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The 1983 South Central Los Angeles tornado was a significant F2 tornado that occurred on the morning of March 1, 1983, in South Central Los Angeles.The tornado touched down at around 7:40 a.m. PST (UTC−08:00) near 51st Street, taking a north-northeastward path paralleling the Harbor Freeway before lifting near Olympic Boulevard at around 8:05 a.m. PST.
Damage caused by the 1983 Los Angeles tornado This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The U.S. state of California experiences several tornadoes every year, with at least 488 twisters [nb 1] recorded since 1891. Among these are four fire whirls, a type of tornado that develops ...
The 1983 season saw a relatively average number of tornadoes in the United States, but just four "violent" tornadoes (all F4) and the number killed by tornadoes, listed in official records was lower than average at just 34, and no tornado killed more than three people.
Early-May 1983 tornado outbreak: May 1–2, 1983: Mississippi Valley – Great Lakes: 63: 7 fatalities, 110+ injured: Affected 11 states with $200 million in damage, Ohio and western New York hardest hit. (27 significant, 5 killer) May 12–23, 1983 tornado outbreak sequence: May 12–23, 1983: 157: 6 fatalities, 122 injuries: A series of ...
The region averages one to two tornadoes a year, but the twister that hit Montebello this week was the Los Angeles area's strongest since 1983. Destructive tornadoes are part of life in Southern ...
The tornadoes cap a period of wild weather across California. A wet and stormy Tuesday set daily rainfall records in the area, including 1.53 inches at Long Beach Airport, which surpassed the ...
1 Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. 2 See also. 3 References. ... 1983: 930 0 350 372 147 57 4 0 1984: 907 0 373 352 126 41 14 1 1985: 684 0 308
At least one fatality has been reported after a historic EF3 tornado, packing winds of 140 mph, ripped a 14-mile-long path through parts of Delaware Saturday. ... 1983, when an EF2 twister touched ...