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March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak – Homes were obliterated and swept away, but the F5 rating was assigned due to very intense cycloidal ground scouring. The tornado is considered by some sources to be one of the strongest tornadoes ever surveyed at the time, though little detailed information about the damage is available. [81 ...
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.
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 ...
The historical average number of tornadoes by May 27 is 731. The strongest tornado to hit the United States this year, a monstrous twister with 185-mph winds, destroyed much of Greenfield, Iowa ...
On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, tore a 219-mile-long path across Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
With 55 tornadoes in 2024 as of Thursday, Iowa has seen the most tornadoes this year. A graphic from AccuWeather depicting the number of tornadoes each state has seen so far in 2024.
A major tornado outbreak killed at least 77 people across the Southeastern United States. A long-lived family of tornadoes, the strongest of which was rated F4, killed at least 30 people in Mississippi and Tennessee, including 11 near Strayhorn, Mississippi and 15 on plantations in Tunica County, Mississippi. Another F4 tornado devastated the ...
Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year Number of tornadoes FU/EFU F0/EF0 F1/EF1 F2/EF2 F3/EF3