STORM NEWS Archives

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1999

1. October 7, 1999 - Volcano in Ecuador
2. October 31, 1999 - Fires across Montana and North Dakota
3. August 20, 1999 - Waterspout near Big Pine Key, Florida by Cyclone Jim
4. August 13, 1999 - Salt Lake City, Utah Tornado
5. August 1999 - Multiple waterspouts in Italy
6. July 9, 1999 - Clearwater Beach, Florida Waterspout
7. July 8, 1999 - Lewiston, MN Tornado by Bob Conzemius
8. July 4, 1999 - Minnesota Forest Blow Down in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
9. July 1999 - Western Kansas Weather Modification Program Newsletter
10. June 16, 1999 - U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Tornado Forecasting
11. June 10 & 11, 1999 - Amarillo and Lubbock, TX area storms by Amos Magliocco
12. June 6, 1999 - North Dakota Tornadoes
13. June 5, 1999 - Bassett, Nebraska Tornadoes by Tim Baker
14. June 5, 1999 - Central Nebraska Tornadoes
15. June 5, 1999 - Nebraska, Tornadoes
16. June 5, 1999 - Lone Pine/Atkinson Nebraska Tornadoes
17. June 5, 1999 - Bassett, Nebraska tornadoes by Mike Purcell
18. June 4, 1999 - Mullen and Thedford, Nebraska Tornadoes
19. June 3, 1999 - Norton County, Kansas long lived Tornado
20. June 3, 1999 - Almena, Kansas tornado video clips by Brad Carter
21. June 2, 1999 - Wray, Colorado "Mothership"
22. June 2, 1999 - Wray, Colorado "Mothership" by Brad Carter
23. June 2, 1999 - Wray, Colorado by Walker Ashley
24. May 31, 1999 - Sitka, Kansas Tornado and Storm Chase by Sam Barricklow
25. May 31, 1999 - Sitka, Kansas Tornado by Bob Conzemius
26. May 31, 1999 - Map showing Kansas tornado tracks
27. May 31, 1999 - Meade/Sitka, Kansas Supercell
28. May 31, 1999 - Meade, Kansas Supercell by Dave Lewison
29. May 31, 1999 - Meade/Sitka, Kansas Supercell by Michael Umscheid
30. May 31, 1999 - Meade, Kansas supercell by Scott Blair
31. May 31, 1999 - Meade - Sitka, Kansas Supercell by Amos Magliocco
32. May 31, 1999 - Radar images of the Sitka, Kansas supercell
33. May 31, 1999 - Radar velocity and reflectivity images of the Sitka storm
34. May 31, 1999 - Erick and Mangum, Oklahoma tornadoes
35. May 30, 1999 - Scotts Bluff, Nebraska "Mothership"
36. May 26, 1999 - Orla, Texas LP Supercell
37. May 26, 1999 - Giant Hail in West Texas
38. May 25, 1999 - Roswell, New Mexico Tornado
39. May 25, 1999 - Supercells near Post, Texas
40. May 25, 1999 - Lubbock and Abilene area storms by Amos Magliocco
41. May 24, 1999 - Tatum, New Mexico
42. May 24, 1999 - Odessa, Texas area Supercells
43. May 23, 1999 - Midland, Texas area Supercell
44. May 22, 1999 - VORTEX in West Central Kansas
45. May 20, 1999 - Lake McClellan, TX storm by Amos Magliocco
46. May 20, 1999 - Clarendon, Texas tornado and giant hail
47. May 20, 1999 - Jericho, Texas Tornado and Giant Hail (Near Clarendon)
48. May 20-24, 1999 - Skydiary - by Chris Kridler
49. May 16, 1999 - Durham, Kansas Tornado
50. May 16, 1999 - Guthrie, Texas Tornadic Supercell
51. May 16, 1999 - Guthrie, TX supercell by Blair Kooistra
52. May 15, 1999 - Stockton, Kansas Supercell
53. May 14, 1999 - Hail in Northwest Kansas
54. May 10, 1999 - Claflin, Kansas Tornado (Umscheid)
55. May 4, 1999 - Wamego, Kansas tornado by Rob Herman
56. May 4, 1999 - Kansas tornadoes by the Topeka NWS
57. May 4, 1999 - Central/Northeast Kansas Supercells (Umscheid)
58. May 3, 1999 - Comparing radar vortex width to damage by Greg Stumpf
59. May 3, 1999 - Forecasting the outbreak by Roger Edwards, et al
60. May 3, 1999 - Event review by the Norman, Oklahoma NWS Office
61. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornado review by Chuck Doswell
62. May 3, 1999 - Central Oklahoma tornado intercept by Roger Edwards and Rich Thompson
63. May 3, 1999 - A review of issues arising from the May 3rd tornado outbreak by Roger Edwards
64. May 3, 1999 - NSSL Review of the Southern Plains Tornado Outbreak
65. May 3, 1999 - CAPS Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Data Repository
66. May 3, 1999 - COMET Case Study
67. May 3, 1999 - Satellite derived winds from the University of Wisconsin
68. May 3, 1999 - Doppler On Wheels Radar Images
69. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma City WSR-88D radar images during the outbreak by the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
70. May 3, 1999 - WSR-88D radar images posted by Travis Smith
71. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma Disaster Summary
72. May 3, 1999 - Building Performance Assessment Team review of tornado damage
73. May 3, 1999 - Moore, Oklahoma tornado damage survey by Tim Marshall
74. May 3, 1999 - Aerial photo of Moore, Oklahoma Storm Damage (Brooks)
75. May 3, 1999 - Review by Storm Prediction Center
76. May 3, 1999 - Possible horizontal roll initiation of a storm by Edwards and Thompson
77. May 3, 1999 - Tucumcari wind profiler observations versus model forecasts
78. May 3, 1999 - FEMA review 
79. May 3, 1999 - Caddo County, Oklahoma Tornado by Sam Barricklow
80. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma Tornadoes by Gene Rhoden
81. May 3, 1999 - KFOR, Tulsa, OK Tornado Coverage, including recovery information for people affected
82. May 3, 1999 - Moore, OK by Glenn Dixon
83. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornadoes from Cloud 9
84. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornadoes by Keith Brown
85. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornadoes by Matt Engelbrecht
86. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornadoes by Shane Adams
87. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornadoes by Ryan Johannes
88. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma Tornadoes and Damage (Floyd)
89. May 3, 1999 - VORTEX Project status messages during the outbreak
90. May 3, 1999 - Moore, OK Storm Damage documentary by Amos Magliocco
91. May 3, 1999 - Oklahoma tornadoes by J.R. Hehnly
92. May 1, 1999 - Goldsmith, Texas Tornado
93. May 1999 - Summary by Steve Hodanish
94. April 27, 1999 - North Georgia tornado video
95. April 27, 1999 - Dooley County Georgia tornado - Georgia tornado facts
96. April 21, 1999 - Carrier, Oklahoma tornado
97. April 15, 1999 - "Tornadocane" RADAR loop from North Carolina
98. April 14, 1999 - Sydney, Australia hail storm
99. April 14, 1999 - Midland, Texas tornado damage
100. February 12, 1999 - Convective Roll Snow Squalls Over the Midwest
101. Alaska Records for 1999
102. January 21, 1999 - Shreveport Sounding
103. Tornado Archives - Jim Leonard's Archives including several 1999 tornadoes
104. Storm Chase '99 - Misc. images (including tornadoes) by Don Floyd
105. Spring 1999 - Edmund, Oklahoma Radar Archive
106. Amos Magliocco
107. 1999 - Nick Nicholson's chase diary
108. 1999 Chase Log by Chuck Doswell
109. 1999 Chase Index by Mike Purcell
110. 1999 Chase Summary by Tom Warner
111. StormTrack 1999 Storm Chase Notebook
112. Chase 1999 by Bobby Eddins

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1998

1. December 26, 1998 - Radar detected sunsets
2. November 28, 1998 - Tornadoes in Western Australia - By Ira Fehlberg
3. October 17-22, 1998 - South Texas Floods - NWS Service Assessment
4. October 16, 1998 - Ellis County, Kansa Tornadoes
5. October 3, 1998 - NSSL SWAT case study of low top supercells in the Pacific Northwest
6. August 26, 1998 - Central South Dakota by Tom Warner
7. August 19,1998 - ABC News Article "Tracking Twisters"
8. July 19, 1998 - Central Florida
9. June 23, 1998 - Columbus, Nebraska Tornado (Umscheid)
10. June 23, 1998 - Rapid City, South Dakota Tornadoes by Tom Warner
11. June 13, 1998 - NSSL summary of the Central Oklahoma tornadoes
12. June 13, 1998 - Guthrie, OK tornado by J.R. Hehnly
13. June 8, 1998 - Central Kansas Low Topped Tornadic Supercells (Umscheid)
14. June 8, 1998 - Culver, Kansas tornado by Rob Herman
15. June 7, 1998 - Clovis, New Mexico Supercells (Umscheid)
16. May 31 and June 2, 1998 - Northeastern U.S. tornadoes
17. May 31, 1998 - Michigan Deracho Event
18. May 30-31, 1998 - MN to NY Deracho Event by William Togstad
19. May 30, 1998 - Spencer, South Dakota by Roger Edwards
20. May 30, 1998 - Spencer, South Dakota damage survey
21. May 30, 1998 - Spencer, South Dakota - NWS Service Assessment
22. May 22, 1998 - Story of a chaser's first chase by Cheryl Chang
23. May 15, 1998 - Lone Tree, Indiana
24. May 11, 1998 - Giltner and Stockham, Nebraska (Umscheid)
25. May 8, 1998 - NTX Supercells - (text only)
26. April 22-24, 1998 - Asian dust over the northern Pacific
27. April 8, 1998 - Alabama Tornadoes by Brian Peters and Ryan Murphy (requires Acrobat reader)
28. April 8-9, 1998 - Georgia tornadoes
29. March 20, 1998 - Hall/White County Georgia Tornadoes
30. 1998 Review - Charles Edwards
31. Amos Magliocco
32. 1998 Review - Gene Moore
33. 1998 Tornadoes - Daniel McCarthy and Joseph T. Schaefer
34. Chase 1998 by Bobby Eddins

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1997

1. December 28, 1997 -- Severe Turbulence Over the West Pacific
2. June 23, 1997 - Aerial photos of Colorado River flood damage
3. May 27, 1997 - Jarrell, Texas Tornado Damage by Sam Barricklow
4. May 27, 1997 - Central Texas tornado photo by Lon Curtis
5. May 27, 1997 - Jarrell, TX tornado event re-analysis by Lon Curtis and Al Moller
6. May 27, 1997 - Jarrell, TX tornado by Lon Curtis
7. May 27, 1997 - Cedar Park, TX tornado chase by Bruce Haynie
8. May 27, 1997 - Simulations of Convection derived from the Jarrell, TX tornado event by Matthew Gilmore
9. May 27, 1997 - Aerial Damage Assessment of the Jarrell, Texas tornado
10. May 27, 1997 - Mesoscale features that played a role in formation of the tornadoes
11. May 26, 1997 - Beggs and Preston Oklahoma Tornadoes  by William Hark
12. May 25, 1997 - Harper, Anthony and Perth Kansas Tornadoes by William Hark
13. May 25, 1997 - Southern Oklahoma and North Texas Storm Chase
14. Amos Magliocco
15. Tim Marshall's 1997 Chase Logs
16. Chase 1997 by Bobby Eddins

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1996

1. December 3, 1996 - Holes in the clouds over Virginia
2. August 29, 1996 - Beulah, CO tornado
3. July 18, 1996 - Oakfield, Wisconsin tornado damage
4. May 26, 1996 - Midland, Texas supercell
5. May 25, 1996 - Tornadoes in the Texas Panhandle
6. May 25, 1996 - Friona, Texas text only chase account
7. May 25, 1996 - Friona, Texas Images of a brief tornado
8. April 19, 1996 - Western Illinois
9. April 13, 1996 - Denton County Texas Supercell - (text only)
10. Tim Marshall's 1996 Chase Logs
11. Chase 1996 by Bobby Eddins

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1995

1. July 4, 1995 - Moberly, Missouri tornado damage
2. June 8, 1995 - Elmwoood, Oklahoma
3. June 8, 1995 - McClean and Kellerville, Texas tornadoes
4. June 8, 1995 - Allison, Texas wedge tornado
5. June 8, 1995 - Pampa, Texas supercell thunderstorm and tornadoes
6. June 8, 1995 - Pampa and Hoover, Texas tornadoes by Martin Lisius
7. June 8, 1995 - Pampa, Texas tornado by Alan Moller
8. June 7, 1995 - Supercells near La Junta, Colorado
9. June 6, 1995 - (and other events)
10. June 5, 1995 - The South Plains and Dougherty, Texas Tornadoes
11.         Video Stills
12.         Scanned Slides
13. June 4, 1995 - Lamesa, Texas LP Supercell
14.         Video Stills
15.         Scanned Slides
16. June 2, 1995 - Dimmit, Texas tornado
17. June 2, 1995 - Dimmit, Texas tornado
18. May 16, 1995 - Garden City, Kansas storm
19. May 16, 1995 - Hanston, Kansas tornado
20. May 7, 1995 - The supercell that produced the Ardmore, OK tornado
21. May 5, 1995 - Monster hail storm and flash flood event
22. April 29, 1995 - Glen Rose, Texas Supercell
23. April 19, 1995 - Night-time Tornado Spotting in western Dallas County
24. April 19, 1995 - HP supercell and tornado between Mineola and Grand Saline, Texas
25. Chuck Doswell's 1995 Highlights
26. Project VORTEX operations study for 1995\
27. Chase 1995 by Bobby Eddins

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1994

1. May 29, 1994 - Newcastle, Texas tornado
2. May 6, 1994 - Kaw Reservoir Supercell
3. April 26, 1994 - Lightning near Hillsboro, Texas
4. April 26, 1994 - Gainesville, Texas tornado
5. Old Storm Chases by Chuck Doswell
6. Old Storm Chases by Bobby Eddins
7. Project VORTEX operations study for 1994

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1993

1. June 2, 1993 - Johnson City, Kansas tornado
2. May 8, 1993 - Lake Kickapoo, TX tornado
3. May 7, 1993 - Near Russell, Kansas
4. April 24, 1993 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Photos of the killer tornado

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1992

1. November 29, 1992 - Tornadoes in Eastern Queensland
2. October 7-9, 1992 - Balearic area HP supercells
3. June 15, 1992 - Lightning near Delphos, Kansas
4. May 31, 1992 - Night-time tornado near Turkey, Texas
5. May 31, 1992 - Daytime supercells in the eastern Texas Panhandle

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1991

1. October 1991 - The Perfect Storm - NWS Satellite Events Images

2. October 1991- The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones

3. October 1991 - The meteorology of "The Perfect Storm"

4. October 1991 - Track map of "The Perfect Storm"

5. April 26, 1991 - Andover, Kansas tornado
6. April 26, 1991 - Red Rock, Oklahoma tornado by Sam Barricklow
7. April 12, 1991 - Glen Rose, Texas tornado by Sam Barricklow
8. Chase 1991 by Bobby Eddins

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1990

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1989

1. May 16, 1989 - Bushland, Texas - An HP Supercell tornado
2. May 15, 1989 - Seymour, Texas

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1988

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1987

1. May 22, 1987 - Saragosa, Texas killer tornado

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1986

1. May 7, 1986 - Gene Moore - Canadian, Texas tornado

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1985

1. June 3, 1985 - Gene Moore -  Downburst and tornado southeast of Denver, Colorado
2. May 31, 1985 - Pennsylvania tornado outbreak
3. May 31, 1985 - National review of the tornado outbreak
4. Chase 1985 Chase Images by Neal Rasmussen

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1984

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1983

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1982

1. May 30, 1982 - Gene Moore -  Tonovay, Kansas tornado
2. May 30, 1982 - Gene Moore -  Neal, Kansas tornado

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1979

1. April 10, 1979 - The massive Wichita Falls wedge tornado

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1976

1. July 31, 1976 - The Big Thompson Flood from the Coloradon
2. July 31, 1976 - The Big Thompson Flood from UCAR
3. Other websites

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1975

1. November 10, 1975 - Edmund Fitzgerald - Other Articles
2. February 22 , 1975 - Altus, Oklahoma tornadoes by Jim Bresch

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1974

1. April 3-4 1974 - Tornado Outbreak - a comprehensive report from NOAA
2. April 3-4, 1974 - Super Outbreak
3. April 3-4, 1974 - The need for NOAA Weather Radio
4. April 3, 1974 - Tornado outbreak review by the Storm Prediction Center
5. April 3, 1974 - The Super Outbreak by the Wilmington, Ohio NWS
6. April 3, 1974 - The Super Outbreak and other events from Weather Graphics
7. April 3, 1974 - Super Outbreak from the Northern Indiana NWS office

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1972

1. August 1972 - Hurricane Agnes - An examination of the Florida tornado disaster associated with Agnes

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1966

1. June 8, 1966 - Topeka, Kansas tornado by the Topeka, Kansas NWS
2. June 8, 1966 - Topeka, KS tornado

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1965

1. April 11, 1965 - Twin tornadoes on Palm Sunday
2. April 11, 1965 - Palm Sunday Outbreak
3. April 11-12, 1965 - Tornado outbreak by TWC

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1962

1. October 12, 1962 - Columbus Day Storm in the Pacific Northwest

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1957

1. April 2, 1957 - Dallas, Texas tornado by Chip Mahaney

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1953

1. May 11, 1953 - Waco, Texas killer tornado
2. May 11, 1953 - Video available about the Waco, Texas tornado

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Old Reports

1936

1. April 5-6, 1936 - Gainesville, Georgia tornado

1927

1. April 23, 1927 - Garland and Nevada, TX killer tornado

1925

1. March 18, 1925 - The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925

2. March 18, 1925 - The Tri-State Tornado from the Decatur, Illinois Herald and Review

3. March 18, 1925 - Tri-State tornado damage photos

4. March 18, 1925 - Descriptions of the Tri-State Tornado

5. March 18, 1925 - Included in a history of Storm Spotting

6. March 18, 1925 - NWS Review

7. March 18, 1925 - The Tornado Project review

8. March 18, 1925 - NWS record of the History Channel production

1905

1. May 10, 1905 - Snyder , Oklahoma Tornado

1898

1. September 26, 1898 - Merritton, Ontario

1884

1. August 28, 1884 - Oldest known tornado photograph (composite?)

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