Used RPPC Actual Tornado on the Ground Omaha Nebraska March 23rd 1913

Description

Real photo postcard showing an actual tornado on the ground in Omaha Nebraska 1913. Easter Sunday 1913 dawned as a beautiful early spring day across eastern Nebraska, a welcome respite from winter. In an era before effective severe weather forecasting and warning, Nebraskans had no idea what would take place later that afternoon. Starting around 5 p.m, a storm system spawned seven tornadoes. The tornado killed nearly 100 people in Omaha. Hundreds more were injured and as many as 2000 houses and buildings were destroyed. By nightfall, seven tornadoes had struck eastern Nebraska, most continuing into Iowa. The Fujita Scale that registers the strength of tornadoes didn’t exist at the time, but researchers would later classify four of the Easter Sunday tornadoes as F-4s, uncommon monsters with winds greater than 200 miles an hour. The tornadoes killed 168 people in Nebraska and Iowa, mostly in Nebraska. The Omaha, Yutan and Berlin tornadoes, all F-4s, today rank as the three deadliest in Nebraska history. Damage from the 1913 tornadoes was estimated at million, which would be more than 0 million today. Used and postmarked Omaha April 1913. Mild edge wear.