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The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [5] [12] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
2 1 1997: 1,148 0 743 281 85 29 9 1 1998: 1,424 0 883 382 116 35 6 2 1999: 1,339 0 830 323 122 51 12 1 2000: 1,075 0 723 267 62 20 3 0 2001: 1,215 0 810 278 98 23 6 0 2002: 934 0 623 215 65 26 5 0 2003: 1,374 0 891 355 93 27 8 0 2004: 1,817 0 1,216 470 103 23 5 0 2005: 1,265 0 815 344 85 20 1 0 2006: 1,103 0 686 292 93 30 2 0 2007: 1,097 0 674 ...
Prior to 1950 in the United States, only significant tornadoes are listed for the number of tornadoes in outbreaks. Due to increasing detection, particularly in the U.S., numbers of counted tornadoes have increased markedly in recent decades although the number of actual tornadoes and counted significant tornadoes has not. In older events, the ...
In late February 1971, a deadly tornado outbreak and record-setting blizzard happened in different parts of the South at the same time. Here's the story. ... Feb. 21, 1971, 54 years ago today, was ...
The 11-year gap is the longest since official U.S. records began in 1950. Tornado-damaged areas of Moore, Oklahoma, are seen in aerial photos during a mission flown by the Civil Air Patrol Sunday ...
In recent decades, new high temperature records have substantially outpaced new low temperature records on a growing portion of Earth's surface. [1] Comparison shows seasonal variability for record increases. The list of weather records includes the most extreme occurrences of weather phenomena for various categories. Many weather records are ...
Here's a look back at a few key events that brought an unusual number of tornadoes in 2024.
The Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013, is the most recent tornado to be rated EF5 as of 2025. The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5.