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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.
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
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]
Bucca tornado — One of the most violent tornadoes ever to have occurred in Australia and was the first Australian tornado to be officially rated F4. The tornado flattened some houses to the ground, trees were snapped and stones were embedded into the trunks. A refrigerator was blown away and never found and a 3-ton truck was thrown 300 m (330 ...
[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 ...
Tornadoes occur most frequently in North America (particularly in central and southeastern regions of the United States colloquially known as Tornado Alley; the United States has by far the most tornadoes of any country in the world). [7] Tornadoes also occur in South Africa, much of Europe (except most of the Alps), western and eastern ...
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 ...
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.