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The tornado outbreak of March 28–31, 2007, also known as the Late-March 2007 tornado outbreak, was a tornado outbreak that took place across the central United States. It developed in the High Plains from South Dakota to central Texas on March 28, 2007, which produced most of the tornadoes. Several more tornadoes were reported the next three ...
Additionally, three of the top ten events by death toll, and four if separate schools of the same tornado are counted (33 in De Soto and 25 in Murphysboro again from the Tri-State Tornado), have occurred in Illinois. The state with the highest number of tornadoes with deaths at schools is Alabama at 8 events. Illinois is second with 6 tornadoes.
This is a list of tornadoes which struck primary and secondary schools or post secondary colleges or universities, organized by the tornado’s intensity. These scales—the Fujita scale , the Enhanced Fujita scale , and the International Fujita scale —are used to rate and estimate the done by a tornado.
An extended period of tornado activity occurred between April 20–27, 2007. The outbreak sequence is best known for producing a deadly tornado that struck the border cities of Piedras Negras, Coahuila (rated F4), and Eagle Pass, Texas (rated EF3), along the United States-Mexican border on April 24, 2007, killing ten people.
Truck being crushed by a tree during the Brooklyn tornado on August 8, 2007. An EF2 tornado struck New York City at 6:30 am EDT (10:30 UTC) on August 8. The hardest-hit area was the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, where many trees—as much as 40% of the trees in Sunset Park were knocked down and several homes and buildings lost part of their roofs ...
Not part of the main outbreak, 3 tornadoes were reported, during the overnight hours of October 16 towards October 17, across Randall County, Texas south of Amarillo on October 16 with one of them confirmed as a high-end EF1; that tornado caused damage to trees, fences, power poles, steel pipes, trailers, and barns.
Across the state line, a tree fell on a home in DeRidder, Louisiana. Reports said it caused significant damage to the structure. (MORE: 10 Record-Breaking US Weather Moments To Remember From 2024 )
List of confirmed tornadoes – Sunday, May 6, 2007 [a] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width EF1 E of Delphos to N of Miltonvale: Ottawa, Cloud: KS: 05:01–05:12 10.08 mi (16.22 km) 200 yd (180 m)