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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 ...
Outbreak produced the Candlestick Park tornado, which was an extremely violent F5 tornado or tornado family that killed 58 people and traveled 202.5 mi (325.9 km) across Mississippi and Alabama. It is one of the longest such paths on record and one of only four official F5 tornadoes to hit Mississippi.
Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012 – A high risk was issued at 13Z on the first day of the aforementioned outbreak for a 30% probability of significant tornadoes. A total of 64 tornadoes were confirmed; two were rated EF4, both of which were produced by the same supercell, which also produced an EF3 tornado, all within the High Risk area.
1 Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. ... 2012: 948 0 583 241 94 26 4 0 2013: 916 0 ... List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks; References
That number places Milton at the 11th-largest tornado outbreak from a hurricane, tied with Gustav 2008 and Florence 2018. ... 1997, and again during Tropical Storm Debby on June 24, 2012. Milton ...
January 2012 was the third-most active January for tornadoes in the United States since 1950, with 79 tornadoes, behind 1999 and 2008. [10] Two deaths occurred in Alabama on January 23. [ 11 ] The activity was the result of a strong La Niña , [ 10 ] which contributed to the fourth-warmest January in the United States in recorded history. [ 12 ]
List of reported tornadoes - Monday, May 14, 2012 EF# Location County Coord. Time (UTC) Path length Comments/Damage North Carolina: EF1: SW of Rockingham: Richmond: 1655 2 miles (3.2 km) Many trees were downed and a shed was destroyed.