Photos of violent tornadoes

[Calasanjy]

I've searched far and wide on the 'net for photos of certain infamous tornadoes to no avail. I'm wondering if any of you could provide any help finding pictures of the following tornadoes:

- June 3, 1980 Grand Island, Nebraska outbreak (most preferably the F4 twister)
- June 8, 1984 Barneveld, Wisconsin F5
- March 28, 1984 Carolinas tornado outbreak twisters
- August 28, 1990 Plainfield, IL F5 tornado
- March 13, 1990 Goessel, KS F5 tornado (not the Hesston tornado)
- May 3, 1999 Mulhall, OK F4 tornado (not the OKC tornado)
- Tornadoes from the May 31, 1985 US-Canadian tornado outbreak besides the Newton Falls/Niles/Wheatland F5 tornado (already found plenty of photos of that one)

Like I said, these pictures are fairly rare, so if anyone can provide me with any or point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.

[wxmann_91]

[*] June 3, 1980 Grand Island, NE: http://www.gitwisters.com/
Go to "Visit the Photo Gallery" --> Album: The Storm --> Next, and you will find this image and more




[*] I know I've seen an image of the Plainfield tornado somewhere, but I can't find it.

[*] I don't know of any photos of the Goessel tornado, but the Hesston tornado is here: http://www.newtonarc.net/weather/hesston.html

[*] Go down to tornado 11 right here: http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/3may99/index.html
Those images are almost certainly copyrighted so I won't hotlink.

[*] I do not know of tornado images for the other tornadoes you have mentioned.

You're welcome.

[HurricaneBill]

I heard a rumor that a photo of the 1925 Tri-State tornado exists. Supposedly a farmer got a picture of it as it was crossing the Wabash River into Indiana.

[NC George]

The March 1984 Carolina tornadoes occurred at night, so any photographs are unlikely. One of my teachers at the time (9th grade) was a victim of the tornado that passed through Pitt County.

[Cyclenall]

I heard a rumor that a photo of the 1925 Tri-State tornado exists. Supposedly a farmer got a picture of it as it was crossing the Wabash River into Indiana.

I'd pay money just to look at that photo if it's clear enough. I always wanted to see what that tornado looked like. I saw a picture of a large tornado in a book once beside the story of the tri-state tornado and I thought for years that image was actually it was it turns out it was just another tornado from 1978 . I believe I saw one that was B&W and another with colour (maybe they colourized it?). Later on I found out no known photos of the actual tornado existed.

[Calasanjy]

Alright, thanks to wxmann for those impressive photos. Interestingly enough, the GI Independent forum only provides two photos of the June 3, 1980 tornadoes, so I assume those must be the only photos that exist from that infamous event. Also NC George, sorry about the death of your teacher, even though it was 23 years ago That outbreak interests me because I'm familiar with the area, and it is an unusual area for a significant tornado outbreak (the same applies to the US-Canadian outbreak of May 31, 1985). Do you have any memorable stories from March 28?

Also, the Carolinas Outbreak features another one of those tornadoes that is questionably F4 (possibly F5) that was supposedly nearly two miles wide when it crossed the SC-NC border. It caused devastating damage in the communities in Scotland County, NC. I'd die to have a picture of that mammoth, if one exists. This one was active around 7:00 PM that evening.