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The 1983 South Central Los Angeles tornado was a significant F2 tornado that occurred on the morning of March 1, 1983, in South Central Los Angeles.The tornado touched down at around 7:40 a.m. PST (UTC−08:00) near 51st Street, taking a north-northeastward path paralleling the Harbor Freeway before lifting near Olympic Boulevard at around 8:05 a.m. PST.
An F2 tornado in Los Angeles, California hit just south of downtown, destroying property and causing 30 injuries, the highest number of tornado-related injuries in California history. [citation needed] While official records for this tornado list no fatalities, local news media have stated that nine people were killed. [5] [6]
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 484 twisters [nb 1] recorded since 1891. Among these are four fire whirls, a type of tornado that develops ...
The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 is estimated to have killed at least 255 people and injured more than 1,000 on May 27, 1896, as it wreaked havoc across the St. Louis, Missouri, area.
The region averages one to two tornadoes a year, but the twister that hit Montebello this week was the Los Angeles area's strongest since 1983. Destructive tornadoes are part of life in Southern ...
See dramatic photos, videos of damage from tornado that slammed SLO County. ... California, yesterday, uprooting trees and downing power lines. ... People 'American Idol' alum Colin Stough, 20 ...
List of California tornadoes; 0–9. Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; ... 1983 South Central Los Angeles tornado This page was last ...
In January 1983, 13 tornadoes were reported in the United States, with two fatalities occurring in Louisiana and a total of $11.325 million (1983 USD) in damage being reported. [1] In February 1983, 41 tornadoes were reported in the United States with one fatality occurring in Florida and a total of $17.833 million (1983 USD) in damage being ...