The strange path of a tornado in Iowa on Aug. 2, 2015, has been spotted from space by the USGS Landsat satellite.

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What makes this tornado scar unique is its unusual path. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Des Moines said it best when they posted the satellite image in a tweet with the title: "The tornado that couldn't make up its mind."

The white arrows highlighting the tornado scar in the image show how it moved south initially, then made a cyclonic loop, before eventually heading back to the northeast. According to the NWS, the path of the tornado was in mostly rural portions of Adams County and Adair County. It was rated EF1, leaving some damage to silos and farm buildings about 8 miles north-northeast of Prescott, Iowa.

Below is a map showing the tornado path from the storm survey conducted by the NWS. You can see how the strange path matches up with the satellite image above.

This is not the first time tornado scars have been visible by satellite. Two of the more well documented tornado scars are from an EF3 tornado that struck Wisconsin in 2007 and an EF3 tornado that tore a path through Massachusetts in 2011. Those tornado paths stand out the best on satellite imagery when snow is on the ground.

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