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This was the fourth-most violent outbreak in U.S. since 1950 with 11 F4 tornadoes, most intense ever in Arkansas. F4 tornadoes that struck Judsonia and Cotton Plant killed a total of 79 people. Other F4 tornadoes struck Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. The event marked the first time the word "tornado" was used during a public television ...
Pages in category "Tornadoes in Tennessee" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. ... 1950; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950;
The tornado destroyed the Depot, causing the deaths of six people, including five airmen and a civilian worker. Nearby, injuries occurred in a mess hall and barracks as the tornado hit the AFB. With a forward speed of 35 mph (56 km/h), the parent supercell progressed into Arkansas , where it later spawned the Mount Holly F2 tornado.
There have been 252 tornadoes in East Tennessee since 1950, according to the National Weather Service. The latest one left the town of Sunbright in Morgan County devastated.
A major milestone in weather history, 1950 marks the first public tornado warning and use of radar to track storms. With this, tornado records began to be kept and a database was started. However, tornadoes were not given ratings until the Fujita scale came into effect in 1973, at which point every confirmed tornado back to 1950 was officially ...
S evere storms and tornadoes that swept across Tennessee killed six people and injured at least two dozen more on Saturday.. The extreme weather destroyed homes, cut off power and closed roads ...
At least six people are dead and more than 150,000 are without power after storms containing tornadoes and high winds hit Middle Tennessee. Council member Jennifer Gamble stood clad in a raincoat ...
The deadliest and most destructive tornado of the outbreak was a violent F4 that touched down in south-central Tennessee, killing three people and injuring 44 others. A similarly destructive tornado—albeit of weaker, F2 intensity—formed from the same storm as the preceding F4 and became the second costliest of the outbreak.