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View of the tornado as it was nearing peak strength Video of several sub-vortices within the tornado. On May 31, 2013, an extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck around El Reno, Oklahoma. The tornado grew to an unprecedented width of 2.6 miles (4.2 km), becoming the officially widest-known tornado ever recorded in
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [5] [12] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
A World Meteorological Organization news letter noted the tornado as F3 on the Fujita Scale. However, the stated wind estimate of 338 to 418 km/h (210 to 260 mph) would rank it as an F4. [9] [12] According to the World Meteorological Organization in 2017, the tornado killed roughly 1,300 people and injured 12,000. [10]
Here it is estimated that the tornado reached F3 strength. After passing just northwest of Clatonia, the tornado became violent and moved through Hallam at 8:35 pm CDT, where damage reached high-end F4 in intensity. At Hallam, the tornado was a record-breaking 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide, making it the widest tornado ever recorded at the time.
[3] [4] [5] The 1974 Xenia tornado is considered to be the worst tornado in Ohio's history, and is the reason for improved warning systems, alarms, and safety protocols throughout the state. Across the state, 2,000 individuals were injured, 7,000 homes were destroyed, and 39 people were killed during the 1974 Super Outbreak, 32 of them being in ...
The Teton–Yellowstone tornado was a rare high-altitude tornado which occurred on July 21, 1987, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rated at F4 on the Fujita scale , it remains the strongest tornado ever recorded in the state and the only officially rated F4/EF4 in Wyoming history.
The deadliest tornado in world history was the Daultipur-Salturia Tornado in Bangladesh on April 26, 1989, which killed approximately 1,300 people. [86] Bangladesh has had at least 24 tornadoes in its history that killed more than 100 people, almost half of the rest of the world. [119] [120]
Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the ...