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Manchester tornado

24 June 2003 · Manchester, United States · F4

It wiped a South Dakota village off the map. Researcher Tim Samaras placed a probe in its path that recorded the largest pressure drop ever measured inside a tornado.

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The village was never rebuilt — a memorial marks the spot today.

The air pressure inside the funnel dropped by 100 millibars, the biggest drop ever measured in a tornado.

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