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On the morning of April 6, 1936, a devastating tornado hit the Cooper Pants Factory, located in Gainesville, Georgia.The tornado, which received a rating of F4 on the Fujita scale, initiated a partial collapse of the factory, which sparked a fire that trapped up to 125 workers inside, killing over seventy of those who were trapped in the rubble.
1 death – This strong tornado, formed by the same storm as the Gainesville tornado, felled a number of trees and destroyed 50 homes as well as multiple farmhouses and a couple of mills. An elderly farmer was killed by falling bricks, and 30 other people were injured. Letters marked as being from Gainesville were found nearby.
The number of people harmed was reduced due to many workers attending picnics away from the site when the tornado struck. [4] [11] Almost 33 years later, on April 6, 1936, another violent tornado struck Gainesville, claiming at least 203 lives. Gainesville is the only town of its size to be so devastated twice by tornadoes in its history. [13]
The immediate Gainesville area is no stranger to deadly tornadoes. It was the site of the fifth deadliest tornado in United States history on April 6, 1936, during the Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak , where two tornadoes merged into a very large F4 killing 203 including 70 at the Cooper Pants Factory.
In the United States, the year started off somewhat slow with a below average number of tornadoes through the first three months. However, the El Niño pattern that was in place during that period weakened in April; the pattern shift caused the more traditional Tornado Alley zone to rapidly become extremely favorable for tornado outbreaks, and several large outbreaks occurred in late spring.
1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: April 5–6, 1936: Southeastern United States: 17: 454 fatalities, 2498 injuries: Second-deadliest continuous tornado outbreak in US history. Several strong and deadly tornadoes were observed across the South. Two of the individual tornadoes killed well over 200 people each. (12 significant, 3 violent ...
Damage inflicted by the 2011 Joplin tornado, the deadliest tornado thus far in the 21st century in the US.. The following is a list of the deadliest tornadoes in the Americas including Canada, Mexico, and the United States as well as the countries and islands of the Caribbean and the countries included in both Central America and South America.
The storm spawned an EF0 tornado in southern Okaloosa County. [149] July 31 – Tropical Storm Emily made landfall just south of Tampa Bay with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Heavy rainfall reached 7.19 in (183 mm) near Naples, causing flooding. The storm also produced an EF0 tornado in Manatee County. Statewide damage was estimated at $10 million.