Scipsy

A giant waterspout in the mature stage. During peak intensity this waterspout had a diameter of approximately 30 meters (via NOAA)

∞ | 7:58 pm | 24Jul2012 | 687♥ nature beauty of science black and white tornado impressive

Oldest known photograph of a tornado. South Dakota, 22 miles southwest of Howard. August 28, 1884 (by NOAA Photo Library)

∞ | 11:40 am | 21Apr2012 | 1007♥ history photography black and white tornado nature landscape beauty of science

Tornadoes: comparing six decades of devastation [interactive]

∞ | 12:10 pm | 3May2011 | 23♥ tornado

Before and After Images Show Tornado Destruction

∞ | 7:49 pm | 30Apr2011 | 19♥ interactive tornado

The Deadliest Years [Interactive]

∞ | 7:44 am | 29Apr2011 | 12♥ interactive infographics tornado

Tornado in mature stage. Seymour, Texas, April 10, 1979. (Photographer: D. Burgess; via NOAA)

∞ | 4:21 pm | 15Apr2011 | 248♥ tornado weather nature

Project Vortex-99. Occluded mesocyclone tornado. Occluded means old circulation on a storm; this tornado was forming while the new circulation was beginning to form the tornadoes which preceeded the F5 Oklahoma City tornado. Photo #3 of sequence. Oklahoma 7 miles south of Anadarko. May 3, 1999.
(Credit: OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL); by NOAA Photo Library)

Project Vortex-99. Occluded mesocyclone tornado. Occluded means old circulation on a storm; this tornado was forming while the new circulation was beginning to form the tornadoes which preceeded the F5 Oklahoma City tornado. Photo #3 of sequence. Oklahoma 7 miles south of Anadarko. May 3, 1999.

(Credit: OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL); by NOAA Photo Library)

∞ | 10:51 pm | 6Apr2011 | 44♥ tornado nature

tornado_na_croacia_8_08-14-2008 (by Sandro Souza)

∞ | 10:52 am | 22Aug2010 | 10♥ tornado