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The most "extreme" tornado in recorded history was the Tri-State tornado, which spread through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on March 18, 1925. It is considered an F5 on the Fujita Scale , holds records for longest path length at 219 miles (352 km) and longest duration at about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours.
This outbreak sequence produced what may have been one of the most intense F5 tornadoes in US history that killed 10 people in Fargo, North Dakota. An additional fatality occurred in South Dakota from an F2 tornado. (7 significant, 1 violent, 2 killer) Tornado outbreak of November 7–8, 1957: November 7–8, 1957: Southeastern United States: 20
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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 ...
Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
The deadliest tornado in US history, the Tri-State Tornado, struck Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana in March 1925. [24] St. Louis, Missouri and neighboring East St. Louis, Illinois have been hit more than once by violent tornadoes, the most notorious of which was the St. Louis Tornado of May 1896. [25]
One of the deadliest and costliest tornadoes in Canadian history. The number of casualties was most likely higher. 1985 Barrie tornado: Bouctouche, New Brunswick: 1879 August 6: 8 F3 Anywhere between 5 and 8 fatalities have been reported, “many” others were injured. This is the easternmost strong tornado ever to occur in North America.