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A Doppler weather radar image of the College Park tornado near its peak at 21:21 UTC. The tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001 was one of the worst tornado events to ever have directly affected the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area in the United States. [1]
By 5:30 p.m., the severe weather moved out of Indiana and into Ohio where damage was not as severe. One tornado was reported in Ohio, an F3 tornado that moved from Paulding County into Putnam County. That tornado caused major structural damage to buildings near Fort Jennings, Ohio. [56] The severity of the activity began to wane later that evening.
Another funnel cloud passed over Union Station, but did not touch down as a tornado until it reached the College Park and Beltsville areas of Maryland. [24] Two people died and 57 were injured. [25] April 6, 2017: A tornado classified as EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale touched down in southeastern D.C., damaging trees on Joint Base Anacostia ...
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 ...
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[3] 2001 had a relatively low amount of droughts and heat waves. Large wildfires took place in California in 2001, killing over 2 people, destroying over 390 buildings, and causing US$196 million (2001 USD) in damages. The Observation Fire was the largest fire to take place during the season, burning over 67,000 acres of land. [4]
The other two were the Great St. Louis Tornado on May 27, 1896, considered now to be an EF-4, and the EF-5 tornado that hit Flint, Michigan, on June 8, 1953. This frame grab from video shows a ...