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One of the region's most recent and destructive tornado outbreaks occurred during winter on March 2, 2012, when 12 EF0 to EF4 tornadoes formed over Northern Kentucky and southern Ohio, McGinnis said.
Tornadoes can occur at any time of day, but most occur from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., USA TODAY reported in 2022. Paris Barraza is a trending and general assignment reporter at the Des Moines Register ...
Powerful straight-line wind gusts are much more common in severe thunderstorms than tornadoes. These winds reaching hurricane force (74 mph or greater) can uproot trees, break large tree limbs and ...
This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (August 2024) Tornadoes in the United States 1950-2019 A tornado strikes near Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes are more common in the United States than in any other country or state. The United States ...
Progression of a well-anticipated high risk event across the Central Plains on April 14, 2012. This event ultimately produced 85 tornadoes that day, one of which killed six people. A high risk severe weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for convective weather events in the United States. On the ...
While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
The overall extent of severe weather on Sunday may be most impressive-perhaps reaching a dozen or more states, even though the peak intensity of the storms may be slightly less than that of Saturday.
Firstly, this tornado wasn't "rare" or otherwise special; it happened in Kansas during the month of April, typically when tornadoes happen. Fails point one. As above, the tornado isn't special or rare, so it also fails point two. The tornado didn't break any records or was very strong, so fails point three.