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Another EF3 tornado occurred later that night near the Virginia town of Tappahannock, destroying multiple homes along its path. About 35,000 people in Virginia, 4,000 in Washington, D.C., and 47,000 in the Carolinas lost power due to the storms.
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 ...
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, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
The following is a list of tornado events by year. Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity. United States tornadoes by year [1] [2] Year
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.
1993 Virginia tornado outbreak; Tornado outbreak of June 2, 1998; Tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001; Tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002; List of tornadoes in the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–11, 2008; 2009 Super Derecho; February 2009 North American storm complex; Tornado outbreak of March ...
A massive and destructive 8-day period of tornadoes occurred. All four F4 tornadoes were killers, including a well-documented tornado that killed two and injured four in Union City, Oklahoma and another in central Alabama that killed seven and injured 199. Combined, the F4 tornadoes killed 17 and injured 517 alone.
With up to 140-mph winds, and spanning 200 to 300 yards (two to three times the length of a football field) in width at times, the tornado likely traveled more than 30 miles in Palm Beach County ...