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Multiple reports of violent wedge tornadoes and homes wiped clean from their foundations in Northern Illinois this evening (4/9/2015). Town of Fairdale, IL has apparently been devastated along with surrounding rural areas. Tornadoes also reported in Texas, Ohio, and Iowa. Will likely need an article by tomorrow. Keep in mind that yesterday's tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas were part of the same weather system, and should be included if an article is made. Thanks
Sharkguy05 ( talk) 01:11, 10 April 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
I said above that I did not think an article would be needed for the April 9th outbreak, and I stand by that. However, what do you guys think of an article for the Rochelle-Fairdale tornado? It was not as impactful as Tuscaloosa, Greensburg, Hackleburg, or other tornadoes we've given articles to, but it was significant nonetheless. According to NWS Chicago, it was the first violent tornado in their WFO in 25 years and the strongest tornado on record for both Ogle and DeKalb counties. There should be a sufficient amount of damage points to give a detailed meteorological history of the tornado. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 01:39, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Significant, widespread tornado outbreak currently ongoing across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Bridge Creek, Oklahoma was heavily impacted by a large tornado, with multiple reports of large tornadoes further north across Kansas and Nebraska. This event is expected to continue for the next several days as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rolltide 130 ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Sharkguy05 ( talk) 04:00, 10 May 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
The article makes it seem like the one fatality was in Bützow, a very small city on Mecklenburg-Vorpommern hit by a tornado. But the cited article clearly says that the fatality was in Hamburg, a big city in Germany. That section needs to be reworded to reflect that... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.158.30.131 ( talk) 10:20, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
It looks like there may be some severe weather today in much of Oklahoma and Kansas. Take a look at the Storm Prediction Center's May 16, 2015 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook.
See these two links: Goodland, KS Graphical Nowcast ( Permalink), Norman, OK Graphicast ( Permalink). There is information here as well: SPC Severe Weather Products Valid on: Saturday May 16, 2015
I just thought I'd notify page watchers here. Dustin (talk) 19:12, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
NO, I don't want to ruin the Page! [1]
For suggestions I am - as a weather fan - very grateful! (Please excuse my perhaps not so good english skills, because it is not my native Language - my Time in the School is long ago...)
The name of this Article is "Tornadoes of 2015", and not "Tornadoes of 2015 in the USA". Accordingly, I had edited the Article.
Today I have to attempt again, because the Structure of the Article is only US-based/US-focused, although the text should list any severe Tornadoes global wide. Hope, you do not think, that the USA is the Center of our World/Earth? The previous Version is against NPOV.
Therefore, the Re-structuring of the Article; to correspond to his Name; so that the Events of the Tornadoes are viewed from a global Point of view - not only from a US Point of View.
Thanks that you did not not modify my Version of the Section "See also".
Greetings from Munich, Bavaria, Germany
-- 88.217.22.78 ( talk) 18:36, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Edits seem to be going back and forth between calling the Veneto tornado an F4 and an EF4, with the infobox and the section on the tornado differing on this matter. The cited sources seem to be saying EF4, but I was under the impression that only the United States and Canada currently use the Enhanced Fujita scale. It would be good to settle this. TornadoLGS ( talk) 20:21, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
I see good sense in what Cyclonebiskit is saying, but I believe that we need more than one source of information to confirm this. While visiting stormtrack.org the other day, I noticed a video with the title rating the tornado an F4, not an EF4. I do not believe that Italy has adopted the EF scale as Cyclonebiskit speculates, but that doesn't mean he's wrong. I'll do what I can to look into this so as to help settle the dispute. I suggest others do the same. [[ 67.44.161.220 ( talk) 15:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)]] 03:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
The article is at least outdated with respect to the October section. Tornadoes were occuring at least in Iowa on the same day Hurricane Patricia was hitting Mexico. Tornadoes were possibly also occurring in Texas on 31 October. If October is outdated, it is possible other sections may not be up to date as well.
Does the late October Texas outbreak need an article? HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 20:05, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
From the NOAA storm reports page, it looked like a few tornadoes occurred farther east on November 1st and 2nd, and 5 tornadoes have been comfirmed from those days. Was that related? 24.177.193.71 ( talk) 13:43, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
No, the tornadoes on November 1-2 were not really related to the outbreak at all, but there were like 60-70 tornadoes. Still, not all are added. HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 20:58, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
There is an unusual and major nocturnal tornado outbreak ongoing in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas right now. Multiple tornado emergencies and wedge tornadoes have occurred. Reports of major destruction are starting to filter in from the Pampa, TX area. More tornadoes are expected in Louisiana and Mississippi tomorrow. We may need an article soon. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 01:38, 17 November 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05 Tornado in Pampa has been rated EF3 1 hr. ago. 162.225.218.37 ( talk) 20:48, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
I mean we had nothing above EF2 strength, no fatalities, and not a huge number of tornadoes. Plus, I think it is summarized well enough in the section that already exists. In my opinion, it falls just short of article worthy. Not to mention, the article itself is not currently up to par by any stretch. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 05:02, 26 November 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
It doesn't meet the deletion criteria so no. HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 17:51, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
The October 29-31 article NEEDS to go. It is an embarrassment to the standard of quality we strive for when constructing tornado outbreak articles. HurricaneGonzalo is clearly one of our more inexperienced contributors, and to be direct, simply is not at the point where he should be putting together articles. Not trying to be mean, but that article is in such bad shape, and the event is so un-noteworthy that I don't even want to bother fixing it at this point. Can we PLEASE reach an agreement here so I don't have to see it anymore when I visit the Tornadoes of 2015 page? I feel like we are starting to slide back to our pre-2013 days in terms of article quality. Let's not allow that to happen by being more pro-active with this page. That goes for ALL of us, not just me, Cyclonebiskit, and TropicalAnalystwx13, who seem to be the only three making major contributions to this subject as of late. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 02:48, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
As for the overall quality of the articles, the Meteorology projects as a whole have lost most of their older editors, and thus their quality... WP:WPTC seems to be the only exception and the only consistently active project within the meteo scope, but I digress. For me, personally, tornado outbreak articles take way more effort than they're worth to write. Maybe I'm just being too much of a perfectionist, but the last time I tried to get one to GA-status ( May 18–21, 2013 tornado outbreak), I burnt myself out. There's just so much meteorological information to work with at the synoptic, meso, micro, and storm scales that you essentially have to leave out viable information to make an article palatable. In all honesty, that's why I tend to just stick with the tornado tables or just clean up work... it's too taxing for me. ~ Cyclonebiskit ( chat) 03:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Fair enough. If there is no way we are deleting that article, then we at least need to get it in acceptable shape. I can work on it some tomorrow, but I'm gonna need some serious help. There are large sections of it that need to be almost completely re-written. I can get the tables caught up for sure though. Anyone else around to help out? Also on an unrelated note, I should add that there might be another major outbreak on Wednesday so we need to be prepared for that too. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 03:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
Sharkguy05 ( talk) 23:10, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
A very deadly outbreak has occurred, with over a dozen tornadoes. Some say the 150 mile-long tornado is EF3 or EF4, but according to SPC (Storm Prediction Center), it was rated EF3. HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 14:12, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
Just wondering if we should move it again, since Birmingham, AL has apparently been hit by a fairly significant tornado tonight with severe damage to residential areas of the city and multiple injuries. Thoughts? Sharkguy05
I guess it depends on whether it was produced by the same system. While the damage looks pretty bad in places (probably EF2 to EF3) I don't believe it was spawned by the same system that caused Wednesday's outbreak (though I could be wrong) -- Anonymous Macaw ( talk) 03:24, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Just had a large tornado occur on the NE sides of the Dallas metro with heavy, significant damage. Might need an article on this. With that said, are we going to do this as a continuation of the 12/23-25 article or start a new article due to the fact that this is a different storm system? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rolltide 130 ( talk • contribs)
Damage pics are coming in this morning. The Dallas tornado looks like it was EF3+, and sadly it seems that there are at least 5 fatalities. -- Anonymous Macaw ( talk) 15:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Support split - The December 26, 2015 tornado outbreak was significant, and should be split to a new article. -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 17:00, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Update -Article really needs expanding (and its reference need rearranging and editing). Also due to "Winter Storm Goliath" (winter storm/ice storm/blizzard) and flooding, we may need to change the title to "December 26–28, 2015 North American storm complex" (see article's talk page). Thank you.-- Halls4521 ( talk) 22:24, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
I want to make a detailed point-by-point summary of the Ovilla/Glenn Heights and Garland/Rowlett tornado paths with accompanying photos. Just wondering if taken by damage surveyors and posted to a NWS Twitter account are ok to use? No photos from the event have been posted to the actual event page made by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth. Sharkguy05
Should a page be made for the June 22-23 tornado outbreak? It was a tornado outbreak of strong tornadoes like the August 24, 2016 event. Tornadoguy428 ( talk) 21:40, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
2015 Pakistan cyclone says nothing about it being a tornado, nor does the news. This unsourced addition should be removed, reducing worldwide deaths to 64. 70.23.39.2 ( talk) 16:14, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
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This article was nominated for deletion on 3 January 2015 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep. |
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Multiple reports of violent wedge tornadoes and homes wiped clean from their foundations in Northern Illinois this evening (4/9/2015). Town of Fairdale, IL has apparently been devastated along with surrounding rural areas. Tornadoes also reported in Texas, Ohio, and Iowa. Will likely need an article by tomorrow. Keep in mind that yesterday's tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas were part of the same weather system, and should be included if an article is made. Thanks
Sharkguy05 ( talk) 01:11, 10 April 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
I said above that I did not think an article would be needed for the April 9th outbreak, and I stand by that. However, what do you guys think of an article for the Rochelle-Fairdale tornado? It was not as impactful as Tuscaloosa, Greensburg, Hackleburg, or other tornadoes we've given articles to, but it was significant nonetheless. According to NWS Chicago, it was the first violent tornado in their WFO in 25 years and the strongest tornado on record for both Ogle and DeKalb counties. There should be a sufficient amount of damage points to give a detailed meteorological history of the tornado. TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 01:39, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
Significant, widespread tornado outbreak currently ongoing across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. Bridge Creek, Oklahoma was heavily impacted by a large tornado, with multiple reports of large tornadoes further north across Kansas and Nebraska. This event is expected to continue for the next several days as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rolltide 130 ( talk • contribs) 00:50, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
Sharkguy05 ( talk) 04:00, 10 May 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
The article makes it seem like the one fatality was in Bützow, a very small city on Mecklenburg-Vorpommern hit by a tornado. But the cited article clearly says that the fatality was in Hamburg, a big city in Germany. That section needs to be reworded to reflect that... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.158.30.131 ( talk) 10:20, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
It looks like there may be some severe weather today in much of Oklahoma and Kansas. Take a look at the Storm Prediction Center's May 16, 2015 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook.
See these two links: Goodland, KS Graphical Nowcast ( Permalink), Norman, OK Graphicast ( Permalink). There is information here as well: SPC Severe Weather Products Valid on: Saturday May 16, 2015
I just thought I'd notify page watchers here. Dustin (talk) 19:12, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
NO, I don't want to ruin the Page! [1]
For suggestions I am - as a weather fan - very grateful! (Please excuse my perhaps not so good english skills, because it is not my native Language - my Time in the School is long ago...)
The name of this Article is "Tornadoes of 2015", and not "Tornadoes of 2015 in the USA". Accordingly, I had edited the Article.
Today I have to attempt again, because the Structure of the Article is only US-based/US-focused, although the text should list any severe Tornadoes global wide. Hope, you do not think, that the USA is the Center of our World/Earth? The previous Version is against NPOV.
Therefore, the Re-structuring of the Article; to correspond to his Name; so that the Events of the Tornadoes are viewed from a global Point of view - not only from a US Point of View.
Thanks that you did not not modify my Version of the Section "See also".
Greetings from Munich, Bavaria, Germany
-- 88.217.22.78 ( talk) 18:36, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Edits seem to be going back and forth between calling the Veneto tornado an F4 and an EF4, with the infobox and the section on the tornado differing on this matter. The cited sources seem to be saying EF4, but I was under the impression that only the United States and Canada currently use the Enhanced Fujita scale. It would be good to settle this. TornadoLGS ( talk) 20:21, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
I see good sense in what Cyclonebiskit is saying, but I believe that we need more than one source of information to confirm this. While visiting stormtrack.org the other day, I noticed a video with the title rating the tornado an F4, not an EF4. I do not believe that Italy has adopted the EF scale as Cyclonebiskit speculates, but that doesn't mean he's wrong. I'll do what I can to look into this so as to help settle the dispute. I suggest others do the same. [[ 67.44.161.220 ( talk) 15:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)]] 03:06, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
The article is at least outdated with respect to the October section. Tornadoes were occuring at least in Iowa on the same day Hurricane Patricia was hitting Mexico. Tornadoes were possibly also occurring in Texas on 31 October. If October is outdated, it is possible other sections may not be up to date as well.
Does the late October Texas outbreak need an article? HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 20:05, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
From the NOAA storm reports page, it looked like a few tornadoes occurred farther east on November 1st and 2nd, and 5 tornadoes have been comfirmed from those days. Was that related? 24.177.193.71 ( talk) 13:43, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
No, the tornadoes on November 1-2 were not really related to the outbreak at all, but there were like 60-70 tornadoes. Still, not all are added. HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 20:58, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
There is an unusual and major nocturnal tornado outbreak ongoing in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas right now. Multiple tornado emergencies and wedge tornadoes have occurred. Reports of major destruction are starting to filter in from the Pampa, TX area. More tornadoes are expected in Louisiana and Mississippi tomorrow. We may need an article soon. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 01:38, 17 November 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05 Tornado in Pampa has been rated EF3 1 hr. ago. 162.225.218.37 ( talk) 20:48, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
I mean we had nothing above EF2 strength, no fatalities, and not a huge number of tornadoes. Plus, I think it is summarized well enough in the section that already exists. In my opinion, it falls just short of article worthy. Not to mention, the article itself is not currently up to par by any stretch. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 05:02, 26 November 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
It doesn't meet the deletion criteria so no. HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 17:51, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
The October 29-31 article NEEDS to go. It is an embarrassment to the standard of quality we strive for when constructing tornado outbreak articles. HurricaneGonzalo is clearly one of our more inexperienced contributors, and to be direct, simply is not at the point where he should be putting together articles. Not trying to be mean, but that article is in such bad shape, and the event is so un-noteworthy that I don't even want to bother fixing it at this point. Can we PLEASE reach an agreement here so I don't have to see it anymore when I visit the Tornadoes of 2015 page? I feel like we are starting to slide back to our pre-2013 days in terms of article quality. Let's not allow that to happen by being more pro-active with this page. That goes for ALL of us, not just me, Cyclonebiskit, and TropicalAnalystwx13, who seem to be the only three making major contributions to this subject as of late. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 02:48, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
As for the overall quality of the articles, the Meteorology projects as a whole have lost most of their older editors, and thus their quality... WP:WPTC seems to be the only exception and the only consistently active project within the meteo scope, but I digress. For me, personally, tornado outbreak articles take way more effort than they're worth to write. Maybe I'm just being too much of a perfectionist, but the last time I tried to get one to GA-status ( May 18–21, 2013 tornado outbreak), I burnt myself out. There's just so much meteorological information to work with at the synoptic, meso, micro, and storm scales that you essentially have to leave out viable information to make an article palatable. In all honesty, that's why I tend to just stick with the tornado tables or just clean up work... it's too taxing for me. ~ Cyclonebiskit ( chat) 03:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
Fair enough. If there is no way we are deleting that article, then we at least need to get it in acceptable shape. I can work on it some tomorrow, but I'm gonna need some serious help. There are large sections of it that need to be almost completely re-written. I can get the tables caught up for sure though. Anyone else around to help out? Also on an unrelated note, I should add that there might be another major outbreak on Wednesday so we need to be prepared for that too. Sharkguy05 ( talk) 03:44, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
Sharkguy05 ( talk) 23:10, 22 December 2015 (UTC)Sharkguy05
A very deadly outbreak has occurred, with over a dozen tornadoes. Some say the 150 mile-long tornado is EF3 or EF4, but according to SPC (Storm Prediction Center), it was rated EF3. HurricaneGonzalo ( talk) 14:12, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
Just wondering if we should move it again, since Birmingham, AL has apparently been hit by a fairly significant tornado tonight with severe damage to residential areas of the city and multiple injuries. Thoughts? Sharkguy05
I guess it depends on whether it was produced by the same system. While the damage looks pretty bad in places (probably EF2 to EF3) I don't believe it was spawned by the same system that caused Wednesday's outbreak (though I could be wrong) -- Anonymous Macaw ( talk) 03:24, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Just had a large tornado occur on the NE sides of the Dallas metro with heavy, significant damage. Might need an article on this. With that said, are we going to do this as a continuation of the 12/23-25 article or start a new article due to the fact that this is a different storm system? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rolltide 130 ( talk • contribs)
Damage pics are coming in this morning. The Dallas tornado looks like it was EF3+, and sadly it seems that there are at least 5 fatalities. -- Anonymous Macaw ( talk) 15:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Support split - The December 26, 2015 tornado outbreak was significant, and should be split to a new article. -- Jax 0677 ( talk) 17:00, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
Update -Article really needs expanding (and its reference need rearranging and editing). Also due to "Winter Storm Goliath" (winter storm/ice storm/blizzard) and flooding, we may need to change the title to "December 26–28, 2015 North American storm complex" (see article's talk page). Thank you.-- Halls4521 ( talk) 22:24, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
I want to make a detailed point-by-point summary of the Ovilla/Glenn Heights and Garland/Rowlett tornado paths with accompanying photos. Just wondering if taken by damage surveyors and posted to a NWS Twitter account are ok to use? No photos from the event have been posted to the actual event page made by NWS Dallas/Fort Worth. Sharkguy05
Should a page be made for the June 22-23 tornado outbreak? It was a tornado outbreak of strong tornadoes like the August 24, 2016 event. Tornadoguy428 ( talk) 21:40, 16 June 2018 (UTC)
2015 Pakistan cyclone says nothing about it being a tornado, nor does the news. This unsourced addition should be removed, reducing worldwide deaths to 64. 70.23.39.2 ( talk) 16:14, 27 December 2021 (UTC)