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A small but intense tornado outbreak occurred predominantly over McPherson and Brown County, South Dakota on June 23, 2002. A supercell thunderstorm produced six tornadoes in 72 minutes within the two counties. Two of the tornadoes were rated F3 and F4 respectively, and caused considerable damage to several homes and farms.
The Tornado Season of 2002 was a below average season with only 934 tornadoes touching down, However, this season had its two largest outbreaks occurring early in the year and late in the year because of cold fronts being able to create favorable conditions for tornadic activity in the United States.
This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially labeled as F4, EF4, IF4, or an equivalent rating during the 2000s 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 ...
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The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
June 23, 2002: Brown County, South Dakota: 6: 0: A powerful supercell thunderstorm spawned six tornadoes, including an intense F3 and a violent F4, during the early evening hours. There were no fatalities or serious injuries, but the storm did over a million dollars in damage. (2 significant, 1 violent) September 2002 Indiana tornado outbreak
Tornadoes are caught on camera by a group driving away from the area on Wednesday near Selfridge, North Dakota. Bad weather was moving out of the area by Thursday (Credit: Kash Traversie /TMX)
By JAMES MacPHERSON and JOSH WOOD WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) - No sirens or local alert system warned an RV park housing workers in North Dakota's oil patch about a Memorial Day tornado that injured ...