The Tri-State Tornado of 1925
On March 18, 1925 a dark "smokey fog" touched down approximately three miles northwest of Ellington, Missouri. It would become…
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May 11, 1953 Waco F5: “Monster From the Skies”
One the worst tornadoes in U.S. history hit Waco in 1953. The Texas Collection at Baylor University has a fascinating…
Violent F4/EF-4 and F5/EF-5 Tornadoes in the United States since 1950
Combined, violent tornadoes make up a still rather meager 1 percent of all tornadoes, but they caused 64 percent of…
F5/EF-5 Tornadoes: The 0.1 Percenters that Can’t be Ignored
F5/EF-5 tornadoes are a force of nature most folks hope to never come face-to-face with. From 1950-2010, they made up…
The March 13, 1990 Central U.S. Tornado Outbreak and the Hesston/Goessel F5s
Before April 27, 2011, this 1990 outbreak was the last to produce two or more F5/EF-5s. We look at the…
The Mississippi Valley Outbreak of 1971 and February’s only F5 tornado
Nineteen tornadoes struck from Texas to Ohio and North Carolina on February 21-22, 1971. The greatest concentration of them was…