20 Years Ago....April 26, 1991....

[P71nnacle]

...one of the most infamous tornadoes, and accompanying tornado videos, occurred just outside of Andover, KS. For those of you who are too young to remember, watch the video and you'll recognize it right away.

Code 3 - Kansas Underpass Tornado - April 26 1991

Yes, it was the Kansas Turnpike Underpass tornado. Little known fact: Back in 1992, The Weather Channel released a video entitled The Enemy Wind (and no, it's not for sale, although I have thought of perhaps transferring it to YouTube). One of the tornadoes analyzed in the video was this tornado, along with the McConnell AFB tornado as it sliced through Andover. Afterwards, the supercell that produced the catastrophic Andover Tornado produced this tornado. This system also launched the career of storm chaser Warren Faidley.

After so many views in the past 20 years, it has been often said that people will hide under overpasses to dodge storms. However, this tornado was weak, rated an F1 at the time, and passed to the left of the overpass, with only weak peripheral winds. So, don't do as I say, I guess.

Thought I would share this with you early so you could celebrate the anniversary.

[TWCToday]

Amazing to this day!

[Pop Light Brown]

I remember this as if it was yesterday.

[Lightning]

I remember this as if it was yesterday.

So do I. That video gave people the idea (a bad one) that highway overpasses are a safe place to seek shelter if you're in a vehicle and see a tornado. The tornadoes that would occur in Oklahoma, near OKC, 8 years and 1 week later would prove this idea deadly.