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A narrow tornado struck eight farms, four of which incurred F3-level damage. Three people were injured, and losses totaled $45,000. [4] Operationally, this and the succeeding event were considered a single tornado with a total path length of 34 mi (55 km), [3] but a reanalysis by Thomas P. Grazulis split them into two distinct tornadoes. [4] F3
The tornado ended northeast of Sweetwater, Oklahoma, or just south of Dempsey. F4 damage occurred in both Texas and Oklahoma. 13 farm homes were destroyed, some of which were swept away. 100 cattle were killed and a car was carried 700 feet (0.13 mi). Two people were killed on the Oklahoma side of the path, and 18 were injured along both states.
[nb 2] The worst of the outbreak was a deadly, devastating and violent (estimated) F4 tornado that tore though Warren, Arkansas. Part of a multi-state family, the tornado killed at least 55 people, [2] a majority of the deaths in the outbreak, and is now tied with the Fort Smith tornado from 1898 as the deadliest in Arkansas history. [3]
One of the deadliest tornado outbreak sequences in US history. An F5 killed 23 people in Kansas. One tornado family in Illinois killed 101 people alone. A long-track tornado killed 67 people, mostly in Kentucky. (63 significant, 15 violent, 35 killer) May 1918 tornado outbreak sequence: May 18–21, 1918: Central-Northern Great Plains – Upper ...
Tornado outbreak of April 28–29, 1950; Tornado outbreak of June 19, 1951; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak of May 21–24, 1952; 1953 Waco tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of May 29, 1953; 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of May 19–22, 1957; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957
A long-lived tornado outbreak sequence affected the Southern Plains, the southeastern and Middle Atlantic region of the United States from May 7–11, 2008. The storm produced 120 confirmed tornadoes starting on May 7 and lasting until late on May 11. The outbreak sequence killed 28 people across several states; 25 were killed by tornadoes.
The total includes a fatal tornado that killed one person in Westmoreland and destroyed least 22 homes and damaged 13 more. Westmoreland is about 2 1/2 hours from Wichita. Westmoreland is about 2 ...
Both tornadoes killed 18 in total. The first F5 tornado moved through five counties and 65 miles (105 km). It affected the town of Charles City just before 5 PM destroying much of the area. Damage figures were pegged at $30 million in Charles City alone while $1.5 million of damage was recorded elsewhere. This tornado killed 13 and injured 462 ...