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In April 2020, various weather forecast offices of the National Weather Service confirmed 267 tornadoes in the United States, indicating significantly above-average activity for the month. Based on the 1991–2010 averaging period, 155 tornadoes occur across the country during April. [ 1 ]
The most significant tornado that occurred on April 13 was a violent, 3 ⁄ 4-mile-wide (1.2 km) EF4 tornado in Hampton County, South Carolina, that destroyed many homes and took the lives of five people near Estill and Nixville. [89]
On April 22, 2020, an outbreak of discrete supercell thunderstorms across portions of Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana led to widespread severe weather, including multiple strong tornadoes. Two people were killed by a high-end EF2 that struck the town of Madill, Oklahoma , and three more were killed by an EF3 wedge tornado that moved through ...
A widespread and deadly tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern United States on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 12–13, 2020. Several tornadoes were responsible for prompting tornado emergencies, including the first one to be issued by the National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina. [7]
The 14 killer tornadoes in April were more than occurred in all of 2019 (12). April was an historic month for tornadoes in the United States, as reflected in the tragic monthly data released by ...
This is a list of tornadoes which has been officially or unofficially labeled as F3, EF3, IF3 during the 2020s decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's ...
The tornado caused $2.75 million (2020 USD) in damage. [9] [10] [8] April 12: 2020: United States Mississippi: Bassfield, Cantwell Mill, Seminary, Collins, Soso, Moss, Pachuta: 8 (95+ injuries) NWS: 2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado — In Cantwell Mill, a large, anchor-bolted cabin was completely swept away and reduced to a bare slab, with little ...
The 2020 Bassfield–Soso tornado was an enormous and powerful high-end EF4 tornado that struck the southeastern parts of Bassfield and directly struck the communities of Soso, Moss, and Pachuta, Mississippi, as well as rural areas near Seminary and Heidelberg, Mississippi, in the afternoon hours of April 12, 2020.