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| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | June 13, 1976 |
| F5 tornado | |
| on the Fujita scale | |
| Highest winds | >261 mph (420 km/h) |
| Overall effects | |
| Areas affected | Iowa |
Part of the Tornadoes of 1976 | |
On the afternoon of June 13, 1976, an extremely violent F5 tornado affected areas of central Iowa, including the city of Jordan. The tornado was paralleled by an intense F3 satellite tornado that exhibited anticyclonic rotation for 25 minutes.[1] The F5 damage this tornado produced was described by Fujita as the most intense he had surveyed up to that point.[2] The tornado occurred the same day as the destructive 1976 Lemont tornado, an F4 tornado that caused 2 fatalities and 23 injuries in the Chicago metropolitan area of Illinois.[3] Charles Barthold, a photographer on behalf of WHO-TV in Des Moines, won a Peabody Award for capturing a film of the tornado that revealed the development of an accompanying satellite tornado.[4]
- ^ Brown, John M.; Knupp, Kevin R. (1 October 1980). "The Iowa Cyclonic-Anticyclonic Tornado Pair and Its Parent Thunderstorm". Monthly Weather Review. 108 (10).
- ^ Gallus Jr., William A. (7 November 2012). Revisiting the 1976 Jordan Iowa F5 tornado: A case of subtle forcing with extreme sensitivity of WRF simulations to initial conditions. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms. American Meteorological Society.
- ^ "June 13, 1976 Lemont Tornado". National Weather Service Chicago, Illinois.
- ^ "Personal Award: Charles Barthold for "The Jordan Tornado"". Peabody Awards. 1976.