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Tornado Forensics

@ForensicsJack

Analysing tornadoes and searching for new tornado media. Undergraduate student studying MMet Meteorology at the University of Reading.

East Sussex, UK Katılım Aralık 2022
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
Another view of the Enderlin EF5 tornado from the TikTok account "avafernow". This video is taken from over 6 miles west of the tornado, and shows the tornado as it was nearing peak width and intensity. Original video: @avafernow/video/7558997676440751390" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@avafernow/vid…
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@plasticmattyy The Outlaw Chasers got within about 2 miles of the tornado when it was near Highway 46, but their footage isn't public right now. At the moment the only thing they've released is a few screenshots on their facebook.
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
The Enderlin EF5 tornado near peak width as seen by Annie Johnson from Maple River Farms on the east side of town. This is the 2nd closest piece of media showing the tornado during its mature stage. Original video: facebook.com/reel/684323434…
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
Got around to doing a slightly better version!
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
A view of the Enderlin EF5 and its parent storm looking SSE from the City View Fuel gas station located in the northwest part of town. This is actually two (poorly) stitched together screenshots from a video by John Lux, which can be viewed here: facebook.com/john.lux.79252…
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
The 2025 Valley City, ND EF2 and its cycloidal marks. Certainly would've been rated higher had it hit more structures near its peak.
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@WeMetWx Haha, thank you so much for the kind words!! I'd take luckiest chaser of the year but the COTY nominations definitely belong to all the chasers who grinded the whole year, and probs not the random Brit met student who got stupid lucky when chasing with friends for a month lmao.
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Bethany Ouimette@WeMetWx·
@ForensicsJack seriously, I tell people all the time about your story!! It's such an inspiration :)
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MetJam@MetJam_·
My Christmas before Christmas - seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey on the IMAX screen at the Science Museum, was unbelievable.
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@ATWChasing @tornadotrx I'm super interested to see what you get with your method, I have a 2300 feet is a bit too high so I'd love to see what you get in the end!!
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ATW Storm Chasing@ATWChasing·
Here is a ESTMATION of the height of the Gary tornado from early this year. The image of the tornado is from @tornadotrx. If anyone has a view of the entire tornado around this time and can share it I would really need that. Also I can't find the exact power pole, 1/2
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@tornadotrx I actually hate you for driving me on a 32 hour round trip, my legs were so sore.
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@MetJam_ The 8 day stretch from June 20th - 28th was utterly ridiculous. I basically peaked at chasing before I ever really started. All downhill from here lol.
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MetJam@MetJam_·
@ForensicsJack Still can't believe you managed to see something like that within your first storm chase - crazy
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@NotChilledOut Ight, after looking at that USDA site more I think you're probably correct in assuming Green Ash, with maybe some American Elm in there too. Both sturdy hardwoods regardless! Thank you for leading me down this interesting rabbit hole!!
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OldFoundWeatherNerd@NotChilledOut·
@ForensicsJack There’s actually a surprising number of candidates on this tree. I went back and revised how I felt after posting this thread, it is possible it’s an Elm. The candidates are split between Ash/Elm. Although I am more sided to ash
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@OhioWX_ I do think it’s Cottonwood as it has a preference for semi-riparian areas, plus is planted as a windbreaker tree between farms (as we see in Enderlin). Plus, white ash does not appear to range into ND; preferring more southeastern areas

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OldFoundWeatherNerd@NotChilledOut·
Upon my first look at the damage done by the Enderlin EF5; I can say kinda conclusively what tree species were effected. Although my work is not done, I can say the ~6ft trunk and rootball which was tossed a 1/4 of a mile was most likely a Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@NotChilledOut Ight I totally just realised that there's both green ash and american elm listed on the Maple River east of Enderlin, so idk if that means there's a mix of species or something haha. I've definitely got confused at some point when looking at this.
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@NotChilledOut Do let know why you think that! Afaik green ash is the only ash that has any major coverage in ND, and seems to be limited away from Enderlin. The USDA notes Elm as the primary riparian species in SE ND, specifying it to be the species that populates the river east of Enderlin.
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Tornado Forensics@ForensicsJack·
@NotChilledOut Yes of course! It's super useful for this sort of stuff. You'll have to expand each species to find individual sub-species in the layer tab. And I'd use frequency instead of basal area, it makes locating the locations of species a fair bit easier: arcgis.com/apps/webappvie…
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Celton Henderson@CeltonHenderson·
*FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING* The Enderlin, North Dakota EF5 tornado with all non lightning illuminated frames removed. What a monster.
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