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Swirling Non-Supercell Tornadoes in Pictures

A non-supercell tornado comes in many flavors: dust devils, dust tubes, and waterspouts, to name just a few. The basic difference is that these type of vortexes are not born of a larger storm system and appear only sporadically. Also, they do not seem to pose any real danger as there should be more arm flailing and/or opposite direction running – but as this photo shows, they're pretty awesome phenomena nonetheless.

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“We’re Not In Kansas Anymore”: Transported by a Tornado

Fordland, Missouri. March 12, 2006. Night. The wind outside the trailer grew louder and louder, like the sound of fighter jets closing in. Next thing, the locked front and back doors of the mobile home were blown off their hinges. Everything was wobbling – the floor, the walls, the ceiling – but nothing could prepare Matt Suter for what was about to happen. Seconds later, the tornado ripped the home apart and lifted the 19-year old high school senior into its jaws.

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5 Images of Destruction: Last Night’s Tornado in Atlanta

As you may or may not have figured out by now, I split my time between Atlanta, GA, and Frankfort, KY. I was in Atlanta last night, and let me tell you: a tornado in a major metropolitan area is bad, bad news. Here are [...]

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