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Greenfield Tornado
On the afternoon of May 21, 2024, a violent EF4 tornado tracked across southwestern Iowa, United States, devastating the city of Greenfield. The tornado, known most commonly as the Greenfield tornado, destroyed many buildings and wind turbines across its path that stretched through Page, Taylor, Adams, and Adair counties, while also causing more than $31 million in property damage, killing five people and injuring 35 more. The tornado reached peak intensity within Greenfield, where National Weather Service surveyors denoted maximum wind speeds estimated at , or EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. However, estimated winds of were briefly determined from inside the tornado by a Doppler on Wheels portable radar unit, one of only three times that wind speeds exceeding have been determined in a tornado from radar observations. The tornado formed amidst a week-long period of elevated tornadic activity in an area expected to be strongly conducive for the development of long-tracked a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Timmer
Reed Timmer (born March 17, 1980) is an American meteorologist and storm chasing, storm chaser. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he took an interest in science, including weather, at a young age, before experiencing severe weather, including a hailstorm at age 13. After presenting weather forecasts at his high school, he began studying meteorology at the University of Oklahoma, completing his PhD in 2015. During his storm chasing career, Timmer filmed his first tornado in 1998 in Oklahoma before taking part in numerous chases of tornadoes. Timmer then observed the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado, a year after his first tornado filmed, the 2011 Philadelphia, Mississippi tornado, 2011 Philadelphia, Mississippi and 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado, Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornadoes, which were included in the 2011 Super Outbreak, and the 2013 El Reno tornado, an EF3 tornado which he was injured in. In 2022, he chased and filmed the eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane Ian. Timme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
