HOLY CRAP! SUPER AMAZING!!!! *faves*

Thanks a bunch. :)

anytime friend! :D

Interesting. That has to be fun to do sometimes. But of course dangerous as well.

I always tell everyone that a tornado chase is the thrill of a lifetime. Especially when you have a sucessful intercept. I've had the joy of intercepting two tornadoes in my hometown, but it is very dangerous. It also requires a lot of patience. And a lot of times you end up driving a long way and never see a tornado. The only thing is that supercells are beautiful in themselves. A chase that ended up being a bust gave me one of the most amazing lightning shows I've ever seen in my life.

That sounds like fun. Though i grew up in Michigan so i have only seen one Tornado in my life.

Wow. Where in Michigan?

I grew up in Gaylord. But i have land in Hubbard Lake. Northern Lower.

Ah, I gotcha. There was an F5 that went through Michigan in the 1950s I believe. I'm pretty sure it was in 1952.

Sorry about that, I forget to hit the button before replying.

There were two.

1953: Flint, MI

1956: Grand Rapids, MI

I knew about the Flint, MI one, but I had never heard of the one that went through Grand Rapids. Thanks a bunch. :)

Here's a quick clip of the Grand Rapids F5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj5VU3-0mTU

Ah. I have seen that one then. :)

*flails around*

LOL!

I may have to talk to my Grandfather about that... He would be the only one to remember something that old in my family. Im but a young solder, And only remember 1 tornado storm, Though i know there was one near my house when i was too young to remember...

Oh wow, thats incredible :DD

Thanks a bunch, Rarakie. :)

Awesome photo man. We had a tornado come through downtown Atlanta back in 08 that caused a lot of damage to buildings and stuff downtown.

On a side note it's official, you're the stormchaser and I'm the train chaser

Chasers ftw! :)

Heck yeah man! If you come to FWA next year and we have time, I'll take you train spotting if you want

That would be cool. :)

Never seen one, but we went chasing when I was 6 which was around the time Twister came out, don't remember seeing any, but I think that was because it was late July, early August. I was told that ther was one, but I apparently wasn't paying attention. I know I felt a weak F0 pass behind our house when Hurricane Charley passed over my state. I know the best place to see one is out on the plains, here, most hit at night, the worst possible time. Still would love to see one. Nice twister by the way.

it looks so tall :O ... sure it was a F1 ? or is the size of a tornado doesnt matter about the wind speed ?

Yep. The National Weather Service came out an surveyed it the next day and said it was an F1. And size doesn't really matter with regard to wind speed. While most "intense" tornadoes to take on a wide appearance due to their strength (such as these wedge tornadoes: 1991 Red Rock, OK F5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&a.....p;feature=fvwp and 1976 Jordan, IA F5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khQ1VkzdQJw), not all adapt that structure. If you look at video of the 1996 Oakfield, WI F5 tornado (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH7RI527PhU), it doesn't really become a "wedge" tornado that many people associate with F5 tornadoes. It's more the atmospheric conditions and the storm strength that determines the strength of the tornado. :)

Hope that answers your question. Oh, and enjoy the footage of the anticyclonic tornado in the Jordan, IA clip. They are very rare and I've never seen one myself. :D

Very good catch, especially in a year that was considered by all counts to be very inactive. I was on the wrong side of the rain for an EF3 in March that year.

Thanks for the compliment. I also hate it when they end up rain wrapped. :)

Wow! I grew up in Texas, had quite a few tornado warnings, countless watches and the spring just before I moved to New Mexico I saw several funnel clouds and a tornado for the first time. It was scary and exhilarating at the same time!

Nice pic! :D

It seems like I remember this storm it only lasted like maybe 30min or so we were driving to Jackson July 30th and went through a bad storm only reason I remembered it

Hing I don't get is the white Ford Crown Victoria driving towards the mile away F1 tornado...nice shot though.

I almost went through one. In New York. It was Sunday. Last day of camp.We packed up and left. Find out later a tornado touched down a few hours after we left.

Jezz! F1 isn't bad but it's not nice to fool with mother nature (lightning and thunder)