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Another F4—the deadliest in North Carolina history—hit Rockingham, North Carolina, and killed 23. (≥37 significant, 4 violent, ≥27 killer) 1884 March tornado outbreak: March 24–25, 1884: Southeastern United States – Ohio Valley >29: 32 fatalities (29 significant, 11 killer) 1884 Oakville tornado: April 1, 1884: Oakville, Indiana: 1
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The 1936 Cordele–Greensboro tornado outbreak was a tornado outbreak that affected the Southeastern United States during April 1936. The Greensboro, North Carolina, and Cordele, Georgia, tornadoes were the deadliest spawned during the April 1–2 outbreak, which developed in three waves of tornadic activity over 14 hours, associated with the same storm system.
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 ...
Shortly thereafter, the outbreak widened and intensified, progressing from Alabama to Virginia between noon and midnight. The outbreak also produced the deadliest individual tornado in North Carolina history, an F4 which swept through the Rockingham area, killing 23. [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
A possible tornado hit Lithonia at 3:13 p.m. local standard time (20:13 UTC), significantly damaging the roof of a business, while also causing roof damage to a nearby apartment. A piece of roofing fell onto an automobile, badly damaging the latter. A tornado was seen north of Statham around 3:30 p.m. (20:30 UTC), but without damage.
The threat of tornadoes for central North Carolina was over by 2:30 p.m., though wind and flood advisories remain in effect, according to Jonathan Blaes, meteorologist-in-charge for that National ...
In North Carolina, the outbreak was the state's deadliest since March 1984, [61] and the largest in state history. [62] Describing the outbreak, AccuWeather meteorologist Henry Margusity said, "There has not been a tornado outbreak in history over three days with this many tornadoes spawned by a single storm system". [63]