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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 ...
In the Americas, there are 15 tornadoes on record that caused at least 100 fatalities, the most recent being the Joplin EF5 tornado which killed 158 people in May 2011. There are at least 450 tornadoes on record that caused greater than ten fatalities; the most recent of these was the Rolling Fork, Mississippi EF4 tornado which killed 17 people ...
The high risk was issued at 1630Z for a 30% probability of significant tornadoes. Although most of the tornadoes that touched down were relatively weak and short-lived, seven of them were more than 1 ⁄ 2 mi (0.80 km) wide, including one that reached a peak width of just over 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi (2.0 km) wide, and multiple tornado emergencies were ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
1890 Wilkes-Barre tornado; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896; 1944 Appalachians tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; Tornado outbreak of April 1977; 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak; 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak; November 1989 tornado outbreak
"A confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located over Mount Vernon, moving north at 25 mph. Live video from the public shows a large tornado currently on the ground."
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.
An 'extreme' risk of severe weather, including tornadoes, was issued by AccuWeather Monday morning, which is rare and reserved for the most d Dangerous outbreak of tornadoes in the Plains will ...