 5 tornadoes in 10 days with Tempest Tours in 2003 |
016 | 2003-05-10 2156Z | Clarence, MO | F0? | Segmented tornado N of US36 | |
017 | 2003-05-10 ~2230Z | Monroe City, MO | F0? | Elephant trunk tornado N of US36 | |
018 | 2004-05-10 | Limon, CO | F0? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
019 | 2004-05-10 | Limon, CO | F0? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
020 | 2004-05-10 | Limon, CO | F0? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
021 | 2004-05-10 | Limon, CO | F0? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
022 | 2004-05-10 | Limon, CO | F0? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
023 | 2004-05-10 | Limon, CO | F0? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
024 | 2004-05-12 | Attica, KS | F3? | Chasing w/Scott Weberpal | |
025 | 2006-05-05 | Patricia, TX | ? | Rain-wrapped tornado. Poor visibility for us | Paul Sirvatka & friends caught the cyclonic twin |
028 | 2006-05-05 | Patricia, TX | F0? | Anticyclonic tornado! | (see below) |
027 | 2009-06-09 2359Z | near Dyke, IA | F0 | 2-minute tornado just N of US20 | First ‘catch’ on a rare solo chase. No time to set up video! |
026 | 2011-05-22 | Southwest City, MO | F2? | Large wedge tornado; homes destroyed | Part of the Joplin, MO tornado family |
029 | 2011-05-23 | O’Keene, KS | F0 | Brief, weak touchdown | _remarks_ |
030 | 2011-05-25 | Ellsinore, MO | F1? | Tornado sped NNE across US60 | A rare chase in southeast Missouri pays off for our team. |
031 | 2012-04-27 | near Council Grove, KS | F0 | Weak, brief tornado | Kelly DeLay grabbed great shots of #29 and #30. See the Webby Award-winning Clouds365 Project website for photos of these |
032 | 2012-04-30 | S Wellington, TX | F0 | Weak, brief tornado | Memorable because one of our vans was axle-deep in sand and mud only minutes beforehand. Almost missed this one (or worse)! |