Notorious Tornadoes
This F5 is known for holding the record for the strongest winds documented by mobile radar.
What is the 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore, OK tornado?
This tornado is known for being the deadliest and longest-tracked on record in the United States.
What is the Tri-State Tornado?
The last tornado to be rated EF5 in Iowa decimated the south side of what town located in Butler County?
What is Parkersburg?
This 2009-2010 field campaign was the largest ever assembled to study tornadoes.
What is Vortex 2?
A surge in the popularity of storm chasing began after this 1996 film was released.
What is Twister?
This monster tornado resulted in the darkest day in storm chasing.
What is the 2013 El Reno tornado?
The first documented F5 tornado occurred in 1764 in this European nation.
What is Germany?
This famous tornado, surveyed by Dr. Ted Fujita, is well known for its bizarre path and anti-cyclonic satellite.
What is the 1976 Jordan F5?
Dr. Ted Fujita began making waves with his forensic analysis of this North Dakota tornado.
What is the 1957 Fargo, ND F5?
This notoriously unrealistic film series is known for its bizarre concept of tornadoes teeming with sharks.
What is Sharknado?
The NWS was sued after this violent, rain-wrapped tornado struck without warning in 1990.
What is the 1990 Plainfield, IL F5?
The 1936 Tupelo, MS F5 is known for almost resulting in the death of this future famous rock star.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Prior to 2024, which year held the record for most tornadoes in a year in Iowa?
What is 2004?
This Founding Father became America's first storm chaser when he pursued a tornado on horseback in 1754.
Who is Ben Franklin?
This Looney Tunes character resembles a tornado as they speed across the screen.
Who is the Tasmanian Devil?
The infamous 1997 Jarrell F5 is known for the damage it caused while eviscerating this subdivision.
What is Double Creek Estates?
This deadly 1883 tornado is connected to the birth of the Mayo Clinic, indirectly saving countless more lives than it took.
What is the 1883 Rochester, MN F5?
What is Pomeroy?
The first truly successful tornado forecast by Air Force meteorologists on this base outside of Oklahoma City in 1948.
What is Tinker Air Force Base?
The Tornado of Creation is a special fighting move featured in this popular LEGO cartoon.
What is LEGO Ninjago?
The longest tracked tornado in Mississippi history is known by the name of this shopping center it destroyed.
What is Candlestick Park?
What is 1917?
The first recorded suspected tornado damage in the state of Iowa was documented by this famous duo.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This U.S. Signal Corps meteorologist became the United States' first true tornado expert in the late 1800s.
Who is John Park Finley?
The name of this famous fantasy character was taken from the real-life name of a victim of the 1879 Irving, KS tornado.
Who is Dorothy Gale? (Wizard of Oz)