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From May 3 to May 11, 2003, a prolonged and destructive series of tornado outbreaks affected much of the Great Plains and Eastern United States. Most of the severe activity was concentrated between May 4 and May 10, which saw more tornadoes than any other week-long span in recorded history; 335 tornadoes occurred during this period, concentrated in the Ozarks and central Mississippi River Valley.
In early May 2003, a series of devastating tornado outbreaks affected much of the Central and Eastern United States. Environmental conditions were unusually conducive to a prolonged period of severe weather, driven by a persistent upper-level trough across the Intermountain West .
This page documents notable tornadoes and tornado outbreaks worldwide in 2003. Strong and destructive tornadoes form most frequently in the United States, Bangladesh, and Eastern India, but they can occur almost anywhere under the right conditions. Tornadoes also develop occasionally in southern Canada during the Northern Hemisphere's summer ...
Tornado outbreak of March 17–20, 2003: March 17–20, 2003: Great Plains – Southern United States: 28: 7: Camilla, Georgia, was devastated by an F3 for the second time in 4 years, killing 4. An F2 killed 2 people near Bridgeboro, Georgia. Many other weaker tornadoes touched down as well. Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2003: May 3–11, 2003
On June 24, 2003, an F4 tornado destroyed the community of Manchester, South Dakota, ... "The most prolific tornado outbreak in recorded history," Timmer said, referring to a deadly four-day ...
The 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, known locally as "Tornado Tuesday", was a tornado outbreak that occurred in the southeastern and east central part of South Dakota in the United States on June 24, 2003. [1] At the time, this outbreak, at the time, tied a United States record for the most tornado touchdowns in a single day for one state ...
This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an equivalent rating during the 2000s decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the ...
List of tornadoes in the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; List of tornadoes in the May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence; List of tornadoes in the outbreak of April 6–8, 2006; List of tornadoes in the outbreak of May 4–6, 2007; List of tornadoes in the 2008 Super Tuesday tornado ...