It’s our eighth installment of what has become my favorite post each year. For 2019, it was harder than ever to narrow it down. In this case, narrowing it down still left us with 25 videos!
2019 closed out a decade that started on huge upswings with historic events in 2010 and 2011. Since then, it’s been famine or feast. In many ways, this year was defined by feast, at least in short stints.
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A historic back half of May was only part of a pretty big tornado year across the country. The outstanding videos were beyond what I could highlight here, although if you feel any are key ones missing please do feel free to share.
April 30 – Dean, Texas
April 30 – Sulphur, Oklahoma
May 5 – Tahoka, Texas
May 17 – McCook, Nebraska
May 17 – Farnam, Nebraska
May 17 – Fort Stockton, Texas (#fortstocktoning)
May 17 – Fowler, Kansas
May 20 – Mangum, Oklahoma
May 21 – Bern, Kansas
May 23 – Canadian, Texas
May 23 – Slapout, Oklahoma
May 24 – Iowa City, Iowa
May 26 – Dora, New Mexico
May 28 – Tipton, Kansas
May 29 – Canton, Texas
June 23 – South Bend, Indiana
June 29 – Allen, South Dakota
July 4 – Chugwater, Wyoming
July 16 – Moorcroft, Wyoming
July 26 – Biscay, Minnesota
September 10 – Fort Laramie, Wyoming
September 18 – Highlands, Texas
September 28 – Davis, California
October 20 – Dallas, Texas
December 16 – Columbia, Mississippi
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One of the more widespread tornado outbreaks in years, from Iowa and Illinois to Arkansas.
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The twister quickly popped up near sunset and rapidly turned violent.
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I've said before and I'll say it again. If there had been more damage indicators, the Mangum OK and Canadian TX tornadoes probably would've been much stronger than EF-2.