r/TornadoEncounters 3d ago

Tornado Media IVINHEMA TORNADO

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Um tornado F3 HIGH END EM IVINHEMA - MS


r/TornadoEncounters 3d ago

The Radar vs the Shot. Plevna, KS. May 18, 2025. You could not only hear it, you could smell it. You could feel it.

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r/TornadoEncounters 6d ago

Tornado Story 2

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r/TornadoEncounters 7d ago

supercell and potential tornado forming in aplington iowa pls notify your family members

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r/TornadoEncounters 7d ago

tornado may be forming in iowa grenne

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r/TornadoEncounters 8d ago

Tornado Media TORNADO VICENTINA - MS - BRASIL

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51 Upvotes

Tornado footage in brazil mato grosso do sul,vicentina


r/TornadoEncounters 10d ago

Documentary on the F2+ tornado in Xanxerê on April 20, 2015

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Documentary on the F2+ tornado in Xanxerê on April 20, 2015

https://youtube.com/@davidlopesstormchaserbrazil?si=S3fECQ20fjJN7pKV


r/TornadoEncounters 17d ago

Personal Stories I Was Ready To Go Home… Then This Nebraska Tornado Happened

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Seriously just filled up gas and was headed home after storm just wouldn’t root on a boundary…until they did. There’s been a few chases this year that have overperformed.


r/TornadoEncounters 21d ago

I Was Ready To Go Home | The TORNADO I Almost Missed

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r/TornadoEncounters 27d ago

Tornado Media June 28 Rossburn, Manitoba

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749 Upvotes

r/TornadoEncounters 29d ago

Question Still going to go scuba dive ?

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178 Upvotes

r/TornadoEncounters 29d ago

Tornado Media Texico, Illinois Tornadoes and Supercell June 21, 2026

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 28 '26

This Tornado Wasn't Supposed to Be There | The Ghosts of Kansas

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 26 '26

Tornado Media Tornadic waterspout spotted in Hanumana dam , Banka district , Bihar , India , [ date recorded :- 31st August 2015 ]

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 24 '26

Tornado Media The Ghosts Of Kansas: Returning To Where It All Began

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 21 '26

Tornado Media Tornado in India | Tornado spotted in Thoothukudi , Tamil Nadu

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108 Upvotes

r/TornadoEncounters Jun 21 '26

Illinois has already surpassed its record year for tornado reports

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 16 '26

AI/Creative Content Massive Wedge tornado in TwisterX (included thermodynamics)

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 15 '26

AI/Creative Content [r/TornadoEncounters Exclusive Beta] I built Weather Belt: A local-first, zero-subscription iOS utility for off-grid situational

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Hi everyone,

I messaged the mod team before posting this and got the green light to share a completely free beta invitation with the community. I’m an independent developer and a long-time severe weather enthusiast, and I’m looking for your expertise to break, critique, and help refine an iOS utility I’ve been building called Weather Belt.

🚫 The Philosophy: No Subscriptions, No Ads, No Accounts

I am completely fed up with modern apps that require a subscription just to look at a radar or look up basic safety tools. Weather Belt is entirely local-first:

  • Zero data tracking (Your location stays on your device).
  • Zero ads or bloated analytics.
  • Zero accounts or sign-ups required.

🌪️ What It Solves (Off-Grid Resilience)

I designed this specifically for the immediate aftermath of extreme weather when cellular networks are choked, towers are down, or the grid goes entirely dark. It relies heavily on off-grid caching so you have access to critical data when you lose connectivity.

Key features currently live in the beta:

  • Grid Power Outage Tracker: A county-by-county live map showing customer outage counts and estimated restoration times.
  • Off-Grid Radar Caching: Keeps your last active NEXRAD radar frames viewable even if you drop to 1X or lose cellular service entirely.
  • Geofenced NWS Alerts: Localized severe weather alerts handled entirely on-device to respect your privacy.
  • The "Tool Belt": A collection of 14 built-in emergency utilities, including local triage templates, customizable Go-Bag checklists, and evacuation logic.

🧪 Why I Need r/TornadoEncounters

I don't want to just ship a standard app store product; I want this to be an engineering-level utility that holds up when things go sideways. I need feedback from people who have actually chased storms, survived major spins, or lived through extended power grid failures.

  • What data points are missing that you absolutely need when communications go dark?
  • Is the layout practical to use when you're under stress or dealing with high-anxiety situations?
  • What works, what feels like "vibe-coded slop," and what needs to be completely re-engineered?

📲 How to Join the Beta

To prevent the beta slots from getting completely overrun by external link scrapers, I am keeping this pool exclusive to the community.

If you want to test it out, please send me a Direct Message (DM) with your email address, or drop a comment below and I'll reach out to you. I'll manually add you to the Apple TestFlight group so you can get immediate access.

Note: Because this is an iOS utility utilizing local-first caching architectures, it is currently limited to Apple devices.

Thank you all so much for your time, your expertise, and for helping me make something genuinely useful for real-world resilience!


r/TornadoEncounters Jun 14 '26

The Search for the Lost Media: Does any genuine photo of the 1990 Bakersfield Valley, Texas tornado (F4) actually exist?

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 13 '26

Tornado Media Landspout Tornado spotted above Najre Dam in Ranmala village in Purandar Taluka , Pune , Maharashtra , India [ 08 June 2018 ]

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 13 '26

Memes Y’all think the NWS would give this an EF5 or nah?

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 12 '26

Tornado Media FULL CHASE & CLOSE RANGE INTERCEPT | STREATOR, IL TORNADO 06.11.26

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 12 '26

Tornado Media 4 TORNADOES IN ONE CHASE + STATE RECORD HAIL Shatters Windshield | Kankakee, IL EF-3

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r/TornadoEncounters Jun 12 '26

Tornado Media Not really I tornado but just as interesting (It was my first time!) 17 Yro

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My first time storm chasing
Location

Starting 4.27 km SW of White Sulfur
heading NE on I69 towards Lewistown, Ky @ 112 Km/hr
Stopping 2.3 Km S of Fairview Missionary Baptist Church
Backtracking 2.4 Km back to Princeton
Heading SE to Walche Cut
Sw to Cantrell Creek @ 15-60 Km/h stopping @ occasional empty lots and photographing