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Damage caused by the 1983 Los Angeles tornado This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The U.S. state of California experiences several tornadoes every year, with at least 489 twisters [nb 1] recorded since 1891. Among these are four fire whirls, a type of tornado that develops ...
The tornado was on the ground for just over an hour, traveling 32.50 miles (52.30 km), and reaching a peak width of 1,900 yards (1,700 m). Initially, the tornado was rated high-end EF3, but a reanalysis completed in late-July found the three aforementioned areas of violent damage, which resulted in the tornado being upgraded to low-end EF4.
The tornado then entered the western city limits of Tallahassee near the intersection of US 90 and SR 263 and turned southeastward, causing roof and siding damage to a hotel and shopping center. After crossing SR 263, the tornado intensified to low-end EF2 strength as it approached and crossed SR 20. A swath of pine trees was snapped at about ...
The tornado warning came just days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake resulted in a tsunami warning for the majority of the coastline. Two cars are stranded in floodwaters that fill an underpass in ...
Of these there have been nearly 50 reports of tornadoes. Perhaps the strongest tornado of the outbreak thus far -- an EF4-- hit Bansdall, Oklahoma, on Monday evening with winds estimated up to 200 ...
A strong atmospheric river drenched Northern California with heavy rains and damaging wind gusts Saturday, leaving well over 200,000 without power in the state. ... San Francisco area to check on ...
This low-end EF1 tornado initially snapped several trees and tore a metal roof off a shed. The tornado continued north-northeast, destroying a metal outbuilding and tossing it 100 yd (91 m) downstream and a nearby table was tossed 300 yd (270 m) northwest of where it originally was. A frame home was also minorly damaged along with some trees ...
Severe weather activity became more isolated and scattered on May 27, marking the end of the outbreak sequence. In all, 248 tornadoes occurred during the outbreak sequence; 20 (+1 indirect) people were killed by tornadoes while 10 other people died due to non-tornadic events as well. Over 240 people were injured.