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First of the Palm Sunday outbreaks; one of the deadliest outbreaks in US history. Tornadoes devastated the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, including parts of the Chicago metropolitan area. Other long-track killer tornadoes tore across the Southern states. Official death toll is uncertain and may be considerably higher than what is listed.
Tornado History Project Searchable US tornado database overlaid on a Google Map; Weather data archives. Severe Thunderstorm Events (SPC) Various (NCDC) Various Archived 2012-12-11 at archive.today (Plymouth State University) Various (Iowa State University) Radar and weather data Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (McGill University)
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, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
By far, the deadliest tornado in United States history and the second deadliest in world history. While the National Weather Service ’s official death toll was 689, the American Red Cross reported 695 fatalities; however, the actual death toll was probably much higher than either figure as many people later died of their injuries
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This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (August 2024) Tornadoes in the United States 1950-2019 A tornado strikes near Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes are more common in the United States than in any other country or state. The United States ...
This list includes tornadoes rated F4/EF4/IF4 or equivalent by government meteorologists, non-government tornado experts (i.e. Thomas P. Grazulis or Ted Fujita) or meteorological research institutions (i.e. European Severe Storms Laboratory) that rated a tornado differently than the official government organization in charge of the rating ...
List of United States tornadoes from October to November 2021; List of United States tornadoes in December 2021; List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2022; List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023; List of United States tornadoes from January to February 2023; List of United States tornadoes in ...