Top 5 tornado intercept, massive tornado we documented from birth til it raced northeast out of sight, crossing the road in front of us by about half a mile.
Tornado #368 • March 31, 2023 – Ottumwa, Iowa
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Chase Log: March 31, 2023
Southeast Iowa (755 miles)
Any shred of my Iowa curse left was absolutely annihilated when Ed Grubb and I had a top 10 career tornado intercept outside Radar O'Reilly's hometown of Ottumwa on a massive, close-range EF-3 monster!
• TORNADOES: 1
• MAX HAIL: None
• FLOODING: Observed
• DAMAGE: Observed
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