Tornado over Black Lake from The Weather Underground
October 18, 2008
Black Lake, Michigan tornado, photo by Nathan Krinsky
About this tornado that was part of the October 18, 2007 tornado outbreak, Jeff Masters, Senior Meteorologist and founder of Michigan-based weather super-site The Weather Underground writes:
This tornado was rated EF1 with winds up to 94 mph. Damage consisted of a barn destroyed just north of M-68. The sporadic damage path up through Black Lake was 1/8 mile wide and around 10 miles long. Some tree damage was seen around Black Lake. The photo taken by Nathan Krinsky from the back deck of his home on Black Lake in northern Michigan, 15 miles southeast of Cheboygan. The sun was setting at 5:25 pm EDT when this photo was taken, and if you look closely, you can see a rainbow, thanks to the spray kicked up by the tornado.
You can click through to see a few more awe-inspiring tornado photos such as this one and see some more great pics of the Black Lake tornado that show the rainbow even better from another photographer.
wunderground.com offers many more cool Michigan weather-related photos too – currently fall color is the theme!
October 18, 2008 at 6:11 am
Does it look like the lake is bulging upwards to anyone else??
October 18, 2008 at 6:39 pm
That is a great pic, I thought the weather underground was a terrorist group? lol
October 20, 2008 at 7:27 am
Extremely Cool!!! My son and I were looking for tornado picts and this is certainly one of the better ones!! I agree with the above commenter about the bulge in the water!! Really cool!! Tons of power.
October 28, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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October 28, 2008 at 2:08 pm
That is truly a thing of beauty. Makes you think about storm chasing. But I hear tornadoes are pretty rare in the fall (or waterspouts for that matter).
February 16, 2009 at 9:52 am
Now I’m just a simple person who love’s tornadoes and where that tornado took place that’s exetremely beautiful.:D Example EF1 used to be F-1 but they changed hat and i’d like to know why.