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Between March 31 – April 1, 2023, a large and destructive tornado outbreak occurred across the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States. The total number of tornadoes confirmed from the outbreak is 146. Tornadoes on this list are organized by either the state they spawned in or the state where more injuries / fatalities occurred, if ...
1993 Virginia tornado outbreak: August 6, 1993: Virginia: 24: 4 fatalities: Largest tornado outbreak in Virginia history. Produced a violent F4 tornado that struck downtown Petersburg, Virginia, and killed four people. (4 significant, 1 violent killer) Tornado outbreak of August 8–9, 1993: August 8–9, 1993: Northern Plains: 7: 2 fatalities
Most were the result of Hurricane Milton that produced a prolific tornado outbreak in Florida, with 6 fatalities confirmed a result of the tornadoes. [5] Another severe weather event happened on the last 2 days of the month producing multiple weak tornadoes.
The tornado struck Virginia Beach at 5:50 p.m., according to NBC 12. The NWS confirmed the twister late Sunday night. A video shared on social media showed a large tornado in the distance. As the ...
Dozens of homes were damaged, trees were downed, and more than 2,000 utility customers were briefly without power Sunday evening after a tornado struck Virginia Beach, Virginia, officials said.
That tally is surpassed only by the 1974 Super Outbreak with 148 in that 18-hour outbreak and the 2011 Super Outbreak with 219 in its busiest 24-hour period, although both of those outbreaks were far more prolific in the number of significant tornadoes produced. This was also the most tornadoes in an outbreak since the 2011 Super Outbreak.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
In addition, during the outbreak, tornado emergencies were issued for three consecutive days between May 6–8 for damaging tornadoes; the last time that this phenomenon had occurred was exactly 21 years prior, when tornado emergencies were issued for four consecutive days between May 6–9, 2003, during a similarly large outbreak. [8] Overall ...