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February 2012 was more active than normal in terms of the number of tornadoes, with a total of 50 confirmed. While the first three weeks of the month were unusually quiet, the pattern changed abruptly with a major tornado outbreak, which struck the region less than 72 hours prior to this storm, killing 15 people, including 8 in Harrisburg, Illinois alone, the result of an EF4 tornado.
The year began with an unusual number of tornadoes during January 2012. The first major tornado outbreak occurred on January 22–23, when a spring-like system moved across the southern Mississippi valley, producing at least two dozen confirmed tornadoes across Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. As a whole, January was the ...
Tornado outbreak sequence of April 25 – May 3, 1954: April 25 – May 3, 1954: Great Plains – Midwest – Mississippi Valley: 100: 4 fatalities, 167 injuries: This was one of the largest tornado outbreak sequences at the time. Several long-tracked tornadoes touched down in Texas, Arkansas, and Iowa and violent tornadoes touched down in Iowa ...
[1] [2] The first confirmed tornado in January (and 2012) was an EF0 tornado which struck Fort Bend County in Texas at 1445 UTC on January 9. [3] The last tornado of February was an EF0 that affected Blount County in Tennessee at 0030 UTC on March 1, though in terms of Central Time Zone, where the tornado took place, it was still February 29.
Brief tornado touchdown in open field with no damage. EF0: Kiester area: Faribault: 2245 4 miles (6.4 km) The tornado downed trees and power poles, damaged three barns, and destroyed a number of sheds and various outbuildings. Iowa: EF0: S of Sioux Center: Sioux
EF4 tornado: Duration of tornado outbreak 2: 2 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes: Largest hail: 4.50 in (11.4 cm) in diameter in Randolph, Kansas, on April 15: Fatalities: 6 fatalities, 101 injuries. [2] Damage: At least $500 million (in Wichita, unknown elsewhere) [1] 1 Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale 2 Time from first tornado ...
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The Tornado outbreak sequence of March 18–24, 2012 was a long lasting tornado outbreak that occurred due to a slow moving, but powerful trough and cutoff low. The outbreak began in the Great Plains , where, over a two-day period, several tornadoes touched down, some of which were significant.