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2 unusual facts about Tornado


Tornado!

The production company hired the KTBC Assistant Chief Engineer Brian Zwiener, who is also a local Austin, Texas musician/comedian, to assist in technical setup of the Panaflex cameras, among other duties.

TOtable Tornado Observatory

TOTO was the inspiration for an instrument package named "Dorothy" in the 1996 film, Twister, and for a research project in the TV movie Tornado!.


1881 Hopkins tornado

Thomas P. Grazulis, in Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991/a Chronology and Analysis of Events, lists the tornado as "probably" an F5.

19:19

A false positive results as police apprehend storm chasers in a different van, who warn that a violent tornado is approaching.

1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreak

The Carter Family recorded a song about the Rye Cove tornado in the early 1930s.

1966 Candlestick Park tornado

In the decades following the tornado, reassessments on the history of the storm have been made; most notably the Jackson, Mississippi branch of the National Weather Service and meteorologist Thomas P. Grazulis both indicate that there were two separate tornadoes.

1970 Atlantic hurricane season

In other states, impact was mostly in the form of rain, though a tornado near Columbia, South Carolina destroyed a roof.

1970 Lubbock tornado

At about 9:35PM, a second and much more significant tornado touched down near the campus of Texas Tech University, snapping light poles at Jones Stadium, home of the Red Raider football team, then began to track northeast, carving a path of destruction that at its peak reached almost two miles in width right through the heart of the city.

1992 Queensland storms

It developed rapidly also, and at 2:30pm a number of reports sent to the Bureau of Meteorology reported a tornado had touched down in Oakhurst, a rural area 10 km west of Maryborough.

April 1957 Dallas tornado outbreak sequence

The film of this tornado is still known for its unusually high quality and sharpness, considering the photography techniques and technology of the 1950s.

Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles

They acquired the rights to the Rotax engine enduro motorcycle SWM XN Tornado from the Italian owners and developed the Armstrong MT500 military motorcycle used by the British Army in the Falklands War.

Bucca tornado

The weather system that spawned the Bucca tornado was also responsible for an F3 tornado at Oakhurst.

Coach America

Tornado Bus Company bought the El Expreso operation, Professional Transportation, Inc. purchased Coach America's rail crew division, and Transportation Management Services purchased the remainder of Coach America's operations, except for the Los Angeles DOT contract, which was sold to MV Transportation.

Cyclone Olivia

1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak – produced an F5 tornado which had winds estimated at 511 km/h (318 mph) by the doppler data of the weather radar

December 2000 Tuscaloosa tornado

The tornado was also captured live on the ABC affiliate WBMA/WCFT/WJSU (channels 58, 33 and 40, generally called "ABC 33/40") in Birmingham during a special severe weather bulletin with meteorologists James Spann, Mark Prater, and John Oldshue.

December 25–28, 2012 North American storm complex

All proceeds went to local Catholic Social Services and the American Red Cross to be distributed to Mobile families to help rebuild after the tornado.

Earle, Arkansas

On May 2, 2008, WMC-TV reported that a tornado which was reported to be large and very dangerous affected the Earle area causing major damage in parts of the town and some injuries.

Easter weekend 1999 tornado outbreak

At 3:52 PM, a supercell thunderstorm spawned a tornado over Cross Lake, north of Shreveport Regional Airport.

Effects of Hurricane Dennis in Georgia

The White County Emergency Management Director reported that an F0 tornado touched down in the southwest corner of White County near the Hall County line at the Wauka Valley Farms area, which formed on the tail end of a feeder band associated with the remnants of Hurricane Dennis.

F scale

Fujita scale, a rating of a tornado's intensity by its impact on structures and vegetation

Forest Hills, Kloof

Usually being a very quiet and calm area, but in late 2008 the area was struck by a tornado which came as a very big shock to nearby residents as well as to the South African Weather Service.

Geography of Toronto

Tornado warnings have been posted for the city on a few occasions in the past few years, however no touchdowns have been confirmed in the city since a weak tornado hit Scarborough in the mid−1990s.

Gotcha Force

The Ice, Tornado, and Wind Valkyries feature both a rapid-fire shooting attack and a more support-oriented special attack.

Hogan Fountain Pavilion

On a local level Tom Wills, Chief Meteorologist for WAVE 3, remembers the tornado, "… we heard reports that Cherokee Park was really devastated. So we sent out this reporter to go and check it out. We hear him back on the two-way radio …" "It's Gone!!"

Jagdbombergeschwader 32

On 17 July 1995 Tornado ECRs of JaBoG 32 transferred to San Damiano Air Base in Italy, from where they flew SEAD missions in support of NATOs Operation Deliberate Force over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jazz from Hell

"G-Spot Tornado", assumed by Zappa to be impossible to play by humans, would be performed by Ensemble Modern on the concert recording The Yellow Shark.

July 2010 Bronx tornado

The thunderstorm that spawned the tornado caused more widespread damage, with downed trees and power lines stretching from Bergen County, New Jersey to Suffolk County, New York.

June 18, 2001, tornado outbreak

Following the Siren tornado Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum viewed the damaged areas via helicopter, and declared a state of emergency.

Magna Science Adventure Centre

Tim Caulton directed exhibition development, introducing spectacular exhibits that bridged science and art, such as Ned Kahn's fire tornado, "The Big Melt" (described below) and works by San Francisco 'artist in electricity' Cork Marcheschi.

May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence

The tornado missed the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by six miles and forced post-racing events to be held indoors.

In addition, an F2 tornado on May 30 affected portions of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area at the same time the Indianapolis 500 was taking place.

May 26–31, 2013 tornado outbreak

The tornado continued causing damage in residential areas before crossing the Missouri River into St. Louis County and Earth City, Bridgeton, and the northern side of Maryland Heights as it moved along Interstate 70 near its intersection with Interstate 270.

Mid-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence

Governor Henry and as well as US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited the tornado-ravaged area in the following days.

Oak Grove, Alabama

It is not to be confused with the unincorporated town in Jefferson County west of Rock Creek which was hit by an F5 tornado on April 8, 1998 and an EF2 tornado on January 23, 2012.

Oklahoma tornado outbreak

the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak – one of the most prolific tornado outbreaks in Oklahoma history

Opel Speedster

Produced by Lotus at their Hethel, Norfolk factory, the Speedster carried the Lotus internal model identification Lotus 116 and the code name Skipton for the 2.2N/A version and Tornado for the 2.0 L Turbo.

Particularly dangerous situation

The first PDS tornado watch was issued by Robert H. Johns for the April 2, 1982 tornado outbreak across the southern and central Great Plains.

Pork Tornado

Pork Tornado is a band co- founded in 1997 by Phish drummer Jon Fishman and Dan Archer record producer/engineer including Phishs "Lawn Boy" (guitar, vocals), Joe Moore (saxophone, vocals), Aaron Hersey (bass, vocals), and Phil Abair (keyboards, vocals).

Powermasters

Darkwing: He transforms into a Tornado jet with Throttle, and merges with Dreadwind to form Dreadwing.

Robert C. Miller

Col. Robert C. Miller, USAF (b. 1920, d. 1998), was an American meteorologist, who pioneered severe convective storms forecasting and applied research, developing an empirical forecasting method, identifying many features associated with severe thunderstorms, a forecast checklist and manuals, and is known for the first official tornado forecast (1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes), and it verified, in 1948.

Saikano

At the beginning of the OVA, Japan is attacked by Tornado jets, as used by European Air forces, and the attacking army is described as 'The Combined Forces'.

Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2009

At the resort itself, Georgian Peaks, the tornado tore the roof from the Alpine Centre, pulled cables from chair lifts and ripped apart lift houses and ski ramps.

Spencer, South Dakota

It began as a large, dust-cloaked tornado NW of Farmer, South Dakota in Hanson County, concurrent with the demise of the "Fulton" tornado.

The Human Tornado

The Human Tornado also known as Dolemite II, a 1976 cult blaxploitation film, was the sequel to Dolemite.

The Someloves

Mitch Easter had planned to come to Australia to start the recording but had to cancel a week before he was due, after a tornado hit his hometown.

Timothy P. Marshall

His first official tornado damage survey was in Grand Island, Nebraska, in 1980 and his first hurricane damage survey was Hurricane Allen in south Texas later that year.

Tornado Alley

The term "tornado alley" was first used in 1952 by U.S. Air Force meteorologists Major Ernest J. Fawbush (1915–1982) and Captain Robert C. Miller (1920–1998) as the title of a research project to study severe weather in parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

TORRO

:For the tornado scale developed by TORRO, see TORRO scale.

Undular bore

"A tornado in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1998 that came in contact with an undular bore increased in size and intensity."

Zorro's Fighting Legion

The story takes a few liberties with Zorro's official timeline: it takes place in Mexico instead of Alta California; Zorro wears a masquerade mask, rather than the traditional bandana; the characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are absent; and Zorro's horse, Tornado, was changed to white (much like Kaiketsu Zorro).


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