File:Photo of the 2022 Winterset tornado.png

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Description	A single photograph of the 2022 Winterset tornado.
Author or copyright owner	Roger Riley
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: https://x.com/rogerriley/status/1500297695054995456 Immediate source: https://www.weather.gov/dmx/March5th2022Tornadoes
Date of publication	March 5, 2022
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Tornado outbreak of March 5–7, 2022
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Showing a photograph of the tornado.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	A historic photograph of a tornado. Any derivations or duplications are still copyrighted and no free photographs of this tornado exist.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	A single photograph of the tornado.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Photograph is a single frame from a 44 second video posted to X. This single frame was then given to the National Weather Service (NWS) to use on their web page and to subsequently be hosted on their web servers. Per the NWS disclaimer, "The information on National Weather Service Web servers and Web sites is in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public." This photograph appears on a web page and on the web servers of the National Weather Service. There are discrepancies (listed below) for the attribution/copyright status of the image. Some indications are that it is copyrighted while others indicate it is free-to-use. This image may or may not be free to use and was uploaded under the non-free image guidelines as a precaution.
Other information	Wikimedia Commons Copyright License Discussion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:WintersetEF4tornado.PNG Attribution / Copyright Discrepancies: The photograph is used on this web page made by the National Weather Service Des Moines, Iowa, and is attributed with the caption: "Large wedge tornado moving through Winterset. Photo courtesy of Roger Riley." The photograph originally came from a post on X by Roger Riley (at the 0:06 mark). In the post, the National Weather Service was pinged, along with the NBC affiliate WHO13 news station. The photograph was used attributed by KMTV to "Courtesy: NWS Des Moines (Roger Riley)" in this news article. The photograph was used and attributed by KWWL to "Courtesy: Roger Riley" in this news article. KWWL also watermarked the image with their logo. Part of the original video posted to X by Roger Riley (which subsequently included this specific frame) was used by the WHO13 news station without any visual attribution in this news article. The news station, in audio from a news anchor, attributed it to Roger Riley. Part of the original video posted to X by Roger Riley (which subsequently included this specific frame) was used by the WDAF news station without visual or audio-based attributions in this news article.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Tornado outbreak of March 5–7, 2022//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_of_the_2022_Winterset_tornado.pngtrue

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current	00:04, 1 September 2024		361 × 276 (114 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	17:47, 31 August 2024	No thumbnail	1,024 × 785 (877 KB)	WeatherWriter (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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Tornado outbreak of March 5–7, 2022

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