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Truck being crushed by a tree during the Brooklyn tornado on August 8, 2007. An EF2 tornado struck New York City at 6:30 am EDT (10:30 UTC) on August 8. The hardest-hit area was the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, where many trees—as much as 40% of the trees in Sunset Park were knocked down and several homes and buildings lost part of their roofs ...
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 ...
This was the second of two simultaneous tornadoes in Gregory County; no damage occurred. [86] EF0 NE of Protection: Comanche: KS: 23:33–23:36 1.89 mi (3.04 km) 30 yd (27 m) A brief tornado caused no damage. [87] EF0 W of Platte: Charles Mix: SD
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 ...
The 2007 Elie tornado was a small but extremely powerful and erratic tornado that occurred during the evening of June 22, 2007. The powerful F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the Canadian province of Manitoba (40 km (25 mi) west of Winnipeg) was known for its unusual path, how it was during its path, a rope to cone and how it is unique compared to other F5/EF5 tornadoes.
The 2007 Brooklyn tornado was the strongest tornado on record to strike in New York City. It formed in the early morning hours of August 8, 2007, skipping along an approximately 9 miles (14 km)-long path, from Staten Island across The Narrows to Brooklyn. [2] The worst damage was in and around Sunset Park and Bay Ridge, in Brooklyn.
The 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak [2] was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2, 2007. Early morning temperatures had risen well above average for the season; combined with increased moisture and a powerful jet stream, this created enough instability and wind shear for thunderstorms to rotate and spawn tornadoes.
The tornado outbreak of February 28 – March 2, 2007 was a deadly tornado outbreak across the southern United States that began in Kansas on February 28, 2007. The severe weather spread eastward on March 1 and left a deadly mark across the southern US, particularly in Alabama and Georgia. Twenty deaths were reported; one in Missouri, nine in ...