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Tornado outbreak: Duration: October 17–19, 2007: Tornadoes confirmed: 63: Max. rating 1: EF3 tornado: Duration of tornado outbreak 2 ~40 hours: Fatalities: 5 deaths, 28 injuries (+58 non-tornadic) Damage: $54.2 million (2007 USD) [1] Areas affected: Central and Southern United States
The first severe weather event of 2007 was a scattered but deadly tornado event in the U.S. Gulf Coast region on January 4. Two people were killed in New Iberia, Louisiana , and 15 were injured. It was confirmed to have been an F1 tornado as all the severe damage took place to mobile homes.
Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
The tornadoes were part of a larger system that wreaked havoc from Arkansas to Iowa and Illinois and moved into Tennessee by the evening. Nearly 60 preliminary tornado reports were sent to the ...
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The tornado then damaged a church and structures around the church. Further northeast a trucking company sustained minor building damage. It then crossed U.S. 61, where it picked up a car that was traveling south on the highway and flipped it twice, injuring the driver. Additional tree damage occurred before the tornado dissipated. [6] EF0 ...
On Dec. 18, 1957, 67 years ago today, an outbreak of strong tornadoes tore through southern Illinois and eastern Missouri. The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis ...
Clockwise from top: The tornado, as seen at EF5 intensity in Greensburg; the photographer was located 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Greensburg. At this point, the tornado has taken on a large "wedge" shape, [note 1] a heavily damaged house in Greensburg, a radar image of the supercell that produced the tornado, disaster recovery workers clearing debris from Greensburg, damage to downtown ...