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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, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
United States Kansas Goessel: 1: SPC-NWS, [20] NCDC, [74] Grazulis, Fujita: 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 ...
Damage inflicted by the 2011 Joplin tornado, the deadliest tornado thus far in the 21st century in the US.. The following is a list of the deadliest tornadoes in the Americas including Canada, Mexico, and the United States as well as the countries and islands of the Caribbean and the countries included in both Central America and South America.
1 / 2 EF4 that razed Greenfield, killing 4, was strongest tornado in a year Peak winds of 185 mph were estimated by the National Weather Service after extensive damage surveys were conducted, but ...
Here are the top 10 deadliest tornadoes to strike in the United States, according to the Storm Prediction Center. On March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history, the Tri-State Tornado of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Worldwide, 116 tornado-related deaths were confirmed – 83 in the United States, 12 in China, nine in Indonesia, eight in Myanmar, three in Turkey, and one in Saudi Arabia. January had the third-highest number of tornado watches and confirmed tornadoes of any January on record in the United States. [1]