Site History (as of August 01, 2007)

  • Late 2005 – Tornado History Project concept is born when Josh Lietz simultaneously stumbles upon:
    1. Text archive of raw historical tornado data published by the SPC (Storm Prediction Center.)
    2. New Google Maps application
  • Early November 2006 – Tornado History Project goes online, making historical tornado data freely available to the public in an easy to read, user-friendly, and searchable format.
  • November 2006 – Tornado Map completed
  • February 2007 – Added ability for users to add links, personal histories, etc., to any tornado
  • March 2007 – Tornado map icons updated to visually distinguish tornadoes by Fujita rating