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NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Catalog of Images

1850 thumbnail picture
"Aufquellender Cumuluskopf" Captain Alfred G. Buckham. In: "Flug Und Wolken", Manfred Curry, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1932.
1851 thumbnail picture
"Die Hohle unter der Wolke" Captain Alfred G. Buckham. In: "Flug Und Wolken", Manfred Curry, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1932.
1852 thumbnail picture
Military aircraft flying over layer of strato-cumulus; cirro-stratus above. In: "Monthly Weather Review," August 1919, p. 523.
1919 Circa
1853 thumbnail picture
Military aircraft flying near towering cumulus. In: "Monthly Weather Review," August 1919, p. 523.
1854 thumbnail picture
The top of the Woolworth Building seen through the fog. In: "Flug Und Wolken", Manfred Curry, Verlag F. Bruckmann, Munchen, 1932.
New York City 1930 Circa
1855 thumbnail picture
A glorious sunset illuminates altocumulus clouds as seen from above.
1994 March
1856 thumbnail picture
An offshore rain shower and a soaring pelican off the beach at Boca Raton.
Florida, Boca Grande 1980 October
1857 thumbnail picture
Rain shaft to left - rainfree base of thunderstorm to right. Photo taken during National Geographic filming of special on cyclones.
Florida, Key West 1993 August
1858 thumbnail picture
A rainbow makes a bright spot in the water. Perhaps there is a pot of gold at end of the rainbow.
Florida, Key West
1859 thumbnail picture
Which way is up? A mirror-smooth sea reflects cumulus clouds on a still morning in the Keys.
1860 thumbnail picture
A rainbow makes a bright spot in the water. Perhaps there is a pot of gold at end of the rainbow.
Florida, Key West
1861 thumbnail picture
Reflections on a mirror-smooth sea make it difficult to determine where the sea begins on a horizonless morning.
Florida, Key West
1862 thumbnail picture
Cumulus building over the Florida Keys.
Florida, Dry Tortugas near Key West
1863 thumbnail picture
Which way is up? A mirror-smooth sea reflects cumulus clouds on a still morning in the Keys.
Florida, Dry Tortugas near Key West
1864 thumbnail picture
Sea and atmosphere merge into one as reflection obscure the horizon on a still Florida Keys morning.
Florida, Dry Tortugas near Key West
1865 thumbnail picture
Clouds caused by gravity waves within meteorological disturbance. Where the wave has a crest, the cloud forms.
Theresa, Wisconsin
1866 thumbnail picture
Clouds caused by gravity waves within meteorological disturbance. wave has a crest, the cloud forms.
Theresa, Wisconsin
1867 thumbnail picture
Clouds caused by gravity waves within meteorological disturbance. wave has a crest, the cloud forms.
Theresa, Wisconsin
1868 thumbnail picture
Sail boat approaching squall line.
Pamlico Sound, North Carolina
1869 thumbnail picture
There was a crooked house following tornado passage at Lawrence. An example of a New England tornado. 8 people were killed and 52 injured in this storm. In: "The Lawrence Tornado of July 26, 1890" by W. M. Davis, et al. 1892. Library Call Number M/1580 D2651.
1870 thumbnail picture
A house whose first floor collapsed following tornado passage at Lawrence. An example of a New England tornado. 8 people were killed and 52 injured. In: "The Lawrence Tornado of July 26, 1890" by W. M. Davis, et al. 1892. Library Call Number M/1580 D2651.
1871 thumbnail picture
Houses whose roofs and sides were removed by the tornado. Note the beds in the left-hand house still sitting in the bedrooms. An example of a New England tornado. In: "The Lawrence Tornado of July 26, 1890" by W. M. Davis, et al. 1892. Library Call Number M/1580 D2651.
1872 thumbnail picture
Results of a hailstorm at Weatherford, Oklahoma.
Weatherford, Oklahoma 1940 July 1
1873 thumbnail picture
Comparison of a tennis ball on the left with a large hailstone.
South Africa, Durban 1929 June 24
1874 thumbnail picture
"A Modern Hazard of the Hail-Storm." Automobiles riddled at Dallas, Texas, May 8, 1926. In: "A Book About the Weather" by Charles F. Talman, 1931. P. 18. Library Call Number M T151b.
Texas, Dallas 1926 May 8
1875 thumbnail picture
"Over the Prairie Comes the Tornado." A picture taken near Hardtner, Kansas, June 2, 1929. In: "A Book About the Weather" by Charles F. Talman, 1931. P. 18 . Library Call Number M T151b.
1876 thumbnail picture
Frontispiece in: "Our Weather" by Charles F. Talman, 1931. Library Call Number M T151o. This was painted from a photograph of a tornado near Elmwood, Nebraska .
1877 thumbnail picture
Raining frogs, snakes, fish, and wheat stalks. In: "Der Wunder-reiche Uberzug [sic] unserer Nider-Welt...." by Erasmus Francisci, 1680. Library Call Number QC859 .F72 1680.
1878 thumbnail picture
Raining rats during a particularly violent storm. In: "Der Wunder-reiche Uberzug [sic] unserer Nider-Welt...." by Erasmus Francisci, 1680. Library Call Number QC859 .F72 1680.
1879 thumbnail picture
"Tornado Near Elmwood, Nebraska, April 6, 1919." This remarkable photograph, probably the best ever made of a tornado, was made in two parts, as the photographer was too close to get the whole funnel cloud into the field of his camera. In: "Meteorology" by Charles F. Talman, 1922. P. 137.
Nebraska, Elmwood 1919 June 2
1880 thumbnail picture
Results of hurricane storm surge from the New England Hurricane of 1938. In: "Wenn die Elemente wuten" by Frank W. Lane, 1952. P. 33. Library Call Number M15 L265eg.
Connecticut 1938 September 22
1881 thumbnail picture
Aftermath of tornado at St. Louis, Missouri. In: "Wenn die Elemente wuten" by Frank W. Lane, 1952. P. 33. Library Call Number M15 L265eg.
St. Louis, Missouri 1927 September
1882 thumbnail picture
"Where the Winds Rivaled Those of a Tornado". After the passage of a violent hurricane at Santo Domingo on September 3, 1930.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1930 September
1883 thumbnail picture
Raining fish during a Renaissance storm. In: "Der Wunder-reiche Uberzug [sic] unserer Nider-Welt...." by Erasmus Francisci, 1680. Library Call Number QC859 .F72 1680.
1884 thumbnail picture
Raining snakes (oh the horror of it all!) during a Rennaissance storm. In: "Der Wunder-reiche Uberzug [sic] unserer Nider-Welt...." by Erasmus Francisci, 1680. Library Call Number QC859 .F72 1680.
1885 thumbnail picture
Photo #1 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1886 thumbnail picture
Photo #2 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1887 thumbnail picture
Photo #3 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1888 thumbnail picture
Photo #4of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1889 thumbnail picture
Photo #5 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1890 thumbnail picture
Photo #6 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1891 thumbnail picture
Photo #7 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1892 thumbnail picture
Photo #8 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1893 thumbnail picture
Photo #9 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1894 thumbnail picture
Photo #10 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1895 thumbnail picture
Photo #11 of sequence. Tornado time series of photos.
Texas, Dallas 1957 April 2
1896 thumbnail picture
All that is left of the remains of Idylwild Hall after the tornado passage.
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23
1897 thumbnail picture
Part of the flooded residential section of Fremont, Ohio.
Fremont, Ohio 1913 March
1898 thumbnail picture
The home of Judge W. W. Slabaugh destroyed by the tornado.
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23
1899 thumbnail picture
Many individuals lost their lives in this streetcar which was hit by the tornado .
Omaha, Nebraska 1913 March 23

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