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From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States.The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge ...
It was the deadliest year for tornadoes in the U.S. since 1999, when 95 deaths were reported. [4] In addition, three fatalities took place in Mexico, 14 in Chad, one in South Africa, three in Vietnam, one in the Philippines, 25 in China and seven in Bangladesh for a worldwide known total of at least 135. Map of 2007 United States tornado paths
The tornado, known as the Greensburg tornado, Greensburg, or GT in later studies, tracked 28.8 miles (46.3 km) through the area, killing eleven and injuring sixty-three others. The tornado was the first to be rated EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale after the retirement of the original Fujita scale in the United States on February 1, 2007. [2] [3 ...
The 2007 Elie tornado was a small but extremely powerful and erratic tornado that occurred during the evening of June 22, 2007. The powerful F5 tornado that struck the town of Elie, in the Canadian province of Manitoba (40 km (25 mi) west of Winnipeg) was known for its unusual path, how it was during its path, a rope to cone structure as opposed to a "wedge" structure, and how it is unique ...
The last significant October tornado event was on October 24, 2001, when three tornadoes hit southeastern Lower Michigan, out of a total of nine in the state that day. [97] Including the 2001 tornadoes, only seven October tornadoes had been recorded in the NWS Detroit county warning area prior to the 2007 outbreak.
One of the most intense outbreaks in US history, produced 10 violent tornadoes. Third-deadliest continuous tornado outbreak in US history. Hundreds of people were killed by violent tornadoes across the Southern United States. Deadliest Alabama outbreak with 268 fatalities. (36 significant, 10 violent, 27 killer) March 1933 Nashville tornado ...
The two EF-2 tornadoes weren't the strongest seen in Leon County. EF-3 tornadoes were documented in 2019 and 1945. Did Tallahassee see worst tornado outbreak ever?
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