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This long-lived tornado touched down shortly after the first Wolbach EF2 tornado dissipated. Moving north-northeastward, it initially caused EF0-EF1 damage to center irrigation pivot systems and trees. The tornado then crossed into Boone County, causing minor damage to a farmhouse and damaging trees.
The tornado that affected Moore, Oklahoma, and surrounding areas on May 20, 2013. From May 18–21, 2013, a significant tornado outbreak took place across parts of the Midwestern United States and lower Great Plains. This event occurred just days after a deadly outbreak struck Texas and surrounding southern states on May 15.
Outbreak produced the Candlestick Park tornado, which was an extremely violent F5 tornado or tornado family that killed 58 people and traveled 202.5 mi (325.9 km) across Mississippi and Alabama. It is one of the longest such paths on record and one of only four official F5 tornadoes to hit Mississippi.
The last official EF5 tornado to hit the U.S. was the infamous 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, tornado. This violent tornado was on the ground for more than 40 minutes, carving a path of devastation more ...
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
Before the Moore tornado, the blockbuster tornado season in 2011 led to the confirmation of five EF5 twisters, including the Joplin, Missouri, EF5 that killed 161 people. A total of 50 tornadoes ...
This tornado touched down near Knob Noster downing trees, causing roof damage to one house, and causing wall, garage door, window, and roof damage to another house. The tornado moved northeast, downing several trees before reaching a farm, where several structures sustained roof damage and one lost its metal roof and siding.
The tornado had a width of 0.25 miles (0.40 km) for most of its life. [1] At times, two to three individual damaging funnels were visible from the same cloud, during which the width of the tornado increased to 0.75 miles (1.21 km). [1] The U.S. Weather Bureau documented that severe hail occurred during the times when more than one funnel was ...