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In addition to a possible tornado tearing into the town of Red Oak, Iowa, another suspected tornado was captured on camera just before 5:00 p.m. as it moved across a highway and ripped through ...
Several homes were severely damaged. A few other weaker tornadoes would touch down as well, none causing significant damage. [12] In the following hours of the tornado, emergency personnel as well as storm chasers rushed into Greenfield to provide aid. Surrounding communities such as Red Oak quickly responded in Greenfield. [23]
This tornado initially caused narrow damage before rapidly intensifying into a large multiple-vortex tornado, reaching a width of about one mile. It caused widespread tree and power pole damage, with the most significant structural impacts along its path including destroyed outbuildings, roof damage to a home, and debris blown considerable ...
A man in nearby Red Oak, Montgomery County, captured footage of an enormous funnel cloud moving through the area as sirens wailed and intense rain fell.. The Montgomery County Emergency Management ...
A few tornadoes occurred near Macedonia and Red Oak. One long-tracked and violent tornado touched down near Villisca, Iowa. Continuing northeast, it toppled and crumpled several wind turbines. [145] The tornado then approached Greenfield, where it intensified to EF4 intensity.
Tornadoes are much less common in the US during December, averaging only around 40 – compared to the nearly 270 seen on average in May. This year, however, there have been 1,783 tornado reports ...
The supercell that produced this EF4 tornado had first produced an EF3 tornado that injured 46 people in the Ovilla and Red Oak areas. [3] [2] The EF4 tornado was the strongest, deadliest, and first fatal tornado ever recorded in Dallas County during the month of December since modern records began in 1950. [2]
Several newly constructed homes were heavily damaged or destroyed with roofs removed and exterior walls knocked down. To the east, the tornado struck a neighborhood along West Lone Oak Rd at EF2 intensity heavily damaging manufactured and mobile homes, including some that were demolished. All seven fatalities occurred at this location.