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On April 2–5, 1957, a deadly tornado outbreak sequence struck most of the Southern United States.The outbreak killed at least 21 people across three states and produced at least 73 tornadoes from Texas to Virginia.
In addition to confirmed tornadoes, a possible tornado may have destroyed a home in the Woodlawn community, near Sherman, on April 2.Another possible tornado hit Ballard County, Kentucky, on April 3, unroofing homes, destroying a drive-in theater, and uprooting trees.
A large outbreak of 26 tornadoes struck the Great Plains on April 22, although the only tornado to cause casualties was an F3 tornado that injured one in Carnegie, Oklahoma. After two weak tornadoes touched down on April 23, an outbreak of 11 tornadoes hit Indiana and Texas on April 24 with 10 of them in the later state.
A multiple-vortex tornado outside Dallas, Texas, on April 2, 1957. A multiple-vortex tornado is a tornado that contains several vortices (called subvortices or suction vortices) revolving around, inside of, and as part of the main vortex. The only times multiple vortices may be visible are when the tornado is first forming or when condensation ...
Tornado outbreak sequence of April 2–5, 1957: April 2–5, 1957: Great Plains, Midwest, Southeastern United States: 72: 21 fatalities, 338 injuries: A widely photographed and filmed F3 tornado struck just outside of Dallas, killing 10 people. Other deadly tornadoes struck Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Georgia. (33 significant, 2 violent, 8 killer) [54]
April 2. 1957 – A highly-visible multiple-vortex F3 tornado struck Dallas, Texas, killing 10 people and injuring 216.Many poorly-built homes were leveled. The tornado was photographed or filmed by more than 100 people, including some of the highest-quality film of a tornado in the twentieth century.
Tornado outbreak sequence of April 2–5, 1957: 102 26 6 2 0 73 21 341 March 1875 Southeast tornado outbreak: 101 3 5 7 0 19+ 96+ 377+ April 1924 tornado outbreak: 101 13 11 2 0 28+ 114 1,166 + Tornado outbreak of April 30 – May 2, 1967: 101 21 4 4 0 38 13 90 Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013: 101 23 7 2 0 77 8 190+ [1]
List of tornadoes in the outbreak sequence of April 2–5, 1957; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 2–5, 1957 This page was last ...