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The 2002 La Plata tornado was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, [3] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002 , causing at least $115 million in damages. [ 6 ]
This long-tracked high-end EF2 tornado followed a similar but much longer path than the 16:48 UTC tornado that moved through the same area earlier in the day. Numerous houses sustained roof and structural damage, and mobile homes were heavily damaged or destroyed, including as the tornado moved through Nanafalia .
The 14 killer tornadoes in April were more than occurred in all of 2019 (12). April was an historic month for tornadoes in the United States, as reflected in the tragic monthly data released by ...
1926 La Plata, Maryland tornado outbreak: November 9, 1926: Mid-Atlantic – 17 fatalities, 65 injuries: 17 people killed at schools in La Plata. An F4 tornado also hit the area on April 28, 2002. Late-November 1926 tornado outbreak: November 25–26, 1926: South: ≥27: 107 fatalities, 451 injuries
Approximately 373 tornadoes came in April, nearly doubling the 10-year average of 177 tornadoes for the month; in Texas, 43 tornadoes have touched down, year to date, with 21 occurring in April.
At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the ...
May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak [13] La Plata, Maryland: 2002 April 28 $115,000,000 $197,153,724: F4 2002 La Plata tornado: Fayetteville, North Carolina: 2011 April 16 $141,100,000 $193,464,178: EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011. Grazulis reported $136 million (or $186,471,497, adjusted) in damages (Grazulis 2023, p. 458)
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.