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The year began with an unusual number of tornadoes during January 2012. The first major tornado outbreak occurred on January 22–23, when a spring-like system moved across the southern Mississippi valley, producing at least two dozen confirmed tornadoes across Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. As a whole, January was the ...
February 2012 was more active than normal in terms of the number of tornadoes, with a total of 50 confirmed. While the first three weeks of the month were unusually quiet, the pattern changed abruptly with a major tornado outbreak, which struck the region less than 72 hours prior to this storm, killing 15 people, including 8 in Harrisburg, Illinois alone, the result of an EF4 tornado.
One of these tornadoes was an EF3 tornado which struck areas of Forney, Texas, damaging or destroying multiple homes and businesses; this tornado would be the strongest confirmed during the outbreak. However, the costliest tornado was of EF2 intensity, and struck the counties of Ellis and Dallas, causing roughly $400 million in damages and ...
EF4 tornado: Duration of tornado outbreak 2: 2 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes: Largest hail: 4.50 in (11.4 cm) in diameter in Randolph, Kansas, on April 15: Fatalities: 6 fatalities, 101 injuries. [2] Damage: At least $500 million (in Wichita, unknown elsewhere) [1] 1 Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale 2 Time from first tornado ...
The Tornado outbreak sequence of March 18–24, 2012 was a long lasting tornado outbreak that occurred due to a slow moving, but powerful trough and cutoff low. The outbreak began in the Great Plains , where, over a two-day period, several tornadoes touched down, some of which were significant.
Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012 – A high risk was issued at 13Z on the first day of the aforementioned outbreak for a 30% probability of significant tornadoes. A total of 64 tornadoes were confirmed; two were rated EF4, both of which were produced by the same supercell, which also produced an EF3 tornado, all within the High Risk area.
These supercells produced several tornadoes across Alabama, including the Center Point–Clay EF3 tornado. [4] At 2:45 AM CST, minutes before the tornado touched down, the Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch across Central Alabama, which included a high risk/80% change for tornadoes and a moderate risk/50% chance for significant, EF2 ...
Tornado briefly touched down in an open area and lifted dirt into the air. This tornado was caught on video. EF0: ENE of Paint Rock: Concho: 2347 0.1 miles (160 m) No damage was reported with this brief tornado. EF0: Narcisso area: Cottle