2014 was not your normal year when it comes to tornadoes. In fact, early counts put it down there — hand-in-hand with 2012 and 2013 — among the least active on record.
On the whole, that’s a good thing for those who may face threats from these beasts of nature, though several high-impact events still did unfortunately occur.
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Despite the lack of numbers, 2014 will be remembered for a long time to come, largely thanks to three days in June. Additional memorable tornadoes were peppered throughout the year.
February 20, 2014 – EF0 near Jacksonville, Illinois
by Dan Robinson
March 26, 2014 – EF0 near Willows, California
by codemaster2014
April 7, 2014 – EF2 near Belhaven, North Carolina
by Brandon Berry
April 28, 2014 – EF4 near Louisville, Mississippi
by Scott Peake / Basehunters
May 14, 2014 – EF3 near Cedarville, Ohio
by WBNS10TV
May 26, 2014 – EF2 in Watford, North Dakota
by Dan Yorgason
June 6, 2014 – EF1 in Trinidad, Colorado
by Cloud 9 Tours
June 16, 2014 – EF4 near Stanton, Nebraska
by Tony Laubach
June 16, 2014 – EF4 twins in and near Pilger, Nebraska
by StormChasingVideo/Ben McMillan
Lots of “jaw-dropping” sales pitches these days. Seeing this live, even on video, truly was.
June 16, 2014 – EF4s in and near Pilger, Nebraska
by Greg Johnson
Close up of the twin which hit Pilger, and do watch till the end.
June 17, 2014 – Rural EF0 tornadoes in Cherry County, Nebraska
by Brandon Ivey
June 17, 2014 – EF3 near Coleridge, Nebraska
by Skip Talbot
June 18, 2014 – EF4 near Woonsocket, South Dakota
by Dick McGowan & Shay Phillips
Early stages of the EF4 — suction vortices!! (same tornado as below)
June 18, 2014 – EF4 near Alpena, South Dakota
by BringOnTheStorms
Near/after peak into rope out. (same tornado as above)
July 6, 2014 – EF1 near Reinbeck, Iowa
by Alec Scholten
Post-publish note: Bryce Link on Twitter pointed to another fantastic video from this tornado. I have a thing for the full storm view myself, but it’s hard not to watch over and over again.
September 19, 2014 – EF2 near Lancaster, Minnesota
by MN Thunder
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Note: There is some potential for tornadoes in the South over the next week or so. Should any of that materialize and qualify, we will edit to add video.
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Thanks for the great work--as always. I think I'm going to start a kickstarter to buy every storm chaser a tripod, though :-)
Yes for sure. Honestly it's tough in a lot of cases given all the movement involved. Mark Ellinwood is good about tripoding.. I always talk about how I wish I had used a tripod when I get home.
I always carry a tripod with me, but in the heat of the moment I rarely pull it out. The lightning just always seems to be too intense for me to get out and set up gear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYkMFpUWWyg
Bummed that these two videos didn't make it on here. Would have loved to have seen that!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EzISenNGn58
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jse6ZwP1g1g
April 25th EF-4 that hit Mayflower and Vilonia, AR on April 27th.
15 killed.
4/27/14 Mayflower, AR; Wedge Tornado *John Sibley…: http://youtu.be/CThgeQoHM4A