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The 2002 La Plata tornado was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, [3] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002 , causing at least $115 million in damages. [ 6 ]
3 deaths – See article on this tornado: F2 La Plata: Charles: MD: April 28: 23:02–23:06 3 mi (4.8 km) 100 yd (91 m) A weaker, but still strong F2 tornado affected La Plata with unknown additional damage. [65] F1 W of Emporia: Greensville: VA: April 28
A localized outbreak of eight tornadoes struck the Dakotas over a period of only 93 minutes. One supercell thunderstorm spawned six tornadoes in Brown County, South Dakota. One was an F3 tornado that destroyed at least one home. Another was an F4 tornado that occurred four miles east of Barnard, South Dakota and destroyed a pheasant farm. There ...
Approximately 373 tornadoes came in April, nearly doubling the 10-year average of 177 tornadoes for the month; in Texas, 43 tornadoes have touched down, year to date, with 21 occurring in April.
May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak [13] La Plata, Maryland: 2002 April 28 $115,000,000 $197,153,724: F4 2002 La Plata tornado: Fayetteville, North Carolina: 2011 April 16 $141,100,000 $193,464,178: EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011. Grazulis reported $136 million (or $186,471,497, adjusted) in damages (Grazulis 2023, p. 458)
May 1—The National Weather Service in Tulsa confirmed damage in McAlester from an early morning storm on April 26 was caused by a tornado. Meteorologists from the weather service said an EF-1 ...
"Due to impacts from severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, hail, and flooding beginning April 27, 2024 including extensive damage to power lines and infrastructure, it is necessary to ...
1926 La Plata, Maryland tornado outbreak: November 9, 1926: Mid-Atlantic – 17 fatalities, 65 injuries: 17 people killed at schools in La Plata. An F4 tornado also hit the area on April 28, 2002. Late-November 1926 tornado outbreak: November 25–26, 1926: South: ≥27: 107 fatalities, 451 injuries