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From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States.The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge ...
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.
In early May 2007, a significant tornado outbreak affected the Central United States. Over a three-day period from May 4–6, a total of 132 tornadoes touched down across seven states. Collectively, the tornadoes killed 14 people, injured 90, and left behind $264.7 million in damage. [1]
In Canada, a severe thunderstorm is defined as having wind gusts of greater than 90 km/h (56 mph), hail with a diameter of greater than two centimetres (0.79 in), rainfall rates of greater than 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in one hour or greater than 75 millimetres (3.0 in) in three hours, or tornadoes. [14]
With strong winds and heavy rainfall expected, a tropical storm warning is in effect for the Myrtle beach area. The storm has not yet been classified as a tropical cyclone, but that could change ...
When severe weather looms, storm alerts are important tools for keeping people informed. The National Weather Service shares alerts as it warns of potential risks from thunderstorms, flooding ...
As with warnings for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms since the October 2007 adoption of storm-based warning products, [3] Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service outline significant weather advisories in polygonal shapes for map-based weather hazard products distributed to the main agency and individual WFO websites ...
Radar image of February 24, 2007 storm system at its peak (3 MB) A storm moved onto the northern California coast early on the 21st, leading to 1–3 feet (30–91 cm) of snow across the southern Cascades, Siskiyous, Sierra Nevada, and the mountains of southern California. It also gave moderate snowfall accumulations across the Canadian ...