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The first severe weather event of 2007 was a scattered but deadly tornado event in the U.S. Gulf Coast region on January 4. Two people were killed in New Iberia, Louisiana , and 15 were injured. It was confirmed to have been an F1 tornado as all the severe damage took place to mobile homes.
Illinois has had large tornado outbreaks in the past, including the tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957 and the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak. Illinois is vulnerable to tornadoes with an average of 35 occurring annually, which puts much of the state at around 5 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) annually. [1]
List of confirmed tornadoes – Tuesday, April 3, 2007 [note 1] EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width Summary EF1 ESE of Nettleton: Craighead: AR: 2354–2355 0.06 mi (0.097 km) 50 yd (46 m) [2] EF0
Tornadoes reports have come in from Illinois to Arkansas. See storm reports on an updated map. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
The 2007 Groundhog Day tornado outbreak [2] was a localized but devastating tornado event that took place in central Florida early on February 2, 2007. Early morning temperatures had risen well above average for the season; combined with increased moisture and a powerful jet stream, this created enough instability and wind shear for thunderstorms to rotate and spawn tornadoes.
At least one person is dead, several are injured and destruction has been reported in several states after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes and damaging storms from the South to the Ohio ...
Tornado outbreak of April 12, 1945; Tornado outbreak of March 26–27, 1950; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak of May 21–24, 1952; Tornado outbreak of March 12–15, 1953; 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of November 15–16, 1955; Tornado outbreak sequence of December 18–20, 1957
The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis, was wiped out by one of the 25 tornadoes. It was later rated F5 after the Fujita scale was implemented in 1971.