The April 3, 1956 Tornado Outbreak
Video of Tornado
A video clip of one of the tornadoes from the April 3rd, 1956 outbreak was provided to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids by Jim Byrd. It was originally shot in 8mm by Eugene Dohm. An eight second clip is available in MPG format. The file is 2.6 megabytes in size.
The tornado in the clip is the F5 Vriesland to Trufant Tornado. It was filmed around 7 PM from northwest Grand Rapids. It is passing through Standale or Walker at this time.
