Oldest Known Picture Of A Tornado
Our special projects producer, Jeff Davidson, ran into this picture from the NOAA Photo Library. It was taken on August 28, 1884 22 miles southwest of Howard, SD. Not only does it show two smaller tornadoes on either side of the main one, you can see a strong updraft right over the top of the larger tornado. To see a high resolution version CLICK HERE and follow instructions.
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on October 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Wow! thats incredible
on October 30th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Wow, take a look a the 18z GFS at 180 hours. it paints snow showers and temps around 30! wow!
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on October 31st, 2007 at 11:00 am
That is incredible!
on October 31st, 2007 at 12:36 pm
That is an incredible picture, Davis! Thanks for sharing it!
on November 1st, 2007 at 10:31 am
1884 in south dakota? well - i guess the native americans don’t sound so crazy after all, do they? i think i’m even having a vision of an army of horses bursting through those clouds. amazing!