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The roof of the structure along with three walls of the plant failed and cars in the parking lot were damaged, including some that were thrown at least 75–100 yards (69–91 m). Northeast of this location, EF1-EF2 damage occurred as trees were snapped at a nearby business, which sustained roof and siding damage, wooden power poles were ...
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
The 2024 Elkhorn–Blair tornado was a large, violent, and destructive EF4 tornado that caused major damage to parts of the communities of Waterloo, Elkhorn, Bennington, and Blair, Nebraska in the afternoon hours of April 26, 2024, injuring four people. [2] The tornado was the first of two EF4 tornadoes during the tornado outbreak of April 25 ...
The data is still rolling in, but experts already know spring 2024 has been an active and deadly season for tornadoes.
In April 2024: In mid-April, the National Severe Storms Laboratory along with Texas Tech University begin the Low-Level Internal Flows in Tornadoes (LIFT) Project, with the goal to collect data from the “damage layer” of tornadoes; from ground level to 20 m (22 yd) above the surface. The LIFT project deployed 11 times between April–June ...
The National Weather Service has confirmed six EF-1 tornadoes touched down in Kentucky ... April 2, 2024. A tree fell on a car on Kastle Road during a storm in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, April 2 ...
More tornadoes, and details about them, are likely to be released later today or tomorrow. An EF-1 tornado with a peak wind of 105 mph hit Delavan in Walworth County around 8:22 p.m. Saturday ...
Based on the 1991–2020 average, about 155 tornadoes occur in the United States in April. [2] Activity also tends to spread northward and westward in April compared to the cooler winter months and the Midwest and Great Plains tend to see increased activity, although the relative maxima remain in the southern states.