NOTE: The following information about VORTEX-95 events is provided for interest and historical purposes only and represents the views of one of the Principal Investigators for the project. Additional educational material about this significant field project can be found at "VORTEX, Unraveling the Secrets".
This document provides tornado-track information generated by the VORTEX field experiment. It is largely the work of Erik Rasmussen and Casey Crosbie, an undergraduate student at the University of Oklahoma working for NSSL. Where others have collaborated in producing this information, we have attempted to give credit. Users should be aware that this documentation represents work in progress. For any tornado track, there are varying degrees of refinement in determining tornado location and damage intensity. For example, on the day of the event observers may report that a tornado occurred "about 3 miles southeast of Spintown." Damage surveys the next day can document the locations where wind damage occurred, but cannot document portions of the track over open country. The next level of refinement might be an aerial survey in which the damage to vegetation, and even disruption of dirt surfaces, can be detected. Finally, photogrammetry of tornado imagery can lead to determination of where various cloud and debris features existed. For each event described herein, the documentation includes a description of all data sources and the techniques used to establish the track location and times.
The following tornado events were observed as part of VORTEX-95: