Fargo tornado - Wikipedia
The Fargo tornado is considered the most devastating in North Dakota history, and was one of only two F5 tornadoes that have struck the state, the other occurring four years earlier in 1953. It was the northernmost confirmed F5 tornado until the Elie, Manitoba Tornado on June 22, 2007.
Fargo 1957 F5 Tornado - National Weather Service
The F5 tornado that struck Fargo, ND on the evening of June 20, 1957 was a historic event in meteorological history. The tornado also changed the lives of many people living in Fargo that year. This tornado would be studied by Dr. Ted Fujita, who would later go on to create the Fujita damage scale. Dr.
The Fargo F5 Tornado of 1957 - The Science Behind the Slow …
On June 20th 1957, a powerful F5 tornado tore through northern Fargo North Dakota, killing 12. While a somewhat rare occurrence for a violent tornado at that...
Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957 - Wikipedia
The most devastating storm was a large, violent, and catastrophic 500-yard-wide F5 tornado family that struck Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday, June 20, 1957, killing 10 people and becoming the deadliest tornado ever recorded in North Dakota. The outbreak caused 11 fatalities, 105 injuries, and $25.883 million in damage.
Tornado sirens sound in metro area - InForum | Fargo, …
May 24, 2024 · FARGO — Tornado sirens activated in the Fargo-Moorhead area shortly before 3 p.m. Friday as the National Weather Service issued a statement informing residents that weak funnel clouds were...
Fargo's Storm Story | Mr. Tornado | American Experience | PBS
May 15, 2020 · Piecing together stories and photos from the citizens of Fargo, ND after a tornado swept through in 1957, Dr. Fujita composed a groundbreaking view of these astonishing storms. Learn more about...
Aftermath of the 1957 Fargo Tornado | Prairie Public
Jun 29, 2021 · The 1957 Fargo tornado, despite being in an area not familiar to many Americans, was said to be the best documented tornado in history. Researcher Ferguson Hall of the U.S. Weather Bureau said “We still don’t know what triggers a Tornado.”
60 years later, Fargo's 1957 tornado still haunts - InForum
Jun 10, 2017 · The tornado destroyed 66 city blocks in north Fargo on its 10-mile rampage, leaving a swath of destruction two blocks wide as it weaved its way east, dipping south and then north through...
The Fargo Tornado of 1957 - YouTube
The 1957 Fargo tornado was a violent and deadly tornado that struck Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday, June 20, 1957...Dr. Forbes looks back at the tornado tha...
The 1957 Fargo Tornado | Prairie Public
Jun 22, 2022 · The morning edition of the Fargo Forum on June 26, 1957, continued the harrowing news of the massive tornado that struck the city. The banner headline of the newspaper trumpeted “Red Cross Says At Least $250,000 Needed for Tornado Victims Here.”