Idea 1 Event - Weather - Tornado

My idea is that on a sheet of card, i would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting i want to show the beauty of a tornado, but then the possible destruction. I believe that this painting has very good potential.

I thought of this idea because i am interested in tornadoes. The issue is that they bring joy and excitement, but mostly while that happens, they bring fear and devastation to others. I want to show this in my painting.

Tornado Outbreak

A tornado outbreak begun on 22nd May, 2010 and ended

on 25th May 2010. The storm system responsible for the tornadoes affected a large area from North Dakota to New

Mexico. Overall there was a report of 26 tornadoes.

The main tornado was the EF4 Bowdle tornado which started in walworth county as an EF2 tornado 4 miles west of the city of Bowdle, South Dakota. The tornado touched down directly on a farmstead and it was the most damaged structure in the immediate area. A few outbuildings were destroyed. A residence in the area sustained roof damage but the building was not severely damaged. Moving into Edmunds County, the tornado weakened into an EF1. Debris was flung hundreds of yards from the tornado. The tornado then quickly strengthened into an EF3 tornado 1.5 mi (2.4 km) NW of Bowdle. A large number of outbuildings were severely damaged or destroyed. Tree damage was widespread in the area. The tornado continued to move northeast and reached its peak intensity as an EF4 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Bowdle. Many houses and outbuildings in the area suffered major damage. Trees were debarked and cars were thrown into the air. Transmission Towers were toppled and crushed. One of them was torn off its concrete footings and was thrown hundreds of yards away. The tornado then shifted directions and moved eastwards as an EF2. A state radio tower was toppled before the tornado lifted shortly thereafter. Based on damage reports, the tornado traveled a distance of 5.01 mi (8.06 km).

Here is an image of it.

Here is some footage of it.

Seen from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-May_2010_tornado_outbreak#Bowdle_tornado.

and Storm Chasers Season 4 Episode 5 & 6