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A moderate risk of severe weather was issued on April 30 for a large swath from northern Illinois to southern Arkansas. Late that afternoon, tornadoes began to develop across the Ozarks and multiple tornado warnings were issued. also, in less than a week, another PDS Tornado Watch was issued for Arkansas, Oklahoma, the Missouri Bootheel, and Texas.
In late 2023, American meteorologist and tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis created the Outbreak Intensity Score (OIS) as a way to rank tornado outbreaks. [1] [2] For the score, only significant tornadoes are counted: F2/EF2 tornadoes receive 2 points each, F3/EF3 tornadoes receive 5 points each, F4/EF4 tornadoes receive 10 points each, and F5/EF5 tornadoes receive 15 points each. [1]
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
At least seven people were injured, two critically, in Springdale, Arkansas, on Wednesday morning after a tornado swept through the area shortly after 4 a.m. CDT, officials said. Mayor Doug ...
Central Arkansas suffered "significant damage" Friday, the state’s governor announced, after meteorologists said a tornado touched down in North Little Rock, pummeling buildings and leaving at ...
At least seven people perished and nearly 100 were injured on Saturday night when a powerful tornado struck communities in north Texas near the Oklahoma border, Governor Greg Abbott said at a news ...
List of tornadoes in the outbreak of April 27–30, 2014; Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014; Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 2017; Tornado outbreak of October 20–22, 2019; 2021 Tri-State tornado; Tornado outbreak of March 16–18, 2021; Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021; Tornado outbreak of March 29–31, 2022; 2023 Wynne ...
AccuWeather's Bill Wadell reported from Springdale, Arkansas, where meteorologists say they are seeing damage consistent with at least an EF2 tornado. Seven people injured during tornado in ...