Krewe of Dionysos | Krewe of Waguns Natchitoches, Louisiana Mardi Gras Parade Day Weather Of The Past

Krewe of Dionysos |  Krewe of Waguns
Natchitoches, Louisiana Mardi Gras Parades
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Krewe of Dionysos  2015-2016
Updated:  2/2/16
Formed in 1995;  2016 theme:  “ A Mad Hatter’s Ball, ” as a tribute to Lewis Carroll’s book “Alice in Wonderland.”

Krewe of Dionysos  2015-2016 ROYAL COURT
Royalty:
Captain XVIII:
Dennis Bryant
Queen XVIII:
Paula Sandefur
King XVIII;
Paul Rinehart
Duke and Duchess of Dance XVIII:
Joe Sers and Janet Johnson
Duke and Duchess of Decadance XVIII:
Kevin McCain and Amelia Rachal
Duke of Duchess of Desire XVIII:
Dickey Moore and Rebecca Trichel
Duke and Duchess of Destiny XVIII:
Richard Armstrong and Lynn Dortlon

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Krewe of Dionysos  2015 ROYAL COURT
Captain Dionysos XVII - Jerry McElwee
King XVII - James Philen
Queen XVII - Cissy Picou
Duke  & Duchess of Desire - Craig Caskey & Larissa Cameron
Duke & Duchess of Dance - Jack Brittain, Jr. & Carmen Aviles
Duke & Duchess of Destiny - Henry Maggio & Andi Woods
Duke  & Duchess of Decadence - Jacques Matt & Tracy Armstrong

February 14, 2015 ---  A clear morning sky was observed today.  A WNW wind prevailed during the morning hours at Natchitoches, La. today.  At 5:00 PM CST or parade time, the sky is clear, temperature at 71 degrees, the wind is calm and the barometeric pressure reading is 30.14 inches Hg.

February 14, 2015 Weather:
7:00 PM ...... Clear sky ...... 57.9 degrees | Wind: CALM | 30.12
6:43 PM ...... Clear sky ...... 59.5 degrees | Wind: CALM | <-------- Parade is on Second Street about to end.
6:27 PM ...... Clear sky ...... 69 degrees | Wind: CALM   | 30.13
6:00 PM ...... Clear sky ...... 69 degrees | Wind: CALM | 30.13
5:30 PM ...... Clear sky ...... 70.2 degrees | Wind: N 3 | 30.12
5:00 PM ...... Clear sky ....... 71 degrees | Wind: CALM | 30.14
3:30 PM ...... Clear sky ..... 72.1 degrees | Wind: N 3 | 30.12
3:20 PM ...... Clear sky .....71.7 degrees | Wind: N 5 | 30.12
3:00 PM ...... Clear sky .... 71.5 degrees | Wind: N 5 | 30.12
2:31 PM ...... Clear sky .... 71.6 degrees | Wind: N 6 | 30.13
1:00 PM ...... Clear sky.... 68.9 degrees | Wind: W 6 | 30.15
12:13 PM .....Clear sky .... 66.3 degrees | Wind: NW 3 | 30.20
12:00 PM .....Clear sky .... 65 degrees | Wind: NW 2 | 30.21
11:30 AM .....Clear sky .... 63.6 degrees | Wind: SE 2 MPH | 30.22
11:06 AM .....Clear sky .... 62.0 degrees | Wind: SE 3 MPH | Pressure (altimeter): 30.23 in. Hg (1023 hPa)
10:30 AM .... Clear sky .... 59.5 degrees | Wind: W 6 MPH | 30.23
10:00 AM ....Clear sky ..... 56.9 or 57 clear | Wind: NW 8 | 30.24
9:30 AM .....Clear sky ..... 56 degrees | Wind:  WNW (290 degrees) at 10 MPH (9 KT) | Pressure (altimeter): 30.25 in. Hg (1024 hPa)
9:00 AM .... Clear sky ..... 55 degrees | NW 3 | 30.24
8:30 AM .... Clear sky ..... 48 degrees
8:00 AM .... Clear sky ..... 43 degrees | Wind: WNW 2 MPH | Pressure (altimeter): 30.22 in. Hg (1023 hPa)
7:00 AM .... Clear sky ..... 40 degrees | Wind: Calm | 30.22

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March 1, 2014 ---  It was cloudy morning with humid, warm air mass.  The sky was overcast during the early afternoon until about 3:15 PM, then the sky became mostly cloudy.  By 4 p.m., the sky was partly cloudy or partly sunny.  The maximum temperature recorded by the National Weather Service today for Natchitoches reached 78°F.  It was a mostly cloudy evening.


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SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1101 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
NWS COOP             24 HOUR     TEMP AT    24 HOUR
SUBSTATION          HIGH  LOW    OB TIME     PRECIP
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NORTH LOUISIANA:
ASHLAND              57    39       57        0.02
BENTON 5E             M     M        M           M
BLANCHARD 3W         57    25       57        0.04
CALHOUN               M     M        M           M
COLUMBIA LOCK        54    31       54        0.00
FARMERVILLE          54    49       54           T
HODGES GARDENS        M     M        M           M
HOMER 1N             54    42       54        0.02
JENA 4WSW             M     M        M           M
MANSFIELD             M     M        M           M
MINDEN               56    36       56        0.02
MOORINGSPORT          M     M        M           M
NATCHITOCHES #2      57    41       56        0.01
RED RVR RESEARCH      M     M        M           M
ROBSON                M     M        M           M
RUSTON - LA TECH     61    46       55        0.01
S`PORT-SRN HILLS     57    36       57           T

Krewe of  Dionoysos Parade Weather Day, March 1, 2014
Official National Weather Service Observations For These Parades This March 1, 2014 ....

11:00 AM................... Overcast sky; 60.5 degrees, SE wind
10:00 AM................... Overcast sky; 58.9 degrees, SE wind
9:00 AM..................... Overcast sky; 57.1 degrees, SE wind...
8:12 AM..................... -DZ,-FG, 56.4 degrees
7:55 AM..................... -DZ, OVC, 56.2 degrees
7:52 AM.....................Light drizzle (-DZ), -FG & 56.2 degrees
Overcast sky morning prevailed
12:01 AM to 9 AM ......Overcast sky prevailed

March 01, 2014 - Krewe of Dionysos parade scheduled to roll through the streets of Natchitoches, including Front Street.  Theme: "Tri-Centennial Celebration"

2014 ROYAL COURT:
Captain Dionysos XVI - Jerry McElwee
King XVI - Ricky Lacour
Queen XVI - Debbie Ciaccio
Duke & Duchess of Dance - Chuck Morgan & Jill Cox
Duke & Duchess of Destiny - Bill Ball & Shay Ball
Duke  & Duchess of Decadence - Brian Swords & Cathy Johnson
Duke & Duchess of Desire - Ryder Churchman & Celidora Achord

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Natchitoches, La. Weather During Past Krewe of Dionysos & Krewe of Waguns Parades Days

YEAR:

2015: Feb. 14: At 5:00 PM .. Clear sky .. 71 degrees | Wind: CALM | Barometeric Pressure:  30.14 inches of Hg.  No precipitation recorded.

2014: March 1: At 5:00 PM ....Partly Cloudy....75 degrees.   The afternoon high temperature is 78 degrees.  No precipitation recorded.

2013:  Feb. 9:   Krewe of Dionysos 2013 theme  'Mardi Gras on 'da Bayou'
For the Krewe of Waguns & Childrens' parade, the sky during the morning was overcast with an E & SE wind prevailing. The sky became mostly cloudy with a few peeks of sunshine especially about 1:40 p.m. CST.  At 2:00 p.m. CST,  the parade began to roll in thedowntown area under an overcast sky. The temperature was 61°, barometeric pressure= 30.08" and falling.No rainfall was observed for this parade.

5:00 pm:   overcast sky, 59°, SE 8 mph; 30.02"

5:30 pm:  mostly cloudy, 58°, SE 8 mph, 30.03"

5:45 pm:   partly cloudy sky, 58°, E/SE 8 mph, 30.02"

6:00 pm:   partly cloudy sky, 58°, E 7 mph, 30.00"

6:19 pm:  mostly clear sky, 57°, SE 8 mph, 30.00"

7:00 pm:  partly cloudy to mostly clear, 57°, E 7 mph, 29.98"

Precipitation:  No precipitation was recorded for this parade year on Feb. 9, 2013.

2012:  Feb. 13:  Due to heavy rain  and rain most of  the day in Natchitoches the Krewe of Dionysos was CANCELLED  and was not rescheduled.  The rain ended about 4:30 p.m. that afternoon.   It was cloudy and damp at 5:30 p.m. non-parade time.  A rainy day observed especially in the morning hours.  The Krewe of Waguns would be re-scheduled and  rolled on Sunday February 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. with a partly cloudy sky prevailing and cool temperatures;  Former Natchitoches Mayor Wayne McCullen was in attendance for this parade.

2011: Saturday, March 5:  Overcast sky at parade time, cool temperatures observed. The high temperature for March 5, 2011 was recorded as 66 °F.

2010:  Feb. 13:   The parade began at 5:30 p.m. with a  clear sky observed at parade time.  The theme was "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves",  and the Grand Marshal for the parade was former Natchitoches Mayor Joe Sampite.  Interesting enough at  8:00 a.m. today,  the NWS official ground snow depth was recorded as two (2) inches left  on the snowboard from a previous day six (6) inch snowstorm.  Morning fog was observed.  It was foggy at 8:00 a.m.  The high temperature for Feb. 13, 2010 was recorded as 51°.  Parade goers wore coats as temperatures in the upper to mid 40's were observed during the parade.

2009:   Feb. 21:  Cold, chilly weather; afternoon rain downpour;  no rain observed at parade time for parade goers that was held on  Feb.  21st.  Light rain was observed for the 2009 Krewe of Waguns parade that year.  Very cold, damp chilly weather for these parade events.  The high temperature during Feb. 21, 2009 was recorded as 67°.  A very strong cold front moved in mid day dropping the temperature significantly for a cold, chilly rainy afternoon.

2008: Feb 02:  Frost observed at 7:00  a.m.;  the sky was  partly cloudy to mostly overcast during the morning.  A cold front passage occurred on Feb. 2.  A squall line  was observed at 9:37 a.m. with movement E-SE.  Afternoon temperatures were observed in the mid 60's;  At 5:30 p.m. or parade time, it was 66.8° with a mostly overcast sky observed.  The high temperature for Feb. 2, 2008 was recorded as 74°.

2007:  Feb. 17: Krewe of Dionysos parade was held Feb. 17, 2007;  the organizer was Dennis Bryant;  A clear sky weather day observed with a cold front passage during the day.  A breezy (30-35 m.p.h. NW wind prevailed during the day;  It was 54° at 5:00 p.m.  and at 6 p.m.  (a NW 15 mph observed).  The high temperature for Feb. 17, 2007 was recorded as 62° with no precipitation recorded.

2006: Mar. 3: Krewe of Dionysus Mardi Gras Parade rolled thru Natchitoches' Landmark Historic District and East Natchitoches. 5:30 p.m.;  at 7:00 p.m., it was 69° with a mostly clear sky; no precipitation at parade time;  a NE wind prevailed that day.   The high temperature for Mar. 3, 2006 was recorded as 70° with no precipitation recorded.

2005: Feb. 5:  The Krewe of Dionysos of Natchitoches, Louisiana, held their annual Mardi Gras Parade on the evening of February 5, 2005;  a mostly cloudy to cloudy day was observed;  it was 60° at 4:00 p.m.;  the sky was mostly cloudy at parade time with no precipitation recorded;  temperatures were in the upper 50's during parade time.   The high temperature for Feb. 5, 2005 was recorded as 63° with no precipitation recorded.

2004: The Krewe of Dionysos held its annual parade on Saturday, February 21, 2004 beginning at 5:30 p.m.; A clear morning sky with high clouds (cirrus) by 2:00 p.m.;  it was a partly cloudy sky observed at parade time with temperatures in the 60s.   The high temperature for Feb. 21, 2004 was recorded as 69° with no precipitation recorded.

2003:   March 01:  Krewe of Dionysos  parade held; an overcast morning observed becoming mostly cloudy by 3 pm with some sunshine.  At 6:00 p.m. it was 48° with a mostly cloudy sky observed at parade time with a N-NE wind prevailing near 5 m.p.h. No precipitation recorded.

2002:   Feb 09:  Krewe of Dionysos parade held.  A  dense morning fog observed at 7:00 a.m.;  a cold front passage occurred about 9:00 p.m. that evening;  a partly cloudy afternoon with  69° at 4:30 p.m.; temperatures lowered to mid 60's at parade time with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy sky. Light rain showers observed by 8 p.m. that evening.
    　
2001:   Feb 24:  Krewe of Dionysos  parade held; the sky was pt. sunny to cloudy; gusty winds with a rain shower observed at 3:41 p.m.; there were tornado watches issued for most of north Louisiana that day.     

2000:   March 4:  Krewe of Dionysos 2001 parade held;  an overcast sky prevailed in the  morning; a partly cloudy sky observed by 1:36 p.m. with a N/NE wind;  no precipitation at parade time and none recorded for the day.

1999:   Krewe of Dionysos was held on Feb. 13, 1999;  (weather data pending);  The Krewe of Dionysos' first parade, in 1999, had three floats, about 120 riders, and a few marching bands.

Krewe of Dionysos Natchitoches La. HISTORY:

Natchitoches  Krewe of Dionysus was formed in 1995. The Krewe of Dionysos' first parade, in 1999, had three floats, about 120 riders, and a few marching bands. The parade is held on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday.

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March 01, 2014 - Krewe of Dionysos parade scheduled to roll through the streets of Natchitoches, including Front Street.
Theme:  "Tri-Centennial Celebration"
2014 ROYAL COURT
Captain Dionysos XVI - Jerry McElwee
King XVI - Ricky Lacour
Queen XVI - Debbie Ciaccio
Duke & Duchess of Dance - Chuck Morgan & Jill Cox
Duke & Duchess of Destiny - Bill Ball & Shay Ball
Duke  & Duchess of Decadence - Brian Swords & Cathy Johnson
Duke & Duchess of Desire - Ryder Churchman & Celidora Achord

2013 -  Feb. 9  theme  'Mardi Gras on 'da Bayou'
Captain Dionysos XV - Jerry McElwee
King XV - Pete Johnson
Queen XV - Rhonda Hernandez
Duke & Duchess of Dance - Brad Calvert & Shelley Pleasant
Duke & Duchess of Destiny - Jamie Philen & Alanna Nelson
Duke & Duchess of Decadence - James Stewart & Kelly Dunn
Duke & Duchess of Desire - Pete Pleasant & Brandi Laroux

Dec. 8, 2012 - Krewe of Dionysos entered a float for the first time in the 86th Annual Natchitoches Christmas parade.
2012-   The theme was "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans." King Dionysos Johnny Muckleroy, Queen Dionysos Brenda Poynter and Captain Dionysos Jerry McElwee.  A parade was not held this year.

2011 -   The theme was "Casino Royale." ;  King Dionysos XIII Wayne Frame hosted the king's supper Feb. 5 at the home of Ronnie and Duchess of Decadence Karen Poche'.
Queen Dionysos XIII Cheryl Calvert; Captain Dionysos XIII Dennis Bryant; Dr. James D. Knecht and Crystal Manning Mitchell Duke and Duchess of Destiny

2010 -   This year's parade theme is "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves", and Grand marshal for the parade is former Natchitoches mayor Joe Sampite.  King Dionysos XII  Dr. Bryan A. Picou

2009 -  The 11th Annual Krewe of Dionysos parade was held Feb. 21st.  The theme was "Wild Wild West."  King Dionysos XI Jerry McElwee and Queen Dionysos XI Julie Gardiner

2008 - A Decade of Dionysos
Captain Dionysos X - Dennis Bryant
King Dionysos X-Ramon Triche
Queen Dionysos X - Claudia Triche

2007 - A Time of Enchment
Captain Dionysos IX - Tony Gustwick
King Dionysos IX- Rick Calvert
Queen Dionysos IX - Pamela Dove-Frame

2006 - All That Jazz
Captain Dionysos VIII - David Johnson
King Dionysos VIII - Ted Gardiner
Queen Dionysos VIII - Janette Melton

2005 - Moonlight Masquerade
Captain Dionysos VII - David Johnson
King Dionysos VII - David Dollar
Queen Dionysos VII - Paula Muckleroy

2004 - Mardi Gras Through The Ages
Captain Dionysos VI - Joey Peltier
King Dionysos VI - Brother Michael David Elvestrom
Queen Dionysos VI - Cathi Howell

2003 - Mardi Gras In The City Of Lights
Captain Dionysos V - Joey Peltier
King Dionysos V - Doug Lewallen
Queen Dionysos V - Wanda Pochè

2002 - Treasures Of The Sea
Captain Dionysos IV - Barbara Jackson
King Dionysos IV - Mike Poynter
Queen Dionysos IV - Barbara Johnson

2001 - A Night On The Town
Captain Dionysos III - Barbara Jackson
King Dionysos III - John E. Cox
Queen Dionysos III - Linda Tillman-Gustwick

2000 - Millenium Magic
Captain Dionysos II - Dianne Winningham
King Dionysos II - David Johnson
Queen Dionysos II - Louise Booty

1999 - Inaugural Year
Captain Dionysos I - Dianne Winningham
King Dionysos I - Andy Jackson
Queen Dionysos I - Kim Isbell

Tornadoes That Have Scoured The Road Pavement | Some Past Tornadoes That Have Scoured The Road Pavement UPDATED: Dec. 24, 2015

Tornadoes That Have Scoured The Road Pavement | Some Past Tornadoes That Have Scoured The Road Pavement

 Data from National Weather Service tornado surveys.....

 

December 23, 2015,  near Ashland, Mississippi tornado event |   Photo courtesy:  NWS Memphis, TN...

　

MAY 22, 2011 JOPLIN, MISSOURI DEVASTATING EF-5 TORNADO:
Main steel roof support trusses were rolled like paper, and main support beams twisted or curved. Portions of trees that remained standing were debarked and denuded. In a parking lot west of the Home Depot, the asphalt was torn from its base with the chunks tossed eastward across the street. Also, asphalt was ripped up from the Walmart parking lot. Wind rowing or debris packing of heavy building and other materials were evident in several areas along the most destructive portions of the track. There were also some interesting features such as a wooden chair with four legs embedded into an exterior wood and stucco wall, and a rubber hose impaled through a tree.

Joplin Tornado NWS Survey:
Maximum EF-Scale:  EF- 5
Est. Max. Wind: In Excess of 200 mph
Path Length: 22.1  Miles
Path Width:  3/4 to 1 Mile
Fatalities: 158
Injuries:1000+
Start Time: 1734 PM
End Time: 1812 PM
Approximate Beginning Pt.: 1/2 mile SW of the intersection of JJ HWY  & and west 32nd street (Newton Road)
Approximate Ending Pt.: 4.8 mi. NNE of Granby, Missouri

THE JOPLIN DEVASTATING EF-5 TORNADO:
* DATE...22 May 2011
* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF-5
* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…In Excess of 200 MPH
* ESTIMATED MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…3/4 to 1 Mile
* ESTIMATED DAMAGE PATH LENGTH...22.1 Miles
* APPROXIMATE START POINT…1/2 Mile Southwest of the Intersection of JJ Highway (South Central City Road) and West 32ND Street (Newton Road)
* APPROXIMATE END POINT…4.8 Miles North Northeast of Granby, MISSOURI
* START TIME…1734 P.M.
* END TIME…1812 P.M.
* FATALITIES…158
* INJURIES…1000+

Data: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/sgf/?n=event_2011may22_survey

　
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April 25–28, 2011 Tornado outbreak - Philadelphia, Mississippi Tornado
This EF-5 tornado touched down near the city of Philadelphia, Mississippi. The tornado touched down at 2:30 p.m. CDT and traveled a path of 29 miles through Neshoba, Kemper, Winston, and Noxubee counties, resulting in three fatalities and significant high end destruction. In parts of northeast Neshoba and northwest Kemper counties, there was very high end tree damage with extreme denuding and debarking of trees, which were torn from the ground and thrown. Nearby, a large area of ground was scoured out to a depth of two feet in places, and asphalt was scoured off pavement. This was the first tornado to cause F5 or EF5 damage in Mississippi since the Candlestick Park tornado of March 3, 1966. Additionally, this marks the first time since statistics have been kept that two EF5 tornadoes have been recorded on the same day in Mississippi, with the tornado in Smithville, Mississippi also rated as an EF5. The last confirmed EF5 tornado was the Parkersburg, Iowa tornado on May 25, 2008.
　

Neshoba/Kemper/Winston/Noxubee Counties, MS
Mississippi Tornado Outbreak Of April 25-27-2011
Courtesy:  National Weather Service Jackson, Mississippi

Tornado Event Summary:This tornado caused a path of extensive damage in northeast Neshoba, extreme northwest Kemper, extreme southeast Winston, and southwest Noxubee counties. The most intense damage occurred in a several mile area from extreme northeast Neshoba county into extreme southeast Winston county. Much of the damage in the core of the tornado in this area was rated as high end EF-3 to EF-5. The three fatalities occurred in northwest Kemper County when a strapped down doublewide mobile home was thrown a distance of approximately 300 yards into a treeline, and then obliterated with the debris and framing scattered many hundreds of yards down the path. There was no indication of ground impacts between the original site of the mobile home and where it ended up to indicate that the mobile home bounced extensively as it travelled. Two traditional frame brick homes in southeast Winston county were completely leveled with only a few small parts of interior walls standing. New vehicles were thrown or rolled hundreds of yards before being wrapped into trees and left almost beyond recognition. In parts of northeast Neshoba and northwest Kemper counties, there was very high end tree damage with extensive denuding and debarking of trees, along with areas where the ground was scoured out to a depth of two feet in places, and asphalt was scoured off pavement.  This marks the first EF5 tornado in Mississippi since the Candlestick Park tornado on May 3, 1966. Additionally, this marks the first time since statistics have been kept that two EF5 tornadoes have been recorded on the same day in Mississippi, with the tornado in Smithville also rated as an EF5.

Data at:  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2011_04_25_27_neshoba_kemper_winston_noxubee

　
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The Andover, Kansas Tornado of 1991
The 1991 Andover, Kansas Tornado was a violent outbreak of 55 tornadoes which took place on April 26, 1991, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds more. This was the last F5 tornado that was recorded in Kansas under the old Fujita scale rating system. Trees were debarked and pavement was scoured off roads.
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Jarrell, Texas Tornado Damage - May 27, 1997
Jarrell, Texas Tornado  in 1997, Jarrell Texas (40 miles north of Austin and about 100 miles north of San Antonio) had an F5 tornado that pulled up the asphalt and grass in its path.  Shortly before 3:45 pm CDT on 27 May 97, a violent tornado struck portions of Jarrell, TX, killing 27 directly, and doing damage officially rated F5 on the Fujita Scale -- the most extreme level of tornado damage. This tornado blew some houses completely off the foundations and swept away the disentegrated remains.  It also scoured asphalt from roads, killed and dismembered hundreds of cattle, stripped bark from trees and uprooted them, and bounced vehicles for up to half a mile from their parking places. Official report: The F5 tornado (see Appendix F, Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale) that occurred near theunincorporated community of Jarrell in Williamson County caused 27 of the 30 fatalities. Actual time of the Jarrell tornado’s development was hard to pinpoint but is believed to be between 3:15 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. Initially, the  tornado was quite weak and small, probably beingno more than F0 or F1. The tornado moved slowly south-southwest, crossing into Williamson County at approximately 3:25 p.m. Shortly thereafter, the tornado explosively strengthened,becoming a multi-vortex F5 tornado before  moving into the Double Creek Estates subdivision onthe west side of Jarrell at 3:40 p.m. Here, devastation was complete. The entire subdivision,consisting of approximately 38 single-family structures and several mobile homes, was destroyed.Three businesses, located  adjacent to the subdivision, were also destroyed.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 1997
YESTERDAY...SATURDAY MAY 31ST...OFFICIALS FROM THE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...ACCOMPANIED BY A NOAA SURVEY
TEAM...TOURED THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE PEDERNALES VALLEY TORNADO IN
SOUTHWEST TRAVIS COUNTY ON TUESDAY...MAY 27TH. Weather Service surveys tornado damage in Texas town:  LARGE TREES IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO PATH WERE TOPPLED OR PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND. ... ASPHALT WAS SCOURED FROM A COUNTY ROAD IN THE PEDERNALES CANYON ... DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE PEDERNALES VALLEY TORNADO...IT DESTROYED SOME 15 HOMES...CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO AN ESTIMATED 15 OTHER HOMES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO 14 HOMES.  LARGE TREES IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO PATH WERE TOPPLED OR PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND...CARS AND HOME APPLIANCES WERE ALSO SCATTERED FOR SOME DISTANCE.  ASPHALT WAS SCOURED FROM A COUNTY ROAD IN THE PEDERNALES CANYON SUBDIVISION.  F4 DAMAGE EARLY IN ITS LIFE FROM THE TELEPHONE SWITCHING STATION JUST SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA SHORES THROUGH THE HAZY HILLS SUBDIVISION AREA. A TORNADO WARNING FOR TRAVIS COUNTY WAS ISSUED BY THE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 4:09 PM CDT.


The Pedernales Valley, Texas, tornado damage and intensity rating survey from the Austin/San Antonio National Weather Service.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1055 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 1997

YESTERDAY...SATURDAY MAY 31ST...OFFICIALS FROM THE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...ACCOMPANIED BY A NOAA SURVEY
TEAM...TOURED THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE PEDERNALES VALLEY TORNADO IN
SOUTHWEST TRAVIS COUNTY ON TUESDAY...MAY 27TH.  PRELIMINARY REVIEWS
BY THE TEAM INDICATE...BASED ON INITIAL GROUND OBSERVATIONS...THAT
THIS TORNADO WAS AN F3 THROUGH MOST OF ITS LIFE...WITH VERY CLEAR
F4 DAMAGE EARLY IN ITS LIFE FROM THE TELEPHONE SWITCHING STATION JUST
SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA SHORES THROUGH THE HAZY HILLS SUBDIVISION AREA.
A TORNADO WARNING FOR TRAVIS COUNTY WAS ISSUED BY THE AUSTIN/SAN
ANTONIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 4:09 PM CDT.  THE PEDERNALES VALLEY TORNADO APPEARED TO TOUCH DOWN FIRST AT THE SIESTA SHORES MARINA AT LAKE TRAVIS NEAR BRIARCLIFF AROUND 4:45 PM...CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE MARINA AND PROPERTY IN THE AREA.  THE TORNADO NEXT TRACKED TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST...ENCOUNTERING AND DESTROYING A REINFORCED CONCRETE TELEPHONE SWITCHING STATION ONE MILE FROM THE MARINA...AND CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO ONE HOME.  IT CONTINUED IN THIS DIRECTION FOR ANOTHER MILE...CROSSING OVER TWO RIDGE LINES AND THEN DESCENDING INTO THE HAZY HILLS SUBDIVISION ABOUT 4:50 PM.  IT FIRST STRUCK A MOBILE HOME...KILLING ONE MAN.  THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS A SHALLOW VALLEY AND CLIMBED AN APPROXIMATE 200 FOOT RISE...ROLLING ONE AND PERHAPS TWO VEHICLES OVER 1/4 MILE AND PUSHING THEM UP THE RISE DURING THIS TIME.  THE TORNADO COMPLETELY DESTROYED ONE HOME AND SEVERELY DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS AS IT CONTINUED SOUTHWESTWARD BEFORE CROSSING  SH71.  THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED AT 1/4 MILE WIDE AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE HAZY HILLS SUBDIVISION. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD...INTO THE PEDERNALES CANYON  SUBDIVISION...DESTROYING OR SEVERELY DAMAGING APPROXIMATELY 25 HOMES FINALLY DISSIPATING APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SH71. DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE PEDERNALES VALLEY TORNADO...IT  DESTROYED SOME 15 HOMES...CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO AN ESTIMATED 15 OTHER HOMES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO 14 HOMES.  LARGE TREES IN AND NEAR THE TORNADO PATH WERE TOPPLED OR PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND...CARS AND HOME APPLIANCES WERE ALSO SCATTERED FOR SOME DISTANCE.  ASPHALT WAS SCOURED FROM A COUNTY ROAD IN THE PEDERNALES CANYON SUBDIVISION.  AGAIN...IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SURVEY.  A MORE COMPLETE AND THOROUGH SURVEY...TO INCLUDE BOTH GROUND AND AERIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND ENGINEERING ASSESSMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AND MADE AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE. THE NOAA ASSESSMENT TEAM WILL BE IN THE AUSTIN AREA THROUGH MONDAY...
JUNE 2.

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Tornadoes in Central Georgia - March 1, 2007
On Thursday, March 1, 2007 severe thunderstorms moved across Central Georgia, producing several tornadoes that resulted in significant damage in several counties. Mobile home lifted from foundation and dropped next to road (Webster County). Tornado demolished this home in Webster County and pulled asphalt up as itup as it crossed roadway. This tornado tracked across Webster...Sumter...and Macon counties...from Chambliss to about 17 miles northeast of Americus. It was rated EF3. Path length approximately 38 miles and maximum width of one mile in Americus. Heaviest damage was in the city of Americus around the Sumter Regional  Hospital. The hospital was evacuated and is not being used. Hundreds of homes...businesses and vehicles were affected with significant damage or totally destroyed. Two confirmed deaths and numerous injuries were associated with this storm in Americus. Three injuries also occurred northeast of Chambliss on East Centerpoint Road when a concrete block house and two machine shops were totally destroyed. The road in front of the house had 25 feet of asphalt ripped out. Five cows were killed in the same area. A tractor trailer was overturned and burned at the intersection of highway 520 and TV Tower Road in south Webster County.  The 1600 foot Georgia Public Television tower in the same area was snapped off with only 150 feet still standing.

Data: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/torfotos3107b.shtml

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OCTOBER 4, 1998 WATONGA, OKLAHOMA TORNADO
A video showed the very thin rope tornado ripping a piece of asphalt pavement off the road. The area the tornado went across was sparsely populated. Damage was to a vacant house, utility poles, a couple of barns and an irrigation system. No injuries reported. The tornado was described as an F2 by the NWS and traveled 12 miles on the ground. It  started three miles southwest of Watonga and dissipated about 9 miles east-northeast of Watonga, Oklahoma.
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The Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of May 3, 1999
On May 3, 1999, multiple supercell thunderstorms produced many large and damaging tornadoes in central Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours. Some of these storms were killers, including the twisters which moved through and/or near Dover, Shawnee, Perry and Bridge Creek, and the Moore and southern Oklahoma City metropolitan areas. Additional tornadoes also hit areas in south central Kansas, eastern Oklahoma and northern Texas, with over 70 tornadoes being  observed across the region. The total tornado count makes this tornado outbreak the largest ever recorded in Oklahoma.

TTAA00 KOUN 070120
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
820 PM CDT THU MAY 6 1999
REPORT ON TORNADO DAMAGE IN GRADY AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES...
A SURVEY TEAM COMPOSED OF METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAVE COMPLETED INITIAL SURVEYS OF TORNADO DAMAGE FROM WEST OF CHICKASHA IN GRADY COUNTY  NORTHEASTWARD TO NEWCASTLE IN MCCLAIN COUNTY.  THIS REPORT INCLUDES DETAILS OF THAT PART OF THE DAMAGE TRACK ONLY UP TO THE SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER.  INFORMATION ON THE DAMAGE SURVEY FOR LOCATIONS NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER TO INTERSTATE 240 WERE CONTAINED WITHIN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED YESTERDAY. INFORMATION ON THE DAMAGE SURVEY FOR OKLAHOMA COUNTY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 240 WERE ISSUED IN A PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT EARLIER THIS EVENING. INFORMATION ON THE COMANCHE AND CADDO COUNTY TORNADOES FROM THIS SAME SUPERCELL STORM IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS STATEMENT. FOUR TORNADOES OCCURRED IN GRADY AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES.  ALL FOUR TORNADOES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME MESOCYCLONE... INSTEAD OF A SERIES OF "CYCLING" MESOCYCLONES THAT METEOROLOGISTS SOMETIME OBSERVE WITH LONG-TRACK SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS.
SOUTH OF VERDEN...
THE FIRST TORNADO DEVELOPED FOUR MILES SOUTH OF VERDEN... AND QUICKLY INTENSIFIED TO A STRONG TORNADO WITH ASSOCIATED DAMAGE RATED AT THE HIGH END OF THE F3 SCALE.  THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG A FOUR MILE PATH TO A POINT FIVE AND ONE HALF MILES DUE WEST OF DOWNTOWN CHICKASHA.  MAXIMUM TORNADO WIDTH WAS ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF A MILE.  THE TORNADO DESTROYED SEVERAL HOMES... INCLUDING ONE HOME WITH ONLY A FEW INTERIOR WALLS REMAINING.  THE TORNADO ALSO DOWNED SEVERAL WOODEN HIGH TENSION POWER LINES.
NORTHWEST OF CHICKASHA /TWO TORNADOES/...
THE SECOND TORNADO DEVELOPED THREE MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
CHICKASHA AND IMMEDIATELY CAUSED F3 DAMAGE TO A TWO-STORY BRICK HOME. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED U.S. ROUTE 62 ON THE EXTREME NORTHWEST EDGE OF CHICKASHA CITY LIMITS AND MOVED NORTHEAST AND STRUCK THE CHICKASHA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT COMPLEX... RESULTING IN HIGH-END F2 DAMAGE TO TWO HANGAR BUILDINGS.  A WING FROM AN AIRCRAFT AT THIS AIRPORT WAS EVENTUALLY CARRIED AIRBORNE AND DROPPED IN
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY. THE TORNADO CROSSED U.S. ROUTE 81 ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH U.S. ROUTE 62... DESTROYING A LARGE BUILDING.  THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND DISSIPATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH- NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN CHICKASHA.  THE PATH LENGTH WAS 6 MILES LONG AND MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE WIDE. THIS TORNADO WAS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH A THIRD BRIEF SATELLITE TORNADO THAT ROTATED AROUND THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE MAIN
VORTEX.  DAMAGE FROM THIS SATELLITE TORNADO WAS NOT DISCOVERED...AND IS THEREFORE NOT RATED. NEAR AMBER THROUGH BRIDGE CREEK THROUGH NORTHWEST NEWCASTLE...THE FOURTH TORNADO WILL BE RECORDED AS AN F5 TORNADO - THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING ON THE FUJITA SCALE OF TORNADO DAMAGE INTENSITY. TORNADOES ARE ASSIGNED A RATING BASED ON THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE INTENSITY OBSERVED... BUT ACTUAL DAMAGE OF THAT INTENSITY GENERALLY ONLY AFFECTS A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL DAMAGE AREA. F5 DAMAGE IN THIS CASE WAS VERY ISOLATED... BUT THE TORNADO LEFT A CONTINUOUS TRACK OF F4 DAMAGE FOR SIX AND ONE-HALF MILES IN GRADY COUNTY.  THE TORNADO EVENTUALLY PRODUCED MORE AREAS OF F5 DAMAGE IN CLEVELAND COUNTY. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF AMBER... CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 92... AND QUICKLY GREW TO A VERY LARGE TORNADO AS IT PASSED EAST OF AMBER.  THIS VIOLENT TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST PARALLELING THE H.E. BAILEY TURNPIKE (INTERSTATE 44)... AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER ONE MILE EAST OF THE TURNPIKE.  THE SEGMENT OF THE PATH IN GRADY AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES WAS TWENTY-THREE MILES... AND THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY AND EVENTUALLY OKLAHOMA COUNTY.  THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO FROM AMBER TO MIDWEST CITY WAS APPROXIMATELY THIRTY-EIGHT MILES. JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF AMBER... THE TORNADO QUICKLY GREW TO CLOSE TO THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE WIDE.  ASPHALT PAVEMENT... ABOUT ONE INCH THICK...  WAS PEELED FROM A SECTION OF RURAL ROAD /EW125 RD/ ABOUT FIVE MILES EAST OF STATE ROAD 92.  THE FIRST DAMAGE RATED AT F4 WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT FOUR MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF AMBER.  F4 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED CONTINUOUSLY FOR SIX AND ONE-HALF MILES... WITH ANOTHER AREA OF F4 DAMAGE ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWCASTLE.  TWO AREAS OF F5 DAMAGE WERE OBSERVED.  THE FIRST WAS IN THE WILLOW CREEK ESTATES... A RURAL SUBDIVISION OF MOBILE HOMES AND SOME CONCRETE SLAB HOMES IN BRIDGE CREEK.  TWO HOMES WERE FOUND COMPLETELY SWEPT FROM THEIR SLABS... AND ABOUT ONE DOZEN AUTOMOBILES WERE CARRIED ABOUT ONE-QUARTER MILE.  GRASS VEGETATION IN THIS AREA WAS COMPLETELY SCOURED TO MUD... AND SMALL CEDAR TREES WERE LEFT DE-BARKED AND DEVOID OF GREENERY.  THE RIDGECREST BAPTIST CHURCH WAS DESTROYED NORTHEAST OF THE FIRST F5 DAMAGE AREA. THE SECOND F5 DAMAGE WAS ONE MILE WEST OF THE COUNTY LINE IN BRIDGE CREEK... AND CONSISTED OF A CLEANLY SWEPT SLAB HOME WITH FOUNDATION ANCHOR BOLTS AND ANOTHER VEHICLE LOFTED ONE-QUARTER MILE.  THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE TORNADO IN BRIDGE CREEK WAS ABOUT ONE-MILE WIDE.  THE TORNADO MAINTAINED A NEARLY STRAIGHT PATH TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE TURNPIKE EXCEPT WHEN IT MADE A SLIGHT JOG TO THE RIGHT AND MOVED DIRECTLY OVER THE 16TH STREET TURNPIKE OVERPASS BEFORE RESUMING ITS ORIGINAL COURSE.  THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF RURAL NEWCASTLE... AND CROSSE THE TURNPIKE AGAIN JUST NORTH OF THE U.S. 62 NEWCASTLE INTERCHANGE.  AT THIS LOCATION THE TORNADO NARROWED TO ABOUT ONE-QUARTER MILE WIDE AND THE DAMAGE INTENSITY DROPPED TO F2 BEFORE IT CROSSED THE SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER INTO NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY.

GREG STUMPF
NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY
JAMES LADUE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/OSF
DS
http://www.srh.weather.gov/oun/storms/19990503/pnsokc0506c.txt
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Dimmitt, Texas June 2, 1995 Tornado:
A damage survey showed the storm's violent character: one 40-meter section of asphalt roadway had been torn away, along with power lines and a few structures.  This tornado struck just south of Dimmitt, TX on June 2, 1995.  On 2 June 1995, strong to violent tornadoes occurred near the small towns of Friona and Dimmitt, Texas, as part of a large supercell outbreak in the Texas Panhandle and northeastern New Mexico.

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GREENBAY, WISCONSIN TORNADDOES OF JUNE 23, 1994
 
Newsletters/07-2004 NWS GREENBAY, WI:
Sixteen tornadoes struck Wisconsin duringthe evening of June 23, 1994  the largest outbreakof twisters to hit the state since June 8,1993, when 18 tornadoes occurred. The strongest tornado in the state hit the city of Markesan in Green Lake County, wheresadly, one person was killed.
The storm wasrated F3 on the Fujita damage scale, with winds estimated near 200 mph
Five twisters affected the NWS Green Bay forecast area, producing nearly $8 million indamage. Ground surveys by NWS Green Bay meteorologists revealed one F2, two F1,and two F0 tornadoes. The hardest hit locations in the NWS Green Bay forecast area included rural sections of southeast Portageand southwest Waupaca counties, and the cities of Little Chute and Kaukauna in Outa-gamie County. Several homes and businesses sustained significant damage, somelivestock were killed, semi-trailers were up-ended, 75 feet of asphalt was scoured off a road, many trees were snapped or uprooted,and debris was strewn for miles around. Thankfully,
no one was killed or injured.

Data: PackerlandWeather News

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THE GREENSBURG, KANSAS TORNADO OF MAY 4, 2007:  A massive tornado killed at least nine people and flattened almost all of a small town in Kansas on Friday. More than 60 people were injured when the tornado - said to be up to a mile wide - hit the town of Greensburg. More than 95% of the 1,500-population town was destroyed, including the hospital and schools as well as homes. The tornado that moved through Greensburg, KS the evening of 4 May 2007 destroyed much of the town. The damage was so massive that it earned the first ever EF-5 rating. The tornado damage was the first to be rated a F-5 since the Oklahoma City, OK tornado of 3 May 1999. Much of the town of Greensburg was destroyed by the tornado that had a 1.7 mile maximum path width and a 22-mile path length. The damage clearly showed how the tornado moved northeast into the southwestpart of town before turning northward, seemingly down Main St. Greensburg. Many of the homes along and west of Main St. were swept off their foundations. Included in the damage was the water tower above the “World’s Largest Hand-Dug Well,” which was estimated to be holding 55,000 gallons of water at the time of the tornado. The National Weather Service classified the Greensburg tornado as an F-5, the highest category and the first F-5 since it revised its scale this year to more comprehensively gauge damage potential, with less emphasis on wind speed. The last tornado classified as an F-5 hit the Oklahoma City area on May 3, 1999, killing 36 people. The tornado ripped out miles of fencing. Cattle were killed and scattered all over the country. New fencing has been donated and skilled volunteers will help install it, but Griffin predicts the cattle will never all be sorted.

Data from: http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/jun07/tornado61407.html
Data from: The Greensburg, KS Tornado by Daniel McCarthy NOAA Storm
Prediction Center, Norman, OK Larry Ruthi and Jeff Hutton NWS Weather
Forecast Office Dodge City, KS.

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CANDLESTICK PARK, MISSISSIPPI TORNADO OF MARCH 3, 1966:
Mississippi Violent Weather Event of MARCH 3rd 1966...
The tornado moved into the Jackson city limits, destroying the Candlestick Park shopping center and a number of homes and businesses in this same area, which is along Cooper Road near Cany Creek. Pictures from the Candlestick Park area show businesses and homes leveled to the ground, and eyewitnesses reported cars thrown more than a half of a mile and pavement scoured off of the ground. All of this is indicative of violent (F4 or F5) tornado damage. After moving through this area, the tornado passed across the Pearl River into Rankin County. Nineteen people were killed in Hinds County, most at Candlestick Park or nearby. The tornado then moved into Scott County, where some of the worst devastation appears to have taken place. The destruction was particularly catastrophic in the area north of Branch and near Forkville in northwest Scott county. Pictures and video from this area show houses destroyed to the foundation, large swaths of trees totally annihilated, and chicken houses obliterated. Eyewitnesses again reported road pavement scoured out by the force of the tornado. The tornado continued east-northeast, with additional heavy damage near the Midway community in north-central Scott county. Before moving out of Scott County, the tornado would kill 26 people in this county alone. The official track for the tornado shows a continuous, 202.5 mile track from Hinds County, Mississippi to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The tornado
dissipated about 7:45 p.m .near Tuscaloosa.

FROM: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/events/CandlestickPark/Overview.php

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RED ROCK OKLAHOMA TORNADO APRIL 26, 1991
The other violent tornado was the only one to strike within the NWS Norman area of responsibility, initially touching down east of Enid, about 2.5 miles east of Garber, and it is this tornado that became known as the “Red Rock” tornado.  It touched down at 6:30 pm, and moved northeast about 66 miles over the next hour and a half, making this one of the longest tornado paths documented in Oklahoma.  At times, the tornado was about 3/4 of a mile wide. This tornado crossed Interstate 35, but did not directly strike any towns. It got its name as it passed between the communities of Marland and Red Rock. Trees were debarked and pavement was scoured off roads. 

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Tornadoes Over Central Wisconsin and the Fox Valley - June 23, 2004:
LOCATION: 3 SE BLAINE (SE PORTAGE COUNTY) TO 1.5 SW LIND CENTER (SW
WAUPACA COUNTY)
FUJITA RATING: F1-F2 (APPROX 110-120 MPH WINDS)
WIDTH: 125 YARDS
PATH LENGTH: 10 MILES (NOT CONTINUOUS)
TIME: 753-806 PM CDT
DAMAGE DESCRIPTION: THE WESTERN EDGE OF DAMAGE PATH WAS NEAR 16TH ROAD IN SE PORTAGE COUNTY, WHERE TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AND AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS TOPPLED. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST INTO SW WAUPACA COUNTY, MOVED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF DAYTON AND SUHS ROADS, CROSSED HWY 22 AND TORE A PATH RIGHT ALONG RADLEY ROAD TO JUST EAST OF HWY K. THE TORNADO CONTINUED AN INTERMITTENT PATH FARTHER EAST, THEN DISSIPATED SOUTH OF LIND CENTER. THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG RADLEY ROAD, WHERE ASPHALT WAS SCOURED OFF THE ROAD, A BARN DEMOLISHED, A SHEET METAL OUTBUILDING DAMAGED, 3 SHEEP KILLED, A ROOF TORN OFF OF A HOME AND GARAGE DEMOLISHED, A SEMI TRAILER MOVED ABOUT 50 FEET AND TURNED ON ITS SIDE AND TWO HAY WAGONS BLOWN UP AGAINST TREES. THE DAMAGE PATH ENDED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SW OF LIND CENTER, WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ON A SMALL HILL. DEBRIS FROM THIS STORM WAS DROPPED AS FAR EAST AS THE FREMONT AREA.

FROM:   http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grb/events/062304.php

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Not asphalt, but dirt was pulled up in this April 29, 1942 tornado event.....
29 April 1942:  Three entire families were killed near Oberlin, KS by an F5 tornado. Several inches of top soil were swept away from the farms. The death total was 15 and 25 were injured. The tornado dissipated near Cedar Bluff, KS.

CITY OF NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLIMATE DATA FOR NOVEMBER 13, 2015 TO DECEMBER 4, 2015

CITY OF NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLIMATE DATA FOR NOVEMBER 13, 2015  TO DECEMBER 4, 2015

(NOT UNOFFICIAL TV STATION "WEATHER WATCHER" DATA)

133
SHUS44 KSHV 041707
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1107 AM CST FRI DEC 4 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Blanchard 3W         56    31       31        0.00
Calhoun              57    29       29        0.00
Columbia Lock        61    35       35        0.00
Jena 4WSW            55    34       39        0.00
Minden               57    31       32        0.00
Mooringsport         56    35       35        0.00
Natchitoches #2      57    35       39        0.00
Red Rvr Research     58    34       35        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     56    33       33        0.00

223
SHUS44 KSHV 031656
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1056 AM CST THU DEC 3 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Ashland               M     M        M           M
Benton 5E            57    32       33        0.00
Blanchard 3W         58    31       33        0.00
Calhoun              62    31       31        0.00
Columbia Lock        62    40       40        0.00
Farmerville           M     M        M           M
Hodges Gardens        M     M        M           M
Homer 1N             57    29       32        0.00
Jena 4WSW            55    33       37        0.00
Mansfield             M     M        M           M
Minden               59    32       32        0.00
Mooringsport         57    35       35        0.00
Natchitoches #2      61    38       42        0.00
Red Rvr Research     60    35       37        0.00
Ruston - La Tech     64    34       38        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     59    34       34        0.00

590
SHUS44 KSHV 021651
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST WED DEC 2 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            49    38       39        0.00
Calhoun              54    41       41        0.03
Columbia Lock        55    47       47        0.03
Homer 1N             49    33       33           T
Minden               50    37       37        0.00
Mooringsport         49    32       41        0.00
Natchitoches #2      53    43       43        0.01
Ruston - La Tech     53    39       42        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     51    37       37        0.00

020
SHUS44 KSHV 011651
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            54    46       46        0.26
Blanchard 3W         55    46       47        0.10
Calhoun              59    50       50        0.10
Columbia Lock        64    52       53        0.10
Homer 1N             53    48       48        0.28
Jena 4WSW            72    51       52        0.28
Minden               54    48       48        0.08
Natchitoches #2      61    48       49        0.01
S'port-Srn Hills     55    47       47        0.15

649
SHUS44 KSHV 301700
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST MON NOV 30 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            50    48       48        1.94
Calhoun              52    50       51        0.18
Columbia Lock        54    52       52        0.02
Homer 1N             49    47       49        1.24
Minden               51    49       50        0.00
Mooringsport         49    48       48        1.95
Natchitoches #2      55    51       54        0.04
Ruston - La Tech     52    50       52        0.50
S'port-Srn Hills     51    49       50        1.06


119
SHUS44 KSHV 281826
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1226 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            72    50       51        0.30
Calhoun              74    61       67        0.00
Columbia Lock        76    62       66        0.00
Farmerville          73    66       66        0.02
Homer 1N             74    61       61        0.11
Minden               74    55       55        0.11
Mooringsport         71    48       48        0.50
Natchitoches #2      74    66       67        0.07
S'port-Srn Hills     75    50       50        0.24

789
SHUS44 KSHV 271654
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1054 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Blanchard 3W         73    55       69        0.80
Calhoun              75    61       65        0.00
Columbia Lock        75    63       63        0.00
Farmerville          74    63       67        0.00
Homer 1N             73    63       65        0.01
Minden               77    65       66        0.00
Mooringsport         72    64       65        0.07
Natchitoches #2      74    65       66        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     74    64       66        0.08

406
SHUS44 KSHV 261730
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1130 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            73    53       64        0.00
Calhoun              74    46       61        0.00
Columbia Lock        74    43       64        0.00
Farmerville          73    61       63        0.00
Homer 1N             73    50       64        0.00
Minden               75    52       65        0.00
Mooringsport         72    55       64        0.00
Natchitoches #2      73    51       65        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     73    53       65        0.00

856
SHUS44 KSHV 251555
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST WED NOV 25 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            64    42       53        0.00
Calhoun              66    41       46        0.00
Columbia Lock        66    40       43        0.00
Homer 1N             63    39       53        0.00
Minden               65    40       52        0.00
Mooringsport         63    43       55        0.00
Natchitoches #2      63    42       51        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     63    42       53        0.00

743
SHUS44 KSHV 241716
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Farmerville          60    40       43        0.00
Homer 1N             58    32       39        0.00
Minden               60    29       40        0.00
Mooringsport         59    33       44        0.00
Natchitoches #2      56    35       42        0.00
Ruston - La Tech     70    29       48        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     58    30       42        0.00

822
SHUS44 KSHV 231650
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST MON NOV 23 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Blanchard 3W         51    28       32        0.20
Calhoun              51    26       26        0.00
Columbia Lock        50    31       32        0.00
Homer 1N             50    25       32        0.00
Minden               52    29       29        0.00
Mooringsport         58    30       33        0.00
Natchitoches #2      52    31       31        0.00
Ruston - La Tech     70    29       34        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     50    30       30        0.00

031
SHUS44 KSHV 221701
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1101 AM CST SUN NOV 22 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
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North Louisiana:
Calhoun              63    29       32        0.00
Columbia Lock        66    34       34        0.00
Minden               62    31       31        0.00
Mooringsport         58    30       30        0.00
Natchitoches #2      63    33       37        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     62    31       31           T


610
SHUS44 KSHV 211659
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1059 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            68    46       51        0.00
Calhoun              69    38       48        0.00
Columbia Lock        69    45       52        0.00
Farmerville          67    48       51        0.00
Homer 1N             66    42       44        0.00
Minden               70    46       48        0.00
Mooringsport         67    47       48        0.00
Natchitoches #2      68    50       54        0.01
S'port-Srn Hills     67    44       49        0.00

612
SHUS44 KSHV 201656
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            71    43       46        0.00
Calhoun              73    38       38        0.00
Columbia Lock        72    46       46        0.00
Homer 1N             70    37       43        0.00
Minden               73    42       46        0.00
Mooringsport         70    46       47        0.00
Natchitoches #2      72    45       50        0.00
Red Rvr Research     76    43       48        0.00
Ruston - La Tech     78    43       50        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     72    42       44        0.00

645
SHUS44 KSHV 191658
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1058 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            65    43       44        0.00
Blanchard 3W         63    41       42        0.00
Calhoun              70    39       39        0.00
Columbia Lock        74    47       47        0.05
Farmerville          76    46       55        0.00
Minden               66    42       42        0.00
Mooringsport         64    46       46        0.01
Natchitoches #2      69    45       50        0.00
Red Rvr Research     67    44       47        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     64    42       42        0.00

503
SHUS44 KSHV 181700
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            70    49       50        3.43
Calhoun              77    51       51        2.40
Columbia Lock        80    54       55        2.23
Homer 1N             73    48       51           M
Minden               73    47       48        2.74
Mooringsport         71    48       49        3.88
Natchitoches #2      76    50       52        2.33
Red Rvr Research     74    50       52        2.64
S'port-Srn Hills     71    47       47        3.23

053
SHUS44 KSHV 171622
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CDT TUE NOV 17 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            73    56       67        0.53
Blanchard 3W         74    60       70        0.35
Calhoun              71    52       71        0.22
Columbia Lock        72    49       72        0.03
Farmerville          73    62       73        0.29
Minden               74    57       73        0.04
Mooringsport         74    55       71        0.20
Natchitoches #2      74    57       74        0.01
Red Rvr Research     76    58       73        0.08
Ruston - La Tech     74    56       74        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     75    52       71        0.07


123
SHUS44 KSHV 161659
AGOSHV

SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST MON NOV 16 2015

NWS COOP             24 HOUR     TEMP AT    24 HOUR
SUBSTATION          HIGH  LOW    OB TIME     PRECIP
---------------------------------------------------
NORTH LOUISIANA:
BENTON 5E            64    50       56        0.00
CALHOUN              68    48       52        0.00
COLUMBIA LOCK        67    49       52        0.00
HOMER 1N             62    51       56        0.00
MINDEN               67    51       57        0.00
MOORINGSPORT         63    52       55        0.00
NATCHITOCHES #2      65    49       57        0.00
RED RVR RESEARCH     66    52       58        0.00
S'PORT-SRN HILLS     65    51       52        0.00

520
SHUS44 KSHV 161648
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CDT MON NOV 16 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Benton 5E            64    50       56        0.00
Calhoun              68    48       52        0.00
Columbia Lock        67    49       52        0.00
Homer 1N             62    51       56        0.00
Minden               67    51       57        0.00
Mooringsport         63    52       55        0.00
Natchitoches #2      65    49       57        0.00
Red Rvr Research     66    52       58        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     65    51       52        0.00

628
SHUS44 KSHV 151702
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1102 AM CST SUN NOV 15 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Ashland               M     M        M           M
Benton 5E            66    46       52        0.00
Blanchard 3W          M     M        M           M
Calhoun              68    45       49        0.00
Columbia Lock        67    43       51        0.00
Farmerville          69    49       54        0.00
Hodges Gardens        M     M        M           M
Homer 1N             66    32       53        0.00
Jena 4WSW             M     M        M           M
Mansfield             M     M        M           M
Minden               68    41       51        0.05
Mooringsport         65    46       52        0.01
Natchitoches #2      66    49       52           T
Red Rvr Research      M     M        M           M
Ruston - La Tech      M     M        M           M
S'port-Srn Hills     67    42       52           T

760
SHUS44 KSHV 141702
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1102 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Ashland               M     M        M           M
Benton 5E             M     M        M           M
Blanchard 3W         65    40       45        0.00
Calhoun              67    34       52        0.00
Columbia Lock        66    42       43        0.00
Farmerville          66    42       49        0.00
Hodges Gardens        M     M        M           M
Homer 1N             65    32       32        0.00
Jena 4WSW             M     M        M           M
Mansfield             M     M        M           M
Minden               66    41       41        0.00
Mooringsport         65    40       46        0.00
Natchitoches #2      62    43       49           T
Red Rvr Research      M     M        M           M
Ruston - La Tech     68    39       61        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     65    42       42        0.00

974
SHUS44 KSHV 131700
AGOSHV
SUBSTATION TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1100 AM CST FRI NOV 13 2015

NWS Coop             24 hour     Temp at    24 hour
Substation          High  Low    Ob Time     Precip
---------------------------------------------------
North Louisiana:
Ashland               M     M        M           M
Benton 5E            65    42       45        0.00
Blanchard 3W          M     M        M           M
Calhoun              67    41       41        0.00
Columbia Lock        67    48       48        0.00
Farmerville           M     M        M           M
Hodges Gardens        M     M        M           M
Homer 1N             64    37       41        0.00
Jena 4WSW             M     M        M           M
Mansfield             M     M        M           M
Minden               66    41       43        0.00
Mooringsport         65    41       41        0.00
Natchitoches #2      66    45       51        0.00
Red Rvr Research     67    44       46        0.00
Ruston - La Tech     68    43       45        0.00
S'port-Srn Hills     64    44       44        0.00