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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 ...
The July outbreak of more than 79 tornadoes caused $2.4 billion in damage. And a tornado outbreak in late May — separate from the one in Iowa — produced more than 110 tornadoes, including an ...
The US averages over 1,150 tornadoes every single year. That’s more than any other country in the world. In fact, it’s more than Canada, Australia and all European countries combined.
Nighttime tornadoes are more than twice as deadly as daytime ones, research shows, since nocturnal tornadoes are difficult to spot in the darkness and those sleeping may not be aware danger is near.
More tree, outbuilding, and home damage occurred as the tornado continued to track northeast through rural Oklahoma. The tornado then reached a width of 1,200 yards (1,100 m) as it approached the state line with Arkansas where trees were uprooted before the tornado dissipated after passing over AR 16. [9] EF1 E of Siloam Springs: Benton: AR
Only 26 tornadoes were confirmed (all of them weak), which was well below average. October also saw well below normal activity with a total of 32 tornadoes, however, more significant tornadoes occurred compared to the previous month as a result of a damaging outbreak in Florida during the middle of the month. November was also well below ...
That figure is inflated somewhat by 2011, when one of the costliest and deadliest tornado outbreaks ever recorded claimed the lives of at least 553 people, including more than 150 in one Missouri ...
In fact, 2024 has already had more tornadoes than the average annual total of 1,402. Tornado outbreaks at the end of April and the month of May quickly raised 2024 above the historical average.