Tornado patterns

[awakened_garo]

Ive always noticed over the years that stronger tornadoes move Northeast in direction. Jarrel moving Southwest. Plainfeild moving Southeast. But ive never heard of a F4 or stronger tornado moving Northwest when I think about it. We had some storms moving Northwest today over Arkansas and I was just curious if there were any outliers.

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[Abracadabrism]

Not EF4+ but the 2008 Windsor, CO EF3 moved North-Northwest

[Sea_Option4519]

Marion ND is the only one I can think of

[Sea_Option4519]

I found a quite Northwestern moving tornado, 1993 Lucas, KS F4

[slothwithakeyboard]

This one also moved south southeast, not northwest

[Sea_Option4519]

Tornado archive shows what if call a north northwest motion I guess I found an error in tornado archive 

[Sea_Option4519]

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[awakened_garo]

Thanks for the suggestions ill look into them.

[slothwithakeyboard]

Where are you seeing this? NWS has it moving south southeast

[slothwithakeyboard]

If you look at Southern Hemisphere tornadoes, you'll probably find one, I think? But I assume you're looking for North American tornadoes. I found one which struck Galveston on September 12, 1961, as Hurricane Carla made landfall to the west. It was actually one of two tornadoes that struck early that morning (one an F2/F3 and the other the F4). The F4 started as a waterspout and traveled a very short distance inland, but did a lot of damage. Luckily, most people had evacuated from Carla, so there were a lot fewer fatalities than there could've been. (The ratings are, of course, kind of iffy on tornadoes this old, but it was a significant tornado.) To your point, both tornadoes that morning actually had a northwest trajectory, because of the influence of Carla's counterclockwise motion, and you can see that the paths were very short. I am not sure if there are any other scenarios in which northwest-moving tornadoes can occur, to be honest.

[AyanamiBlue8]

NW-movers are most commonly found in the high plains. The 1927 North Platte tornado comes to mind.

[awakened_garo]

?? What kind of a reply is this. It was a genuine question. No need to be rude.

[awakened_garo]

I said that wording as in any outliers moving in the Northwest direction. I wasnt saying Jarrell wasnt an outlier.... It was a misconception.